Oxidation of Organic Nitrogen in Stoichiometric and Balance Calculations of the Combustion of Stabilized Sewage Sludge

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M. Hartman, O. Trnka, and M. Pohořelý

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

 

One of the important features of sewage sludge is its high content of organic nitrogen. This reactive nitrogen undergoes oxidation in the combustion. This essential fact must be taken into account in the stoichiometric and the balance relations governing the process of incineration.

 

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