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Reuse options for coal fired power plant bottom ash and fly ash

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Reuse options for coal fly ash and coal bottom ash are reviewed in this paper. Although, significant quantities of coal fly ash and coal bottom ash are produced worldwide every year, less than 30 % of coal ash produced is reused. Coal ash is mainly reused in civil engineering applications such as road construction, embankments, construction materials, geo-polymer applications and in cement production. Other potential reuse options for coal ash include applications such as glass ceramics, water and wastewater treatment, agriculture as well as for making high value products (e.g. telescope mirrors, break-liners, fire proof products etc.). Considering that only a small fraction of coal ash is reused, other reuse options for commercial applications need to be explored.

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Abbreviations

ASTM:

American Society of Testing of Materials

CBA:

Coal bottom ash

CFA:

Coal fly ash

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

EU:

European Union

FGD:

Flue gas desulfurization

GBA:

Ground bottom ash

HeCB:

Heptachloro biphenyl

LOI:

Loss on ignition

OPC:

Ordinary Portland cement

PAH:

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

PCB:

Polychlorinated biphenyl

TCB:

Tri chloro biphenyl

TOC:

Total organic carbon

TPPs:

Thermal power plants

TW:

Tinacal ore waste

ZFA:

Zeolited fly ash

USA:

United States of America

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Jayaranjan, M.L.D., van Hullebusch, E.D. & Annachhatre, A.P. Reuse options for coal fired power plant bottom ash and fly ash. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol 13, 467–486 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-014-9336-4

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