Evaluation of the environmental hazard of char residues produced in the co-pyrolysis of different wastes :chemical and ecotoxicological characterization

Bernardo, Maria; Lapa, Nuno; Gonçalves, Maria Margarida; Barbosa, Rui; Mendes, Benilde; Pinto, Filomena; Gulyurtlu, Ibrahim

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Bernardo, Maria

Lapa, Nuno

Gonçalves, Maria Margarida

Abstract(s)

Char residues produced in co-pyrolysis of different wastes were characterized through chemical and toxicity tests. A fraction of the solid chars was treated by extraction with dichloromethane. Different volatilit fractions present in the extracted and non extrated char were evaluated. A selected group of heavy metals was determined in both chars. Chars were subjected to the leaching test ISO/TS 21268-2 and resulting eluates were further characterized by determining a group of inorganic parameters and concentrations of several organic contaminants. An ecotoxicological characterization was performed by using the bio-indicator Vibrio fischeri. The chemical and ecotoxicological characterization led to a classification on the chars as ecotoxic

Keywords

Co-pyrolysis Ecotoxicity Leachates Organic contaminants Waste

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/612

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Bernardo, Maria S.; lapa, N.; Gonçalves, Margarida; Barbosa, Rui; Mendes, Benilde; Pinto, Filomena; Gulyurtlu , Ibrahim. Evaluation of the environmental hazard of char residues produced in the co-pyrolysis of different wastes :chemical and ecotoxicological characterization. Comunicação apresentada ao: Twelfth International Waste Management and Landfil Symposium: Proceedings Sardinia 2009, S. Margherita di Pula, Cagliari, Italy, 5-9 October 2009