10° SIMPOSIO INTERNAZIONALE SULL'ENERGIA DA BIOMASSE E RIFIUTI
HOTEL MONACO & GRAND CANAL, VENEZIA / 25-27 NOVEMBRE 2024

Workshop: Pyrolysis of industrial sewage sludge

SESSION C04 / 22 November 2022 / 11:45 - 13:00
Workshop: Pyrolysis of industrial sewage sludges: opportunities and issues
Chair / Presidente: Alberto Pivato, Maria Cristina Lavagnolo (IT)


Currently, the industrial sector is responsible for the production of large quantities of sewage sludges, the majority of which still undergoes a dehydration process and further landfill disposal. In this context, research and industries should work together towards the implementation of new management practices able to achieve a higher degree of economic and environmental sustainability. Among them, thermal treatments, and pyrolysis processes in particular, could play a key role in future management strategies.
For this specific application, technological aspects (e.g., energy efficiency) of pyrolysis will be introduced and discussed together with the achievable improved circularity of materials, different management strategies for solid residues (i.e., biochar) and related carbon neutrality policies.
The workshop will be introduced by a set of short speeches (about 5-10 minutes each) given by the following speakers:

  • Alberto Pivato, Maria Cristina Lavagnolo - University of Padua (IT)
    Introduction to the workshop

  • Claudia Mensi, Simone Malvezzi - A2A Life Company (IT)
    Management strategies for industrial sewage sludges

  • Giovanni Beggio - University of Padua (IT)
    The role of biochar in a Carbon Negative Economy

  • Sergio Basso Ricci - Agrimeccanica Srl (IT)
    Technologies for sludge pyrolysis

  • Huanghu Peng - Zhejiang ECO Environmental Solution Co. Ltd (CN)
    12 Years Research, Development & Practices on Pyrolysis of Industrial Organic Solid Wastes


Given the background, the main task of the workshop will be to perform, together with the attendants, a preliminary SWOT analysis of the possible full scale application of pyrolysis for the management and treatment of the sewage sludge.