Title of Document: EVALUATION OF LEACHING PROTOCOLS FOR THE TESTING OF COAL COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS Jason Louis Becker, Master of Science, 2010 Directed By: Associate Professor Ahmet Aydilek, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Beneficial reuse of coal combustion byproducts requires an evaluation of metal leaching potential. Reuse of high carbon fly ash in highway embankment constru...

Class C fly ash is a coal combustion product normally produced from lignite or subbituminous coal obtained as a result of the power generation process. In recent years, efforts were taken to incorporate self-cementing fly ash into full-depth reclaimed (FDR) asphalt pavements to improve the structural capacity of asphalt pavement base layers. In this study, an existing asphalt pavement in County...

The electrical conductivity of seeded (with potassium) combustion products of six varieties of Indian coal with enriched air have been analytically evaluated to investigate the feasibility of using them as working fuels for coal-tired MHD generators. The analysis takes into account the effect of sulphur and ash on the conductivity of combustion products.

Neuston samples were collected at 21 stations during an ~700 nautical mile (~1300 km) expedition in July 2012 in the Laurentian Great Lakes of the United States using a 333 μm mesh manta trawl and analyzed for plastic debris. Although the average abundance was approximately 43,000 microplastic particles/km², station 20, downstream from two major cities, contained over 466,000 particles/km², gre...

A thermal power station is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven. Water is heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this is known as a Rankine cycle. The greatest variation in the design of thermal power stations is due ...

The effective collection of fly ash in pulverized coal-fired plants which utilize electrostatic precipitators depends primarily on the effect of coal sulfur content, the gas temperature, and the carbonaceous content of the fly ash on the precipitator electrical power input. While the majority of precipitator installations are effective fly ash collectors, an abnormal change in any of the above ...

Background: Radionuclides occur in coal combustion residues, such as fly ash and bottom ash, which are by-products of coal combustion. They pose potential radiological risks to people present in the surrounding areas. Materials and Methods: Gamma spectrometry was performed to determine the radionuclide activity concentrations in a coal-driven power plant located in the Limpopo province, South A...

Coal fly ash (CFA) generated by coal-based thermal power plants is mainly composed of some oxides having high crystallinity, like quartz and mullite. In this study, the effect of CFA crystallinity toward lead adsorption capacity was investigated. To get solid with various crystallinity, the solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) of 1-7 M was used to treat CFA at various temperature and reflux time...

This paper presents recent operating results of Coal Tech s second generation, air cooled, slagging coal combustor, and its application to power plants in the 1 to 20 MW range. This 20 MMBtu/hour combustor was installed in a new demonstration plant in Philadelphia, PA in 1995. It contains the combustion components of a 1 MWe coal fired power plant, a 17,500 lb/hour steam boiler, coal storage an...

Ash application influences availabilities of plant micronutrients either directly through addition of its miEnergy generation from biomass is an environmentally sound altercronutrients constituents or indirectly through the modinative to other energy producing technologies. Pilot studies have indicated that alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a suitable feedstock for fication of soil pH. Increased ...