REMOVAL OF ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS FROM ELECTRIC FURNACE SLUDGES OF VARIOUS ORIGINS

Authors
JEFCOAT IA POTLURI S
Citation
Ia. Jefcoat et S. Potluri, REMOVAL OF ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS FROM ELECTRIC FURNACE SLUDGES OF VARIOUS ORIGINS, Environmental progress, 14(2), 1995, pp. 84-87
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Civil","Engineering, Environmental
Journal title
Environmental progress → ACNP
ISSN journal
02784491
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
84 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-4491(1995)14:2<84:ROEPFE>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A method developed by researchers at the University of Alabama has suc cessfully eliminated the toxic and flammable characteristics of elemen tal phosphorous from by-product sludges produced from operations of el ectric furnaces at widely separated facilities. The removal process is first order with respect to elemental phosphorus concentration with a rate constant of 0.02 min(-1). The residuals produced contain cadmium , chromium, and lead concentrations above the TCLP limit and thus will require further treatment.