The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation
The storage and disposal of sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants is becoming an increasing problem on a global scale. The attention of scientists is directed to the search for unique technologies to manage them. Firing sewage sludge in furnaces and producing lightweight aggregate...
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| description | The storage and disposal of sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants is becoming an increasing problem on a global scale. The attention of scientists is directed to the search for unique technologies to manage them. Firing sewage sludge in furnaces and producing lightweight aggregates and granules constitutes an innovative method of its disposal. The resulting granules could be a substitute for commonly used materials such as perlite, vermiculite, expanded clay, or LSA, and could be used as a secondary material in the construction industry, including road construction, as various types of ballast, and as an equivalent to aggregate in concretes. However, given that sewage sludge is increasingly used in biogas production, it does not completely decompose in the process and is still a problematic waste for many municipal treatment plants. Therefore, the use of sewage sludge pellets in construction, or any other industry, could revolutionize the market. The purpose of the conducted research was to evaluate the heat-insulating properties of granules produced from sewage sludge from the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant "Łyna" in Olsztyn used as a heat-insulating material. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11f99531f3424b4fa8d855336610200c2023-03-29T19:58:36ZengLublin University of TechnologyAdvances in Sciences and Technology2080-40752299-86242023-04-0117216117210.12913/22998624/159724159724The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal InsulationPiotr Kosiński0Bartosz Kask1Małgorzata Franus2Magdalena Piłat-Rożek3Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2428-0364Grzegorz Łagód5Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Heweliusza 10, 10-724 Olsztyn, PolandFaculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Heweliusza 10, 10-724 Olsztyn, PolandFaculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40, 20-618 Lublin, PolandFaculty of Technology Fundamentals, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 38D, 20-618 Lublin, PolandFaculty of Technology Fundamentals, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 38D, 20-618 Lublin, PolandFaculty of Environmental Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, ul. Nadbystrzycka 40B, 20-618 Lublin, PolandThe storage and disposal of sewage sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants is becoming an increasing problem on a global scale. The attention of scientists is directed to the search for unique technologies to manage them. Firing sewage sludge in furnaces and producing lightweight aggregates and granules constitutes an innovative method of its disposal. The resulting granules could be a substitute for commonly used materials such as perlite, vermiculite, expanded clay, or LSA, and could be used as a secondary material in the construction industry, including road construction, as various types of ballast, and as an equivalent to aggregate in concretes. However, given that sewage sludge is increasingly used in biogas production, it does not completely decompose in the process and is still a problematic waste for many municipal treatment plants. Therefore, the use of sewage sludge pellets in construction, or any other industry, could revolutionize the market. The purpose of the conducted research was to evaluate the heat-insulating properties of granules produced from sewage sludge from the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant "Łyna" in Olsztyn used as a heat-insulating material.http://www.astrj.com/The-Possibility-of-Using-Sewage-Sludge-Pellets-as-Thermal-Insulation,159724,0,2.htmlsewage sludgepelletsthermal insulationthermal insulation materials |
| spellingShingle | Piotr Kosiński Bartosz Kask Małgorzata Franus Magdalena Piłat-Rożek Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak Grzegorz Łagód The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation Advances in Sciences and Technology sewage sludge pellets thermal insulation thermal insulation materials |
| title | The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation |
| title_full | The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation |
| title_fullStr | The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation |
| title_short | The Possibility of Using Sewage Sludge Pellets as Thermal Insulation |
| title_sort | possibility of using sewage sludge pellets as thermal insulation |
| topic | sewage sludge pellets thermal insulation thermal insulation materials |
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