The present invention relates to the technical field of municipal
sludge and industrial
sludge treatment methods. Disclosed is a
hydrothermal carbonization-based method for comprehensively treating iron-containing
sludge and
straw, comprising the following steps: 1) crushing and sieving
straw, primarily dehydrating iron-containing sludge, and adding a catalyst for catalytic
wet oxidation treatment; 2) adding wet-oxidized iron-containing sludge and a crushed and sieved
fiber to a
raw material storage tank and adding a dehydrating agent for
dehydration treatment; 3) preheating a
raw material conveying tank and then feeding the material into a reactor for a
hydrothermal carbonization reaction; 4) collecting the resulting
biochar slurry to a collecting tank for cooling; and 5) adding an appropriate amount of pulverized
coal to the material and then carrying out plate press
dehydration, or directly carrying out plate press
dehydration, the material being used as a
solid fuel. The present invention integrates two techniques, i.e.,
anaerobic digestion and
hydrothermal carbonization, for sludge treatment, and the process is optimized from material and
energy balance perspectives, so that the
solid fuel and
biochar substances are generated while sludge reduction is realized; moreover, the operation cost of the process is reduced, and the generated hydrothermal carbon can be either returned to the field for use or be used as an additive to promote
anaerobic digestion, and also exhibits
magnetism and can be recycled.