title: Removal of unburned carbon from municipal solid waste fly ash by column flotation.
abstract: Unburned carbon (UC) is the major source of organic contaminants in municipal solid waste (MSW) fly ash. So most organic contaminants can be removed by the removal of the UC from the MSW fly ash. In this paper, we first used a technique of column flotation to remove UC from MSW fly ash. The influences of column flotation parameters on the recovery efficiency of UC were systematically studied. It was found that the UC recovery efficiency was greatly influenced by the gas flow rate, pH value, collector kerosene's concentration and the types of fly ash. By optimizing the above parameters, we have successfully removed 61.2% of the UC from MSW fly ash having 5.24% UC content. The removal mechanism was well accounted for the kinetic theory of column flotation and surface-chemistry theory. The results indicate that the column flotation technique is effective in removing the UC from MSW fly ash, and show that there is a strong possibility for practical application of this technique in removing the organic contaminants from MSW fly ash.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, 606-8501, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017745:Incineration; D007700:Kinetics; D011312:Pressure; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012995:Solubility; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D002244:Carbon