Chemical characteristics and risk assessment of typical municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash in China.

The release of heavy metals in municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash has become a worrying issue while fly ash is utilized or landfilled. This work investigated the potential mobility of heavy metals in the fly ashes from 15 typical MSWI plants in Chinese mainland by the characterization of distribution, chemical speciation and leaching behavior of heavy metals. The results showed that total content of heavy metals decreased in the order Zn>Pb>Cu>Cr>Ni>Cd in samples. The toxicity characteristics leaching procedure (TCLP) of fly ash indicated that the amount of leached Cd in 67% of samples exceeded the regulated limit. Also, the excess amount of leached Zn and Pb was observed in 40% and 53% of samples, respectively. The chemical speciation analysis revealed that this excess of heavy metal leached in TCLP was contributed to the high content of acid soluble fraction (F1) and reducible fraction (F2) of heavy metal. Moreover, the great positive relevance between leaching behavior of heavy metals and F1 fraction was supported by principal component analysis (PCA). Risk assessment code (RAC) results suggested that Cd and Pb showed a very high risk class to the environment.

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