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Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering
            Research and Applications (IJERA)      ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com
                         Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522
         Characterization of Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash
                       and the Potential for its Use
                Hashim Mohammed Alhassan*, Ahmed Musa Tanko**
        *(Department of Civil Engineering, Bayero University Kano, 700241 Gwarzo Road, Kano-Nigeria)
                         ** (Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Niger State, Nigeria)




ABSTRACT                                                 accommodate and store the waste generated. As a
         This paper evaluates the properties of          result, solid wastes are collected in mixed state and are
incinerator bottom ash from Kano Municipal solid         dumped in environments close to sensitive places like
waste to see what uses the material could be put to      roads sides, marshy lands, low lying areas, public
after incineration. The properties of the material       places, vacant lands within residential areas, forests,
make it suitable for use as fills, low cost road sub-    wild life areas, water courses, etc.
grades and sub-bases. The incinerator bottom ash
was found to have specific gravity values ranging                 The rate of solid waste generation is an
from 1.86 to 2.37, moderate alkalinity (PH 9.90 –        increasing phenomenon and it is accelerated by rapid
10.45), organic content values between 5.07 to 10.0      population growth and urbanization, technological
and contained silicon, calcium and heavy metals          development and changing life styles. A study of the
such as zinc, lead, copper and manganese. It can         solid wastes generated in states across the country is a
possibly be classified as a well graded material         testimony to the growing problem of waste
using unified soil classification system, a non-         management in Nigeria, NEST (1991). One major
plastic material close to A – 3 soils in AASTHO.         issue related to solid waste management is how to
Bottom ash exhibits similar characteristics to dense     cope with the huge wastes generated from the
sand when compacted to maximum dry density,              municipalities in a sustainable way.
values obtained lies in range of 1.57 to 1.75g/m3. It
is a free draining material with coefficient of                    Traditionally, municipal solid wastes have
permeability up to 6.33 x 10-4 m/s which is quite        been managed through landfills, recycling, composting
comparable to that of sand. It is a fairly stable and    and incineration in decreasing order of priority.
durable material with shear strength parameters          Whereas modern waste management is focused
(Angle of internal friction 170- to 250, cohesion 2.55   towards zero waste or wastes prevention, other wastes
– 10.30KN/m2). Its C. B. R values up to 70% makes        management techniques such as recycling, re-use,
it a possible substitute aggregate in paving             incineration and composting still leaves some residual
application and in modification of other soils to        material to be disposed of. Incineration in particular,
improve their qualities. It is suggested that MSWI       has been used as a solid waste management option to
bottom ash could be used as an alternative material      reduce the volume of the waste by about 90%,
for low cost road construction such as fills, sub        Chandler et al (1997) and to convey the remaining to
grades and sub-bases                                     sanitary land fill sites. Incineration of solid waste also
                                                         results in the formation of other waste products, such
Keywords - Municipal Solid Waste, Incinerator,           as bottom ash. How to manage this material in a
Bottom Ash, Pavement Construction, Sub-base.             sustainable way is a challenge posed to modern solid
                                                         waste management (Sussana, 2005).
1   INTRODUCTION
          Civilization and development comes with                 The high cost of treatment or disposal, the
various adverse impacts on humanity. One such area       shortage of land fill space and increased
of severe human impact is the waste management in        environmental awareness in urban areas have
urban areas. The management of solid waste in urban      prompted the need to find other uses of the incinerated
areas is a growing problem which is being continually    ash than disposal Muhunthan et al, (2004). A wide
aggravated by poor management practices, poor            range of options is available for the re-use of
collection and disposal practices as well as non-        incinerator bottom ash, such as Chang & Wey, (2006):
availability of space in the urban environment to        Mohamedzein, (2006) in desert sand stabilization;

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(Muller & Rubner, 2006; Rubner, Haamkens, &                for igniting the solid waste. To achieve uniform
Linde, 2008) as an aggregate in concrete; (Bessani et      combustion, air was introduced at intervals and a
al., 2009; Hassan, 2007; Xue, Hou, Zhu, & Zha, 2009)       stirrer manually used to expose the incombustible
as in bitumen related works; (Becquart, Bernard,           portions of the waste. The waste was fed into the
Arbiak, & Zentar, 2009; Hjelmar, Holm, & Crillesen,        incinerator in batches of between 5Kg to 15Kg at
2007) as sub base in road construction; (Ma, Onitsuka,     intervals of 15min to 30min.
& Negami, 2007) as an admixture in road
embankment material; (Aouad et al., 2008) as in                     To achieve complete combustion, secondary
micro-biological studies; (Kasuriya, Jiemsirilers, &       incineration was carried on the waste samples by gas
Thavorniti, 2008) as in clay based ceramics; (Monteiro     firing. The primary incinerated bottom ash was batch
et al., 2008; Xiao & 1026., 2008) as a glass raw           fed into the chamber which stands on top of a metal
material; (Qiao, M., Poon, & Cheeseman, 2008) as a         grate. The chamber was then fired and the batch
cementitious material; (Lee & Li, 2009) as a               inside the chamber was ignited for one hour to ensure
replacement for cement in cement mortar; (Chen,            complete combustion. With the use of the manually
Wang, & Tang, 2010) as for manufacturing of light          operated stirrer, the ash generated dropped through the
weight aggregates. The potential for the re-use of         metal grates into ash trays at the base of the chamber.
bottom ash is enormous. This paper explores the            The bottom ash collected was allowed to cool for
potential re-use for municipal solid waste incinerator     12hours before being prepared for use in the research.
bottom ash generated from Kano in North-West
Nigeria.                                                   2.2      BOTTOM ASH PREPARATION
                                                                    The bottom ash collected from the
2     METHODOLOGY                                          incineration was packed into polythene bags and the
          Four major waste dumping sites were              volume as well as weight measurements were taken.
identified and used in this study. The dumping sites       Standard tests such as Bulk density, specific gravity,
are fairly representative of the metropolitan area. Each   moisture content, Atterberg limits, compaction,
dumping site was carefully examined and random             grading, hydrometer, California Bearing Ratio,
sampled to avoid collecting wastes that are uniform in     Unconfined compression, permeability and shear
character such as construction debris and street           strength were carried out on the samples in accordance
sweepings. The collected samples at each dumping           with BS 1377 (1990). Furthermore, X-ray tests and
site were carefully sealed in polythene sacks and          chemical analysis were carried out on the samples.
cellophane bags to prevent moisture loss and were
transported to the incineration sites for further          3 RESULTS
processing and incineration. Before incineration, the                The Municipal Solid Waste was first
samples were air dried for 5 hours and the volume and      classified to determine the content of its components’.
weight of the samples were recorded.                       This characterization revealed the lifestyle as well as
                                                           the activities taking place within the neighborhood of
2.1       DESCRIPTION OF THE BOTTOM ASH                    the dumping sites. The trend is shown in figure 1.1.
                                                                                90



          Incinerator ash from combustion of solid                              80


waste consists mainly of bottom ash and fly ash.                                70

Bottom ash consists of slag, glasses and partially
                                                                                60

unburned organic matter. It is generally coarse sandy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           F OOD



in appearance with a diameter varying between 0.1mm                             50                                                                                                                                                                                                              RAGS
                                                                 IT E MS (% )




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                P OLY



and 100mm. Fly ash on the hand consists of partially                            40
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                TINS /ME TALS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                GLAS S



burned organic matter and its dust-like grey particles                          30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                LE AVE S

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                OTHE RS


approximating 1-500(micrometer) in diameter.                                    20



Physical and chemical properties of the incinerated                             10


bottom ash vary depending on the type and source of                              0


the solid waste.
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         A standard solid waste incinerator is hard to
see in the study area. A locally built incinerator was      Figure 1.1:                                                               Characterization of Municipal Solid
therefore used to burn the waste. This was a simple        Waste
fixed type kiln of red burnt bricks capable of
withstanding temperatures up to 1000oC. The kiln has                It is evident that food wastes dominate the
a chimney and an oven with openings for loading and        constituents in the MSW followed by clothes and

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polythene materials. It must be mentioned that Kano
experiences a high degree of scavenging activity
mostly on recyclable metal and plastic items, hence
the disproportionate amount of these items in the
MSW. A large number of groups and individuals make
a living through recycling of wastes but not much is
taking place in the area of recycling polythene
materials.

         The moisture contents of the oven dried and
air dried wastes are shown in figure 1.2. There is a
marginal difference between the two, with oven dried
NMC slightly higher in A3 and A4 samples than the                                             Figure 1.4: Proportion of waste incinerated
A1 and A2 samples.
                                                                                                 After characterizing the waste, the weighted
         Results of the bulk and dry densities are                                      content that could not be incinerated was higher than
showed in figures 1.3. Values for the bulk densities                                    the incineratable waste as shown in figure 1.4. This is
range between 0.54g/cm3 to 0.96g/cm3 while those of                                     the non-combustible component. By volume the non-
the dry densities values range between 0.46g/cm3 to                                     incinerated component is also shown in figure 1.5.
0.81g/cm3. Composition of the wastes plays a
significant role in the density as well as the rate of loss                             3.1       GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF
of moisture. Depending on the time of collection and                                    THE MSWI BOTTOM ASH
composition of the waste, one characteristics of the                                              The geotechnical properties of the MSWI
waste is that it tends to be dense and humid due to                                     bottom ash are shown in table 1.0. The CBR results
consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as                                   for un-soaked samples range between 50 to 73% while
unpackaged foods. These have their effect on the                                        for the soaked samples the values are in the order of
densities of waste as well as the rate of loss of                                       25 to 44%. These values when evaluated from the
moisture which greatly affect the incineration of the                                   viewpoint of the Nigeria General Specification (1997),
waste. It takes a longer period under considerable                                      all pass for materials to be used as sub grade, filling
sunlight for the waste to dry up completely.                                            and sub bases in road construction while CBR values
       AVERAGE MOISTURE CONTENT OVEN DRY        AVERAGE MOISTURE CONTENT AIR DRY
                                                                                        for the remoulded samples which range between 14 to
                                                                                        42% could only pass to be used as sub grade and fill
                          12.45                                    12.6
                                                                                        material (table 4.1).
        28.6                                     27
                                           A1                                      A1
                                           A2                                      A2
                                  15.7     A3                             15.9     A3
                                           A4                                      A4



                   18.4                                    18




Figure 1.2: Moisture Contents for air dried and oven
dried samples.




                                                                                           Figure 1.5: Non-Incinerated content by volume.

                                                                                                  All the values for the CBR are approximate to
                                                                                        the values obtained by other researchers such as
                                                                                        Izquierdo et al (2001), Chan and Chen (2005) and
                                                                                        Muhunthan et al (2004) respectively. These values are
                                                                                        close to values for a well graded road base material.
                                                                                        This shows that MSWI bottom ash could be used as
                                                                                        road base material with little modification to increase
  Figure 1.3: Densities of the Municipal Solid Waste.                                   its strength. This corroborates the findings of Ma et al
                                                                                        (2007).
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         Results of the permeability test also presented    Gradation:
table 1.0 indicates that bottom ash is a free draining      Dry
material with coefficient of permeability for all the       sieving(%
samples ranging between 5.9 x10 – 4m /sec to 6.75 x10       passing)
–4
   m /sec, which is close to the range for fine sand (K
values ranges from 2.6 x 10-4 to 4.32 x 10-4 m /sec).       Fine fraction    90     89     90     90      89.75
         According to U.S Bureau of Reclamation,            Silt fraction    20     22     19     16      19.25
soils are classified to be pervious if K values are
greater than 10-4cm/sec. MSWI bottom ash falls into         Atterberg
these categories and can be said to be a pervious, free     Limit
draining material (Garg, 2002).
                                                            Liquid limit
         Drainage is crucial in highway and
geotechnical application of construction material. A        Cone             37.5   32.4   36.7   37.3    28.52
well-drained material prevents development of pore          penetration       6      5      6      0
pressure during loading in fills. It also accelerates the
consolidation of the surrounding low permeable soils,       Casagrande       33.5   34.1   34.6   34.7    34.25
leading to enhance stability of structures founded on                         5      2      0      4
these materials.
                                                            Plastic limit    NP     NP     NP     NP       NP
         The average shear strength parameters for the
MSWI bottom ash fall within the range for sand. Thus        Permeability     6.07   6.20   5.90   6.75    6.23 x
the material can be used for a number of applications       (m/s)              x      x      x      x      10-4
such as filling, improvement of grading properties for                       10-4   10-4   10-4   10-4
clayey soils, and as a free draining material. The
unconfined compression test revealed that the MSWI          Shear
bottom ash has                                              strength
                                                            parameters
Table 1.0: Geotechnical properties of the MSWI
Bottom ash                                                  Cohesion,c(k     5.45   3.70   4.55   14.3     7.00
                                                            N/m2)                                  0
PROPERTI          SAMPLES(AVERAGE
   ES                 VALUES)                               Angle       of   21.6   22.3   17.9   16.2    19.50
                                                            friction, φ       0      0      0      0
                 A1      A2      A3     A4       Mean
                                                            Unconfined       20.6   8.73   5.10   13.2    11.92
Specific         1.86   2.36    2.37    2.20      2.20      compression       0                    4
Gravity                                                     strength,
                                                            UCS (kNm2)
Optimum          10.3   10.5    10.0    10.2     10.25
Moisture          0      0       0       0                  Cohesion,c       10.3   4.37   2.55   6.62     5.96
Content                                                     from    UCS       0
                                                            (kN/m2)
Maximum          1.57   1.73    1.69    1.62      1.65
Dry Density                                                 CBR              63(2   44(1   57(2   50(3   53.50(27
                                                            unsoaked          7)     8)     7)     6)        )
Gradation:                                                  (soaked) 0.1
Dry                                                         penetration
sieving(%
passing)                                                    0.2         in   72(3   56(2   52(3   63(4   60.75(35
                                                            penetration       4)     6)     4)     9)      .75)
Fine fraction     87     89      85      88      87.25
                                                            California       25(2   23(1   16(1   30(3   23.50(20
Silt fraction    1.50   1.60    1.63    1.27      1.50      bearing           5)     4)     3)     1)      .75)
                                                            ration     for

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remoulded                                                              (mg/kg)
samples.
Unsoaked                                                        13      Zinc        14.8   10.1     14.0    8.88   11.98
(soaked)                                                               (mg/kg)       6      3        3

0.1                                                             14      Lead        0.06   0.12     0.07    0.05   0.08
penetration                                                            (mg/kg)

0.2         in    41(3    38(1     26(1     42(3     36.75(27   15     Chromiu      0.17   0.42     0.25    0.17   0.25
penetration        9)      5)       9)       6)        .25)               m
                                                                       (mg/kg)

                                                                16    Manganes      4.15   7.47     4.15    3.32   4.77
Table 1.2: Chemical Analysis of Incinerator Bottom                    e (mg/kg)
Ash

S/    PARAME         A1      A2       A3      A4       MEA
NO      TER                                            N        7-day strength, about 3 times that of clay. Thus MSWI
                                                       VAL      ash could be employed as an admixture in pre-
                                                       UES      treatment and stabilization of soft clay. The CBR
                                                                value of the MSWI bottom ash could be used as sub
1      Chloride     41.5    156.     111.     31.1     84.97    base layer materials for CBR values greater than 40%.
       (mg/kg)               04       22       3
                                                                Chemical characterization revealed that SiO2, a
2      Sulphate      49      50       56       47      50.5     network glass former oxide, was present in a relatively
       (mg/kg)                                                  high content (43.28wt %), indicating the suitability for
                                                                this waste to be employed in the development of
3         pH        10.3    10.4     9.90     10.2     10.22    vitreous materials. The MSWI bottom ash could be
                             5                 2                reused as cement replacement materials since it
                                                                contained SiO2 which is one of the main building
4      Loss on      5.94    6.09     5.07     10.0     6.78     components in cement and concrete utilizations(Chun
       Ignition                                0                et al., 2007). CaO, Na2O and K2O, which act as
                                                                fluxing agents, were present in various amounts (1.7-
5       Silicon     680.    869.     838.     847.     809.0
                                                                8.20wt %) together with several other oxides normally
       (mg/kg)       60      80       30       43      3
                                                                present in ceramic and glass raw materials. This
                                                                finding further confirms the work of Monteiro et al,
6      Calcium      45.7    73.9     88.0     74.7     70.58
                                                                (2008). Furthermore, the MSWI bottom ash contains
       (mg/kg)       0       0        0        0
                                                                Ca, Fe, Si, and heavy metals such as Cu, Pb, Mn, Zn,
7        Iron       16.1    14.5     24.2     103.     39.66    but it is deficient in Al. It must be noted that Zinc is
       (mg/kg)               3        4        75               available in significant quantities in all the dumping
                                                                sites followed by Manganese and Copper. A summary
8     Magnesiu      24.0    38.1     36.5     44.8     35.90    of the chemical composition of the ash is shown in
         m           8       8        2        2                tables 1.2 and 1.3.
      (mg/kg)
                                                                Table 1.3:    Summary of          the   Major   Chemical
9      Sodium(      57.0    64.5     51.6     36.1     52.33    Compounds
       mg/kg)        3       1        0        6

10    Phosphori     43.9    50.6     47.3     39.0     45.24
      c (mg/kg)      9       3        1        1

11     Sulphur      0.21    0.40     0.75     0.62     0.50
       (mg/kg)

12      Copper      1.25    2.32     1.74     1.00     1.58


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             Major Chemical Constituents                            Compound Concentration (%)

                                                            A1          A2           A3          A4         Avg.
    Silicon Oxide (SiO2)                                  36.40       46.53        44.85       45.33        43.28
    Calcium Oxide (CaO)                                    1.60       25.85         3.08        2.61         8.20
    Iron Oxide (Fe2O3)                                     0.58        0.52         0.85        3.71         1.42
    Magnesium Oxide (MgO)                                  1.00        1.58         1.51        1.86         1.49
    Sodium Oxide (Na2O)                                    1.92        2.18         1.74        1.22         1.77
    Sulphur Oxide (SO2)                                    0.01        0.02         0.04        0.03         0.03
    Phosphate (P2O5)                                       2.52        2.90         2.71        2.23         2.59
    Sulphate                                               1.23        1.45         1.40        1.18         1.32
    Total                                                 45.26       81.03        56.18       58.17        60.10
    Source: study

2    CONCLUSIONS                                            Municipal Solid Waste incineration bottom ash is
    This study investigated the potential use of            recommended as a waste treatment option because of
municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash as civil       the advantage it offers in the reduction of waste by
engineering construction material. Based on the results     weight and by volume up to 62% and 93%,
obtained from this study, the following conclusions         respectively.
can be drawn:
Municipal solid waste incineration, from this study         Municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash has
achieved 93% reduction in volume and 62% by                 suitable geotechnical properties and based on the
weight.                                                     Unified Soil Classification and AASHTO system, it
                                                            has qualities that can possibly be used in construction
The MSWI bottom ash is classified as well graded in         of low cost roads.
the Unified Soil Classification System; Non-plastic A-
3 material in AASHTO classification and satisfies the       With further investigation, municipal solid waste
grading of sand particles for zone 2 of the Nigeria         incineration bottom ash characteristic nature of being
General Specification (1997).                               pervious similar to natural sand put it at an advantage
                                                            to possibly be a substitute in filter material in fills
MSWI bottom ash is a light weight material from the
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  • 1. Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522 Characterization of Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash and the Potential for its Use Hashim Mohammed Alhassan*, Ahmed Musa Tanko** *(Department of Civil Engineering, Bayero University Kano, 700241 Gwarzo Road, Kano-Nigeria) ** (Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Niger State, Nigeria) ABSTRACT accommodate and store the waste generated. As a This paper evaluates the properties of result, solid wastes are collected in mixed state and are incinerator bottom ash from Kano Municipal solid dumped in environments close to sensitive places like waste to see what uses the material could be put to roads sides, marshy lands, low lying areas, public after incineration. The properties of the material places, vacant lands within residential areas, forests, make it suitable for use as fills, low cost road sub- wild life areas, water courses, etc. grades and sub-bases. The incinerator bottom ash was found to have specific gravity values ranging The rate of solid waste generation is an from 1.86 to 2.37, moderate alkalinity (PH 9.90 – increasing phenomenon and it is accelerated by rapid 10.45), organic content values between 5.07 to 10.0 population growth and urbanization, technological and contained silicon, calcium and heavy metals development and changing life styles. A study of the such as zinc, lead, copper and manganese. It can solid wastes generated in states across the country is a possibly be classified as a well graded material testimony to the growing problem of waste using unified soil classification system, a non- management in Nigeria, NEST (1991). One major plastic material close to A – 3 soils in AASTHO. issue related to solid waste management is how to Bottom ash exhibits similar characteristics to dense cope with the huge wastes generated from the sand when compacted to maximum dry density, municipalities in a sustainable way. values obtained lies in range of 1.57 to 1.75g/m3. It is a free draining material with coefficient of Traditionally, municipal solid wastes have permeability up to 6.33 x 10-4 m/s which is quite been managed through landfills, recycling, composting comparable to that of sand. It is a fairly stable and and incineration in decreasing order of priority. durable material with shear strength parameters Whereas modern waste management is focused (Angle of internal friction 170- to 250, cohesion 2.55 towards zero waste or wastes prevention, other wastes – 10.30KN/m2). Its C. B. R values up to 70% makes management techniques such as recycling, re-use, it a possible substitute aggregate in paving incineration and composting still leaves some residual application and in modification of other soils to material to be disposed of. Incineration in particular, improve their qualities. It is suggested that MSWI has been used as a solid waste management option to bottom ash could be used as an alternative material reduce the volume of the waste by about 90%, for low cost road construction such as fills, sub Chandler et al (1997) and to convey the remaining to grades and sub-bases sanitary land fill sites. Incineration of solid waste also results in the formation of other waste products, such Keywords - Municipal Solid Waste, Incinerator, as bottom ash. How to manage this material in a Bottom Ash, Pavement Construction, Sub-base. sustainable way is a challenge posed to modern solid waste management (Sussana, 2005). 1 INTRODUCTION Civilization and development comes with The high cost of treatment or disposal, the various adverse impacts on humanity. One such area shortage of land fill space and increased of severe human impact is the waste management in environmental awareness in urban areas have urban areas. The management of solid waste in urban prompted the need to find other uses of the incinerated areas is a growing problem which is being continually ash than disposal Muhunthan et al, (2004). A wide aggravated by poor management practices, poor range of options is available for the re-use of collection and disposal practices as well as non- incinerator bottom ash, such as Chang & Wey, (2006): availability of space in the urban environment to Mohamedzein, (2006) in desert sand stabilization; 516 | P a g e
  • 2. Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522 (Muller & Rubner, 2006; Rubner, Haamkens, & for igniting the solid waste. To achieve uniform Linde, 2008) as an aggregate in concrete; (Bessani et combustion, air was introduced at intervals and a al., 2009; Hassan, 2007; Xue, Hou, Zhu, & Zha, 2009) stirrer manually used to expose the incombustible as in bitumen related works; (Becquart, Bernard, portions of the waste. The waste was fed into the Arbiak, & Zentar, 2009; Hjelmar, Holm, & Crillesen, incinerator in batches of between 5Kg to 15Kg at 2007) as sub base in road construction; (Ma, Onitsuka, intervals of 15min to 30min. & Negami, 2007) as an admixture in road embankment material; (Aouad et al., 2008) as in To achieve complete combustion, secondary micro-biological studies; (Kasuriya, Jiemsirilers, & incineration was carried on the waste samples by gas Thavorniti, 2008) as in clay based ceramics; (Monteiro firing. The primary incinerated bottom ash was batch et al., 2008; Xiao & 1026., 2008) as a glass raw fed into the chamber which stands on top of a metal material; (Qiao, M., Poon, & Cheeseman, 2008) as a grate. The chamber was then fired and the batch cementitious material; (Lee & Li, 2009) as a inside the chamber was ignited for one hour to ensure replacement for cement in cement mortar; (Chen, complete combustion. With the use of the manually Wang, & Tang, 2010) as for manufacturing of light operated stirrer, the ash generated dropped through the weight aggregates. The potential for the re-use of metal grates into ash trays at the base of the chamber. bottom ash is enormous. This paper explores the The bottom ash collected was allowed to cool for potential re-use for municipal solid waste incinerator 12hours before being prepared for use in the research. bottom ash generated from Kano in North-West Nigeria. 2.2 BOTTOM ASH PREPARATION The bottom ash collected from the 2 METHODOLOGY incineration was packed into polythene bags and the Four major waste dumping sites were volume as well as weight measurements were taken. identified and used in this study. The dumping sites Standard tests such as Bulk density, specific gravity, are fairly representative of the metropolitan area. Each moisture content, Atterberg limits, compaction, dumping site was carefully examined and random grading, hydrometer, California Bearing Ratio, sampled to avoid collecting wastes that are uniform in Unconfined compression, permeability and shear character such as construction debris and street strength were carried out on the samples in accordance sweepings. The collected samples at each dumping with BS 1377 (1990). Furthermore, X-ray tests and site were carefully sealed in polythene sacks and chemical analysis were carried out on the samples. cellophane bags to prevent moisture loss and were transported to the incineration sites for further 3 RESULTS processing and incineration. Before incineration, the The Municipal Solid Waste was first samples were air dried for 5 hours and the volume and classified to determine the content of its components’. weight of the samples were recorded. This characterization revealed the lifestyle as well as the activities taking place within the neighborhood of 2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE BOTTOM ASH the dumping sites. The trend is shown in figure 1.1. 90 Incinerator ash from combustion of solid 80 waste consists mainly of bottom ash and fly ash. 70 Bottom ash consists of slag, glasses and partially 60 unburned organic matter. It is generally coarse sandy F OOD in appearance with a diameter varying between 0.1mm 50 RAGS IT E MS (% ) P OLY and 100mm. Fly ash on the hand consists of partially 40 TINS /ME TALS GLAS S burned organic matter and its dust-like grey particles 30 LE AVE S OTHE RS approximating 1-500(micrometer) in diameter. 20 Physical and chemical properties of the incinerated 10 bottom ash vary depending on the type and source of 0 the solid waste. wa a e ru le ri ino i 1 i ka a ura ka o a ra a Rd la e ra ma la w ay ng b ab ri qu em us gu a lu ge sa an rra bu ufa Ma .W ab da ng ak a ti nK na nD nk Ka Ja s Za rk a nL y Ka Mo is ra Zu so T /N Y /D Sh s ti K /J Ma M.M Ya Ma Ya Ma Ya Ka Ya F/ Ka Idi G/ C OL L EC TION C ENTRES A standard solid waste incinerator is hard to see in the study area. A locally built incinerator was Figure 1.1: Characterization of Municipal Solid therefore used to burn the waste. This was a simple Waste fixed type kiln of red burnt bricks capable of withstanding temperatures up to 1000oC. The kiln has It is evident that food wastes dominate the a chimney and an oven with openings for loading and constituents in the MSW followed by clothes and 517 | P a g e
  • 3. Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522 polythene materials. It must be mentioned that Kano experiences a high degree of scavenging activity mostly on recyclable metal and plastic items, hence the disproportionate amount of these items in the MSW. A large number of groups and individuals make a living through recycling of wastes but not much is taking place in the area of recycling polythene materials. The moisture contents of the oven dried and air dried wastes are shown in figure 1.2. There is a marginal difference between the two, with oven dried NMC slightly higher in A3 and A4 samples than the Figure 1.4: Proportion of waste incinerated A1 and A2 samples. After characterizing the waste, the weighted Results of the bulk and dry densities are content that could not be incinerated was higher than showed in figures 1.3. Values for the bulk densities the incineratable waste as shown in figure 1.4. This is range between 0.54g/cm3 to 0.96g/cm3 while those of the non-combustible component. By volume the non- the dry densities values range between 0.46g/cm3 to incinerated component is also shown in figure 1.5. 0.81g/cm3. Composition of the wastes plays a significant role in the density as well as the rate of loss 3.1 GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF of moisture. Depending on the time of collection and THE MSWI BOTTOM ASH composition of the waste, one characteristics of the The geotechnical properties of the MSWI waste is that it tends to be dense and humid due to bottom ash are shown in table 1.0. The CBR results consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as for un-soaked samples range between 50 to 73% while unpackaged foods. These have their effect on the for the soaked samples the values are in the order of densities of waste as well as the rate of loss of 25 to 44%. These values when evaluated from the moisture which greatly affect the incineration of the viewpoint of the Nigeria General Specification (1997), waste. It takes a longer period under considerable all pass for materials to be used as sub grade, filling sunlight for the waste to dry up completely. and sub bases in road construction while CBR values AVERAGE MOISTURE CONTENT OVEN DRY AVERAGE MOISTURE CONTENT AIR DRY for the remoulded samples which range between 14 to 42% could only pass to be used as sub grade and fill 12.45 12.6 material (table 4.1). 28.6 27 A1 A1 A2 A2 15.7 A3 15.9 A3 A4 A4 18.4 18 Figure 1.2: Moisture Contents for air dried and oven dried samples. Figure 1.5: Non-Incinerated content by volume. All the values for the CBR are approximate to the values obtained by other researchers such as Izquierdo et al (2001), Chan and Chen (2005) and Muhunthan et al (2004) respectively. These values are close to values for a well graded road base material. This shows that MSWI bottom ash could be used as road base material with little modification to increase Figure 1.3: Densities of the Municipal Solid Waste. its strength. This corroborates the findings of Ma et al (2007). 518 | P a g e
  • 4. Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522 Results of the permeability test also presented Gradation: table 1.0 indicates that bottom ash is a free draining Dry material with coefficient of permeability for all the sieving(% samples ranging between 5.9 x10 – 4m /sec to 6.75 x10 passing) –4 m /sec, which is close to the range for fine sand (K values ranges from 2.6 x 10-4 to 4.32 x 10-4 m /sec). Fine fraction 90 89 90 90 89.75 According to U.S Bureau of Reclamation, Silt fraction 20 22 19 16 19.25 soils are classified to be pervious if K values are greater than 10-4cm/sec. MSWI bottom ash falls into Atterberg these categories and can be said to be a pervious, free Limit draining material (Garg, 2002). Liquid limit Drainage is crucial in highway and geotechnical application of construction material. A Cone 37.5 32.4 36.7 37.3 28.52 well-drained material prevents development of pore penetration 6 5 6 0 pressure during loading in fills. It also accelerates the consolidation of the surrounding low permeable soils, Casagrande 33.5 34.1 34.6 34.7 34.25 leading to enhance stability of structures founded on 5 2 0 4 these materials. Plastic limit NP NP NP NP NP The average shear strength parameters for the MSWI bottom ash fall within the range for sand. Thus Permeability 6.07 6.20 5.90 6.75 6.23 x the material can be used for a number of applications (m/s) x x x x 10-4 such as filling, improvement of grading properties for 10-4 10-4 10-4 10-4 clayey soils, and as a free draining material. The unconfined compression test revealed that the MSWI Shear bottom ash has strength parameters Table 1.0: Geotechnical properties of the MSWI Bottom ash Cohesion,c(k 5.45 3.70 4.55 14.3 7.00 N/m2) 0 PROPERTI SAMPLES(AVERAGE ES VALUES) Angle of 21.6 22.3 17.9 16.2 19.50 friction, φ 0 0 0 0 A1 A2 A3 A4 Mean Unconfined 20.6 8.73 5.10 13.2 11.92 Specific 1.86 2.36 2.37 2.20 2.20 compression 0 4 Gravity strength, UCS (kNm2) Optimum 10.3 10.5 10.0 10.2 10.25 Moisture 0 0 0 0 Cohesion,c 10.3 4.37 2.55 6.62 5.96 Content from UCS 0 (kN/m2) Maximum 1.57 1.73 1.69 1.62 1.65 Dry Density CBR 63(2 44(1 57(2 50(3 53.50(27 unsoaked 7) 8) 7) 6) ) Gradation: (soaked) 0.1 Dry penetration sieving(% passing) 0.2 in 72(3 56(2 52(3 63(4 60.75(35 penetration 4) 6) 4) 9) .75) Fine fraction 87 89 85 88 87.25 California 25(2 23(1 16(1 30(3 23.50(20 Silt fraction 1.50 1.60 1.63 1.27 1.50 bearing 5) 4) 3) 1) .75) ration for 519 | P a g e
  • 5. Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522 remoulded (mg/kg) samples. Unsoaked 13 Zinc 14.8 10.1 14.0 8.88 11.98 (soaked) (mg/kg) 6 3 3 0.1 14 Lead 0.06 0.12 0.07 0.05 0.08 penetration (mg/kg) 0.2 in 41(3 38(1 26(1 42(3 36.75(27 15 Chromiu 0.17 0.42 0.25 0.17 0.25 penetration 9) 5) 9) 6) .25) m (mg/kg) 16 Manganes 4.15 7.47 4.15 3.32 4.77 Table 1.2: Chemical Analysis of Incinerator Bottom e (mg/kg) Ash S/ PARAME A1 A2 A3 A4 MEA NO TER N 7-day strength, about 3 times that of clay. Thus MSWI VAL ash could be employed as an admixture in pre- UES treatment and stabilization of soft clay. The CBR value of the MSWI bottom ash could be used as sub 1 Chloride 41.5 156. 111. 31.1 84.97 base layer materials for CBR values greater than 40%. (mg/kg) 04 22 3 Chemical characterization revealed that SiO2, a 2 Sulphate 49 50 56 47 50.5 network glass former oxide, was present in a relatively (mg/kg) high content (43.28wt %), indicating the suitability for this waste to be employed in the development of 3 pH 10.3 10.4 9.90 10.2 10.22 vitreous materials. The MSWI bottom ash could be 5 2 reused as cement replacement materials since it contained SiO2 which is one of the main building 4 Loss on 5.94 6.09 5.07 10.0 6.78 components in cement and concrete utilizations(Chun Ignition 0 et al., 2007). CaO, Na2O and K2O, which act as fluxing agents, were present in various amounts (1.7- 5 Silicon 680. 869. 838. 847. 809.0 8.20wt %) together with several other oxides normally (mg/kg) 60 80 30 43 3 present in ceramic and glass raw materials. This finding further confirms the work of Monteiro et al, 6 Calcium 45.7 73.9 88.0 74.7 70.58 (2008). Furthermore, the MSWI bottom ash contains (mg/kg) 0 0 0 0 Ca, Fe, Si, and heavy metals such as Cu, Pb, Mn, Zn, 7 Iron 16.1 14.5 24.2 103. 39.66 but it is deficient in Al. It must be noted that Zinc is (mg/kg) 3 4 75 available in significant quantities in all the dumping sites followed by Manganese and Copper. A summary 8 Magnesiu 24.0 38.1 36.5 44.8 35.90 of the chemical composition of the ash is shown in m 8 8 2 2 tables 1.2 and 1.3. (mg/kg) Table 1.3: Summary of the Major Chemical 9 Sodium( 57.0 64.5 51.6 36.1 52.33 Compounds mg/kg) 3 1 0 6 10 Phosphori 43.9 50.6 47.3 39.0 45.24 c (mg/kg) 9 3 1 1 11 Sulphur 0.21 0.40 0.75 0.62 0.50 (mg/kg) 12 Copper 1.25 2.32 1.74 1.00 1.58 520 | P a g e
  • 6. Hashim Mohammed Alhassan, Ahmed Musa Tanko / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.516-522 Major Chemical Constituents Compound Concentration (%) A1 A2 A3 A4 Avg. Silicon Oxide (SiO2) 36.40 46.53 44.85 45.33 43.28 Calcium Oxide (CaO) 1.60 25.85 3.08 2.61 8.20 Iron Oxide (Fe2O3) 0.58 0.52 0.85 3.71 1.42 Magnesium Oxide (MgO) 1.00 1.58 1.51 1.86 1.49 Sodium Oxide (Na2O) 1.92 2.18 1.74 1.22 1.77 Sulphur Oxide (SO2) 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.03 Phosphate (P2O5) 2.52 2.90 2.71 2.23 2.59 Sulphate 1.23 1.45 1.40 1.18 1.32 Total 45.26 81.03 56.18 58.17 60.10 Source: study 2 CONCLUSIONS Municipal Solid Waste incineration bottom ash is This study investigated the potential use of recommended as a waste treatment option because of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash as civil the advantage it offers in the reduction of waste by engineering construction material. Based on the results weight and by volume up to 62% and 93%, obtained from this study, the following conclusions respectively. can be drawn: Municipal solid waste incineration, from this study Municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash has achieved 93% reduction in volume and 62% by suitable geotechnical properties and based on the weight. Unified Soil Classification and AASHTO system, it has qualities that can possibly be used in construction The MSWI bottom ash is classified as well graded in of low cost roads. the Unified Soil Classification System; Non-plastic A- 3 material in AASHTO classification and satisfies the With further investigation, municipal solid waste grading of sand particles for zone 2 of the Nigeria incineration bottom ash characteristic nature of being General Specification (1997). pervious similar to natural sand put it at an advantage to possibly be a substitute in filter material in fills MSWI bottom ash is a light weight material from the specific gravity compared to natural sand and gravel. REFERENCES This is an advantage in the construction of fills on 1. Weng, M.C., Lin, C.L, Ho, C.I,(2009): grounds with low bearing capacity. “Mechanical Properties of Incineration Bottom Ash: The Influence of Composite Species”. Waste MSWI bottom ash is a pervious material quite Management. comparable to sand. Free draining materials that can 2. Aouad, G., Crovisier, J. L., Damidot, D., Stille, P., prevent buildup of pore water pressure in fills and Hutchens, E., Mutterer, J., et al. (2008). embankments. Interactions Between Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash and Bacteria MSWI bottom ash is well graded and compactable (Pseudomonas Aeruginosa). Science of the Total material that can be used as a strong road sub base Environment, 393(2), 385-393. material from the result of C.B.R values. 3. Becquart, F., Bernard, F., Arbiak, N. E., & Zentar, MSWI bottom ash is a fairly stable and durable R. (2009). Monotonic Aspects of the Mechanical material comparable to natural sand as obtained from Behavior of Bottom Ash from Municipal Solid the shear strength parameters. Waste Incineration and its Potential Use for Road Construction. Waste Management, 29(4), 1320- 1329. 521 | P a g e
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