Use of Illite Clay for Disposal of Industrial Sewage Sludge

Book of Abstracts of 15th International Conference "Clay Minerals" 2013
Gaida Maruta Sedmale, Ineta Rozenštrauha, Linda Krāģe, A. Jarutis, Edmunds Lodiņš, Viktors Filipenkovs

Two main byproducts or wastes formed during the production of glass fibre are the following: sewage sludge containing montmorillonite clay as sorbent material and ca 50 % of organic matter as well as waste glass from alumoborsilicate glass fibre with relatively high softening temperature (> 600 oC). Porous ceramic materials were produced from mentioned industrial waste and mineral raw material – Quarternary illite clay, Latvia.

Keywords
illite clay, sewage sludge, porous ceramics

Sedmale, G., Rozenštrauha, I., Krāģe, L., Jarutis, A., Lodiņš, E., Fiļipenkovs, V. Use of Illite Clay for Disposal of Industrial Sewage Sludge. In: Book of Abstracts of 15th International Conference "Clay Minerals", Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, 7-13 July, 2013. Rio De Janeiro: 2013, pp.1-1.

Publication language
English (en)