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Prediction of slagging potential of sewage sludge ash using Fu and AFI indices

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources
Volume 36 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Barbara Jagustyn,  Sławomir Stelmach and  Izabela Mazur  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2025-0014 | Journal eISSN: 2353-8589 | Journal ISSN: 1230-7831
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Language: English
Page range: 21 - 28
Published on: Nov 21, 2025
Published by: National Research Institute, Institute of Environmental Protection
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
sewage sludge ash,
slagging,
fouling,
ash fusibility,
fouling index,
phosphorus pentoxide,
co-combustion,
coal-fired boilers
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Ecology

© 2025 Barbara Jagustyn, Sławomir Stelmach, Izabela Mazur, published by National Research Institute, Institute of Environmental Protection
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