A field test of paper mill sludge and coal co-firing was conducted on a 600 MW unit boiler to explore the effect of mix-firing sludge on the formation and emission of dioxins (PCDD/Fs). Under the conditions with and without sludge co-firing, flue gas samples at the inlet and outlet of drying-charring machine, the inlet of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment, the outlet of air preheater and chimney as well as solid samples including raw sludge, dried and partly charred sludge, slag and fly ash were collected, and the PCDD/Fs were analyzed by a high-resolution gas chromatograph combined with high-resolution mass spectrometer. The obtained results indicated that, co-firing sludge (accounted for about 1% (weight percent) of pulverized coal) did not result in the formation of PCDD/Fs via high-temperature gas-phase homogeneous formation mechanism and medium- and low-temperature catalytic formation mechanism, and did not increase the emission of PCDD/Fs to atmosphere. The international toxic equivalence quantity (I-TEQ) concentrations of 6 chimney gas samples collected under the condition with sludge co-firing were in the range of 0.008~0.013 ng/m3 (average value: 0.010 ng/m3), which did not significantly differ from that (0.008~0.015 ng/m3, average value: 0.012 ng/m3) of the 6 chimney gas samples collected under the condition without sludge co-firing. It was found that, a small quantity of PCDD/Fs was formed during sludge drying-charring process. The newly-formed and original PCDD/Fs in sludge could be completely destroyed by high temperature in coal combustor. The SCR catalyst induced the catalytic degradation of PCDD/Fs, especially the highly-chlorinated dioxins. The concentration of the PCDD/Fs in fly ash samples were lower than 0.2 ng/m3, indicating its resource utilization could not pose dioxin pollution risk to ambient environment.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |