ANALYSING AND REDUCTION OF HAZARDOUS CONTENTS PRESENT IN THE ASH GENERATED FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE THROUGH INCINERATION PROCESS

Prabaharan T, Gowtham M

Abstract: Waste management is the major problem in all industry. Waste management is the disposal of waste generated from initial stage to the final stage of a manufacturing process. Wastes should be disposed in a safe and proper manner. There are several methods followed in the disposal of wastes. One of the methods is the incineration process. It involves the burning of solid waste in a controlled chamber. It converts the solid waste in to ash, flue gas and heat. The flue gas will be cleaned before released in to atmosphere. The bottom ash is disposed on ground and water without any treatment process. It may contain pollutants and metals which can affect the humans and environment. The heavy metals present in the incinerated bottom ash of industrial solid waste can affect the immune system and it is harmful for our human health. The main aim of this work is to identify the hazardous contents present in the bottom ash generated from incineration process of industrial waste and find treatment methods to eliminate or reduce the trace metals and pollutants. This work is to find a treatment method to protect the humans and environment from the effects of hazardous emissions from ash created from the incineration process of industrial solid waste.

Keywords: Waste management, industrial wastes, Heavy metals and treatment method etc

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0706002