IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v18y2021i5p2539-d510197.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Estimating the Characteristics and Emission Factor of Ammonia from Sewage Sludge Incinerator

Author

Listed:
  • Seongmin Kang

    (Climate Change & Environment Research Center, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea)

  • Joonyoung Roh

    (Department of Climate and Environment, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea)

  • Eui-Chan Jeon

    (Department of Climate and Environment, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea)

Abstract

In the case of sewage sludge, as direct landfilling was recently prohibited, it is treated through incineration. Among the air pollutants discharged through the incineration of sewage sludge, NOx and SOx are considered secondary substances of PM2.5 and are being managed accordingly. However, NH 3 , another of the secondary substances of PM2.5, is not well managed, and the amount of NH 3 discharged from sewage sludge incineration facilities has not been calculated. Therefore, in this study, we sought to determine whether NH 3 is discharged in the exhaust gas of a sewage sludge incineration facility, and, when discharged, the NH 3 emission factor was calculated, and the necessity of the development of the emission factor was reviewed. As a result of the study, it was confirmed that the amount of NH 3 discharged from the sewage sludge incineration facility was 0.04 to 4.47 ppm, and the emission factor was calculated as 0.002 kg NH 3 /ton. The NH 3 emission factor was compared with the NH 3 emission factor of municipal solid waste proposed by EMEP/EEA (European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme/European Environment Agency) because the NH 3 emission factor of the sewage sludge incineration facility had not been previously determined. As a result of the comparison, the NH 3 emission factor of EMEP/EEA was similar to that of municipal solid waste, confirming the necessity of developing the NH 3 emission factor of the sewage sludge incineration facility. In addition, the evaluation of the uncertainty of the additionally calculated NH 3 emission factor was conducted quantitatively and the uncertainty range was presented for reference. In the future, it is necessary to improve the reliability of the NH 3 emission factor of sewage sludge incineration facilities by performing additional analysis with statistical representation. In addition, the development of NH 3 emission factors for industrial waste incineration facilities should be undertaken.

Suggested Citation

  • Seongmin Kang & Joonyoung Roh & Eui-Chan Jeon, 2021. "Estimating the Characteristics and Emission Factor of Ammonia from Sewage Sludge Incinerator," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(5), pages 1-7, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:5:p:2539-:d:510197
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2539/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/5/2539/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bo Liu & Fuwu Yan & Jie Hu & Richard Fiifi Turkson & Feng Lin, 2016. "Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of NO x Conversion Efficiency and NH 3 Slip for a Diesel Engine," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-13, May.
    2. Fytili, D. & Zabaniotou, A., 2008. "Utilization of sewage sludge in EU application of old and new methods--A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 116-140, January.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Yongpeng Luo & Shenxu Bao & Siyuan Yang & Yimin Zhang & Yang Ping & Chao Lin & Pan Yang, 2021. "Characterization, Spatial Variation and Management Strategy of Sewer Sediments Collected from Combined Sewer System: A Case Study in Longgang District, Shenzhen," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-17, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Shahbeig, Hossein & Nosrati, Mohsen, 2020. "Pyrolysis of municipal sewage sludge for bioenergy production: Thermo-kinetic studies, evolved gas analysis, and techno-socio-economic assessment," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    2. Sanchez, M.E. & Otero, M. & Gómez, X. & Morán, A., 2009. "Thermogravimetric kinetic analysis of the combustion of biowastes," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(6), pages 1622-1627.
    3. Seongmin Kang & Changsang Cho & Ki-Hyun Kim & Eui-chan Jeon, 2018. "Fossil Carbon Fraction and Measuring Cycle for Sewage Sludge Waste Incineration," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-8, August.
    4. Jiawen Zhang & Zhiyi Liang & Toru Matsumoto & Tiejia Zhang, 2022. "Environmental and Economic Implication of Implementation Scale of Sewage Sludge Recycling Systems Considering Carbon Trading Price," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-16, July.
    5. Bidart, Christian & Fröhling, Magnus & Schultmann, Frank, 2014. "Electricity and substitute natural gas generation from the conversion of wastewater treatment plant sludge," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 404-413.
    6. Wang, Liping & Chang, Yuzhi & Li, Aimin, 2019. "Hydrothermal carbonization for energy-efficient processing of sewage sludge: A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 423-440.
    7. Faubert, Patrick & Barnabé, Simon & Bouchard, Sylvie & Côté, Richard & Villeneuve, Claude, 2016. "Pulp and paper mill sludge management practices: What are the challenges to assess the impacts on greenhouse gas emissions?," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 107-133.
    8. Junshen Qu & Daiying Wang & Zeyu Deng & Hejie Yu & Jianjun Dai & Xiaotao Bi, 2023. "Biochar Prepared by Microwave-Assisted Co-Pyrolysis of Sewage Sludge and Cotton Stalk: A Potential Soil Conditioner," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-18, April.
    9. Magdziarz, Aneta & Wilk, Małgorzata & Gajek, Marcin & Nowak-Woźny, Dorota & Kopia, Agnieszka & Kalemba-Rec, Izabela & Koziński, Janusz A., 2016. "Properties of ash generated during sewage sludge combustion: A multifaceted analysis," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 85-94.
    10. Praspaliauskas, M. & Pedišius, N., 2017. "A review of sludge characteristics in Lithuania's wastewater treatment plants and perspectives of its usage in thermal processes," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 899-907.
    11. Beegle, Jeffrey R. & Borole, Abhijeet P., 2018. "Energy production from waste: Evaluation of anaerobic digestion and bioelectrochemical systems based on energy efficiency and economic factors," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 343-351.
    12. Vito Horvatić & Helena Bakić Begić & Davor Romić & Marko Černe & Smiljana Goreta Ban & Monika Zovko & Marija Romić, 2021. "Evaluation of Land Potential for Use of Biosolids in the Coastal Mediterranean Karst Region," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-22, October.
    13. Zhai, Yunbo & Peng, Chuan & Xu, Bibo & Wang, Tengfei & Li, Caiting & Zeng, Guangming & Zhu, Yun, 2017. "Hydrothermal carbonisation of sewage sludge for char production with different waste biomass: Effects of reaction temperature and energy recycling," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 167-174.
    14. Wu, Junnan & Liao, Yanfen & Lin, Yan & Tian, Yunlong & Ma, Xiaoqian, 2019. "Study on thermal decomposition kinetics model of sewage sludge and wheat based on multi distributed activation energy," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 795-803.
    15. Gadsbøll, Rasmus Østergaard & Clausen, Lasse Røngaard & Thomsen, Tobias Pape & Ahrenfeldt, Jesper & Henriksen, Ulrik Birk, 2019. "Flexible TwoStage biomass gasifier designs for polygeneration operation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 939-950.
    16. Tsiligiannis, Aristeides & Tsiliyannis, Christos, 2020. "Oil refinery sludge and renewable fuel blends as energy sources for the cement industry," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 55-70.
    17. Di Fraia, S. & Massarotti, N. & Vanoli, L. & Costa, M., 2016. "Thermo-economic analysis of a novel cogeneration system for sewage sludge treatment," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(P3), pages 1560-1571.
    18. Kuo-Hsiung Lin & Jiun-Horng Tsai & Zhi-Wei Chou & Hung-Lung Chiang, 2021. "Product Characteristics of Sludge Pyrolysis and Adsorption Performance of Metals by Char," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(21), pages 1-16, November.
    19. L. V. Cremades & C. Soriano & J. A. Cusidó, 2018. "Tackling environmental issues in industrial ceramic sintering of sewage sludge: odors and gas emissions," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 20(4), pages 1651-1663, August.
    20. Anna Turek & Kinga Wieczorek & Wojciech M. Wolf, 2019. "Digestion Procedure and Determination of Heavy Metals in Sewage Sludge—An Analytical Problem," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-10, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:5:p:2539-:d:510197. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.