TY - JOUR N2 - Whereas the use of biofuels has attracted increasing attention, the aim of this paper is to investigate the possibility of using sewage sludge as biofuel. Preparation of untreated and stabilised sludge with natural additives is described, as well as combusting method applied and experimental results of combusting are presented based on the assessment of composition of emitted pollutants and their concentrations in the exhaust gas. NOx formation in the exhaust gas has been analysed in depth. The results of investigations have shown that the use of dried sewage sludge possesses a positive energy balance. Therefore, the sludge may be used as fuel. The obtained experimental results demonstrate that during combustion, pollutant concentrations vary depending on oxygen content (O2), while formation of nitrogen oxides is strongly influenced by fuel-bound nitrogen. Also, a generalized equation of calculating fuel bound nitrogen conversion into NOx is presented. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/84849/PDF/02-paper-Turkiene.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/84849 PY - 2013 IS - No 2 June EP - 214 DO - 10.2478/cpe-2013-0017 KW - sewage sludge KW - combustion KW - NOx concentration KW - conversion factor KW - CO A1 - Turkienė, Nora A1 - Zigmontienė, Aušra A1 - Buinevičius, Kęstutis A1 - Plečkaitienė, Raminta PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering DA - 2013 T1 - Sewage Sludge Combustion – Experimental and Theoretical Analysis SP - 203 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/84849 T2 - Chemical and Process Engineering ER -