Author(s)

Yaman Kumar Sahu, Pravin Kumar Sahu, Suryakant Chakradhari, Khageshwar Singh Patel^*

School of Studies in Chemistry/Environmental Science, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India.

Sewage sludge is a good source of energetically desirable compounds and green algae in developing country like India. In this work, the combustion characteristics of sewage sludge and green algae are described. The calorific value (CV) of dried sewage sludge (n = 7) and green algae (n = 11) was ranged from 1800 to 6250 and 3700 to 6280 kcal/kg with mean value of 3999 ± 1347 and 4428 ± 547 kcal/kg, respectively. The effect of proximate variables and water quality parameters in the CV of sludge and algae are discussed.

Sewage Sludge, Algae, Water Quality, Caloric Value

Sahu, Y. , Sahu, P. , Chakradhari, S. and Patel, K. (2016) Combustion Characteristics of Sewage Sludge and Algae. Natural Resources, 7, 205-213. doi: 10.4236/nr.2016.74019.