The land disposal of chicken waste from the poultry industry and subsequent environmental implications has stimulated interest into cleaner and more useful disposal options. Direct combustion is considered one of the three main alternative disposal routes for disposing poultry litter. Compared with conventional combustion technology, fluidized bed combustion is considered an optimal technology for disposing of animal waste with energy recovery. Due to its high moisture content and low heat value, the chicken waste is co-fired with coal. In this study, the effects of blending a ratio of chicken waste with coal and air staging on the pollutant emissions were studied. Meanwhile, the influence of blending a ratio of chicken waste with coal on mercury content in fly ash was investigated experimentally.
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