Research Article

N2O and NO Emissions from CFBC Cofiring Dried Sewage Sludge, Wet Sewage Sludge with Coal and PE

Table 1

Properties of sewage sludge and coal.

CoalDried sewage sludgeWet sewage sludgePE

Ultimate analysis (wt%, dry ash free basis)
 Carbon83.2154.9653.4485.71
 Hydrogen4.556.847.7514.29
 Oxygen9.4826.8129.63
 Sulfur1.523.243.01
 Nitrogen0.848.156.17
 Chlorine0.040.480.48
 Calcium0.364.374.10
 Ca/(S + 0.5Cl) molar ratio0.191.011.02
 LHV (MJ/kg)25.8712.810.6446.34
Proximate analysis (wt%, as received basis)
 Moisture4.547.4076.28
 Ash15.1035.1611.70
 Volatile24.6047.4011.67
 Fixed carbon55.7610.040.36