Bricks from Petroleum Effluent Treatment Plant Sludge: Properties and Environmental Characteristics

Autor:	Pinaki Sengupta, P.C. Borthakur, Nabajyoti Saikia
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Brick Engineering Environmental Engineering Waste management business.industry Industrial waste Hazardous waste Environmental Chemistry Leachate Leaching (metallurgy) business Effluent Sludge General Environmental Science Civil and Structural Engineering Waste disposal
Zdroj:	Journal of Environmental Engineering. 128:1090-1094
ISSN:	1943-7870 0733-9372
DOI:	10.1061/(asce)0733-9372(2002)128:11(1090)
Popis:	A voluminous and hazardous sludge containing a high amount of hydrocarbons and several trace metals is generated in petroleum oil field effluent treatment plants. The aim of this study was to utilize the sludge in preparing environmentally acceptable masonry bricks in a commercial brick plant. The effect of the sludge on the plasticity behavior of the brick raw mix was investigated. The addition of the sludge reduces the requirement of process water and fuel. The fired bricks meet all the requirements of the Indian Standard Specification. The bricks were subjected to toxicity characteristics leaching protocol leaching tests. Most of the toxic metals are fixed in the vitrification process and the leachates values meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s requirement for recycling of hazardous materials.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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