Globally, coal-fired power plants are the largest industrial source of carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 emissions from flue gas have potential for direct mineralization with electrostatic precipitator fly ash particles in the field. Demonstration scale accelerated mineral carbonation (AMC) studies were conducted at the Jim Bridger Power Plant, a large coal fired power plant located in Wyoming, USA. AM...

Coal utilization byproducts (CUB), such as fly ash, contain cations that may be released during exposure to fluids such as acid rain or acid mine drainage. Researchers at the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE/NETL) have conducted a long-term column leaching study of 32 Class F fly ash samples from pulverized coal (PC) combustion, and quantified the release of 19 ...

Fly ash is a waste produced in coal-fired thermal power stations. It has pozzolanic properties and can therefore be stabilized to achieve higher strength and durability required for use as pavement substructure specifically as subbase or base layer material. The stabilization of fly ash can be achieved by adding either cement, lime or other materials. Stabilization of fly ash with available ind...

Flyash is a light coal dust coming out with the gases of coal-fired boilers. The particle size of flyash varies from one sub-micron to several micrometers and mineral admixture, inert material and good Pozzolanic properties [1]. In India, electricity is the main source of power for industries. For enormous reserve of coal in the country, coal-based power generation is the major source of energy...

Anthropogenic pollutants disrupt global biodiversity, and terrestrial sentinels of pollution can provide a warning system for ecosystem-wide contamination. This study sought to assess whether raccoons (Procyon lotor) are sentinels of local exposure to trace element contaminants at a coal fly ash site and whether exposure resulted in health impairment or changes in the intestinal helminth commun...

Homogenization is the processing of one type of material so that the inherent fluctuations in respect of quality and/or size distribution are evened out. In blending coal, the aim is to achieve a final product with a well defined composition, from two or more coal types, so that the elements are very well distributed and no large pockets of one type can be identified. In mixing, traces of the i...

Základné vlastnosti sadrovca pre odsírenie spalín Several hundred thousand of FGD gypsum is produced annually at the Matra Power Plant (Hungary) as a byproduct of generating electricity and protecting the environment. Chemical and mechanical characteristics of this material were studied of the Department of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Miskolc (Hungary). The material in qu...

Coal combustion is a major source of trace elements to the environment. Aquatic disposal of wastes from this process can result in reproductive failure in many wildlife species, but little is known regarding impacts on avian fauna. Individual eggs were collected from common grackles (Quiscalus quiscala) nesting in association with coal fly ash settling basins and a reference site to determine i...

Beneficial reuse of coal combustion byproducts, e.g., in highway construction, requires an evaluation of metal leaching potential. Metal leaching from high-carbon fly ash in soil mixes typical of highway embankment construction was evaluated using different soil-fly ash mixtures and three common leaching tests: the water leach test (WLT), the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP), a...

Aided phytostabilization using a combination of compost, zerovalent iron grit and coal fly ash (CZA) amendments and revegetation effectively promoted the biological recovery of mining spoils generated at a gold mine in Portugal. Selective dissolution of spoil samples in combination with solid phase characterization using microbeam X-ray absorption near edge structure (μXANES) spectroscopy and m...