Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2002 Jul;23(4):113-7.
[MSW incineration fly ash melting by DSC-DTA].
[Article in Chinese]
Li R1, Chi Y, Li S, Wang L, Yan J, Cen K.
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Abstract
Melting characteristics of two kinds of municipal solid waste incineration(MSWI) fly ash were
studied in this paper by high temperature differential scanning calorimetry and differential
temperature analysis. MSWI fly ash was considered as hazardous waste because it contains
heavy metals and dioxins. The experiments were performed in either N2 or O2 atmosphere in
temperature range of 20 degrees C-1450 degrees C at various heating rates. Two different MSW
incineration fly ashes used in the experiments were collected from our country and France
respectively. The process of fly ash melting exhibits two reactions occurring at temperature
ranges of about 480 degrees C-670 degrees C and 1136 degrees C-1231 degrees C,
respectively. The latent heat of polymorphic transformation and fusion were approximately 20
kJ/kg and 700 kJ/kg, while the total heat required for melting process was about 1800 kJ/kg. The
paper also studied effect of CaO to melting. A heat flux thermodynamic model for fly ash melting
was put forward and it agrees well with experimental data.