To evaluate the concentration of naturally occurring radioactive material particularly, uranium concentration in fly ash, samples were collected from Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant, Bathinda, Punjab, India and Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Station, Suratgarh, Rajasthan, India during 2010 to 2012. Samples were processed using ICP-MS (Inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry) with multi-eleme...

The increasing requirements for the environmental protection have resulted in the search for more effective, inexpensive and ecologically safe solutions. Zeolite is one of the alternatives, which due to their peculiar structure are widely used for various environmental processes. The demand for an easily accessible and inexpensive source of zeolite has raised interest in synthesis of these mine...

This paper assesses the feasibility of two industrial wastes, fly ash (FA) and rice husk ash (RHA), as raw materials for the production of geopolymeric pastes. Three typologies of samples were thus produced: (i) halloysite activated with potassium hydroxide and nanosilica, used as the reference sample (HL-S); (ii) halloysite activated with rice husk ash dissolved into KOH solution (HL-R); (iii)...

Results of experimental investigation carried out to study the effects of addition of natural san fibres on the fracture toughness and impact strength of high-volume fly ash concrete are presented in this paper. San fibres belong to the category of ‘Natural Bast Fibres’, also known as ‘Sunn Hemp’. Its scientific (botanical) name is Crotalaria Juncea. It is mostly grown in the Indian Sub-Contine...

Batch leaching tests were employed to investigate the leaching potential of arsenic (As) and selenium (Se) from two fly ash samples. The effect of pH and solid-to-liquid (S/L) ratio on As and Se leaching was examined in this preliminary study. Maximum As leaching occurred at pH 7-8, and soluble As concentration slightly increased with decrease of S/L ratio. Se displayed consistently increasing ...

Numerical simulation of the content of unburned carbon in fly ash on the 300MW tangentially pulverized coal fired boiler is performed by the numerical simulation software COALFIRE, which is based on international advanced TASCFLOW software platform. Firstly, take the result of calculation of number value as the sample, and then set up the support vector machine model of unburned carbon content ...

Self-compacting concrete is an innovative concrete that does not require vibration for placing and compaction. It is able to flow under its own weight, completely filling formwork and achieving full compaction even in congested reinforcement without segregation and bleeding. In the present study self compacting concrete mixes were developed using blend of fly ash and rice husk ash. Fresh proper...

A new technology was recently developed for municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly ash stabilization, based on the employment of all waste and byproduct materials. In particular, the proposed method is based on the use of amorphous silica contained in rice husk ash (RHA), an agricultural byproduct material (COSMOS-RICE project). The obtained final inert can be applied in several applicat...

This paper presents results of investigation the possibility of replacing the mineral filler with fly ash from power plant “Gacko” in the bituminous aggregate mixture BNS 22A. The most important physical-mechanical properties of bituminous aggregate mixture with fly ash from power plant “Gacko” used as filler were investigated. Based on the results obtained it was concluded that fly ash from po...

The Present study was carried out to evaluate the influence of addition of Fibres and Class ‘C’ Flyash on the mechanical properties of concrete. Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC) is very useful in extreme climate where shrinkage of concrete causes cracks. The Fibre Reinforced Flyash concrete (FRFAC) has been successfully used to minimize cavitations / damages in hydraulics structures. The FRC wit...