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    Economical Treatment Method for Waste Pickling Liquor for Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
    (Tech Journal, 2014) Singhal, Anupam; Gupta, Rajiv; Verma, Sanjay Kumar
    Waste pickling liquor is pertinent to hazardous waste. Various types of recovery and regeneration methods are used to recover and regenerate the acid and metals from waste pickling liquor. But these methods are sumptuous and not amenable for small scale industries. In a developing country like India, where lots of micro, small and medium scale industries exist, only precipitation is a pecuniary treatment method but it generates lots of sludge. There are severe problems in its disposal to lined sites (landfills). This study has been undertaken to minimize the generation of the pickling sludge by different neutralizing agents and their combinations with economic valuation and also sludge characterization has been done. The results show that the treatment of pickling effluent with lime only is the economical solution but the quantity of sludge generation is on a higher side. However, the authors recommend 20% calcium hydroxide and 80% sodium hydroxide for the treatment because sludge reduction is appreciable and lower sludge generation will result in lower cost of sludge handling, i.e., sludge collection, transportation and disposal arrangement. The sludge characterization results show that the sludge generated by the treatment of WPL requires further treatment before using it as a building material.
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    A Study on Utilization of Treated Spent Liquor Sludge with Fly Ash by Making Cement Concrete Hollow Cavity Bricks
    (IJEP, 2012-09) Singhal, Anupam
    This solid waste may contaminate surface run-off and surface water. In stainless steel pickling industries, a lot of sludge is generated and disposal of above sludge as per Act of Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 1989 is not easy. In the normal practice, the sludge is being disposed off on both sides of roads and railway tracks to fill low lying areas. This causes a severe problem, because during rains, the entire toxic compound (leachate) goes into ground and pollutes the ground water. Seeing the above problem, a study is taken for utilization of pickling sludge with fly ash to avoid the problem of disposal. Cement concrete hollow cavity bricks can be made and compressive strength of cement concrete hollow cavity brick is found to increase with addition of 7.5% TSLS (treated spent liquor sludge) and 15% fly ash as a partial replacement of cement. Formation of C-S-H gel may be contributing to increase in compressive strength.
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    Trials on sludge of lime treated spent liquor of pickling unit for use in the cement concrete and its leaching characteristics
    (Elsiever, 2007-01) Singhal, Anupam
    Disposal of sludge of lime treated spent liquor pickling unit, as per the Act of Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 is not easy. Its transportation and construction of lined disposal sites pose very severe problem. In the normal practice, sludge is being disposed off on sides of roads and railway tracks to generally fill the low-lying areas. This may cause severe health hazards. An attempt has therefore been made to utilize the treated spent liquor sludge in cement concrete. Design mix M20 has been prepared with varying concentration of sludge in the laboratory. Toxicity characteristics leaching procedure (TCLP) test as per USEPA has been carried out on cement concrete cubes.