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Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues

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  • © 2006

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Editors:
  1. Kenneth S. Sajwan

    1. Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah State University, Savannah, USA

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  2. Irena Twardowska

    1. Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland

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  3. Tracy Punshon

    1. Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, USA
      Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA

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  4. Ashok K. Alva

    1. Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Pacific West Area, Prosser, USA

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  • Contains significant research from leading scientists within the area of coal and coal combustion products
  • Addresses the major implications and critical issues surrounding coal combustion products and their impact upon the environment
  • Discusses effects of coal combustion within the fields of public health, engineering, energy industry, and a wide realm of environmental science related disciplines

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Production of Coal Combustion Products and Their Potential Uses

      • K. S. Sajwan, T. Punshon, J. C. Seaman
      Pages 3-9

  3. Environmental Impact of Coal Combustion Residues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Coal and Coal Combustion Products: Prospects for Future and Environmental Issues

      • Irena Twardowska, Sebastian Stefaniak
      Pages 13-20

    3. Alternative By-Products of Coal Combustion and Simultaneous SO2/SO3/NOX Treatment of Coal-Fired Flue Gas: Approach to Environmentally Friendly Use of Low-Rank Coal

      • Ryunosuke Kikuchi
      Pages 21-32

    4. Fly Ash as a Sealing Material for Spontaneous Combustion and Acid Rock Drainage Prevention and Control

      • Irena Twardowska, Sebastian Stefaniak
      Pages 33-40

    5. Delineation of Water and Sediment Contamination in River Near a Coal Ash Pond in Orissa, India

      • S. Tripathy, T. Praharaj
      Pages 41-49

    6. Prediction of Coal Ash Leaching Behavior in Acid Mine Water: Comparison of Laboratory and Field Studies

      • Paul F. Ziemkiewicz, Anna S. Knox
      Pages 50-58

  4. Trace Elements in Flyashes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Occurrence and Sorption of Radionuclides Onto Coal-Fired Power Plant Combustion Waste

      • Irena Twardowska, Sebastian Stefaniak
      Pages 61-65

    3. Heavy Metals Adsorption and Their Distribution in Three Soil Types of India: Effect of Coal Fly Ash and Sewage Sludge Amendment

      • S. Tripathy, H. Veeresh, D. Chaudhuri, M. A. Powell, B. R. Hart
      Pages 66-83

  5. Transport and Leachability of Metals from Coal and Ash Piles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Impact of Grassed Swales on the Fate of Metals Leached from Roads Built with Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ashes

      • Jurate Kumpiene, Holger Ecke, Christian Maurice
      Pages 87-98

    3. Removal of Mercury from Aqueous Streams of Fossil Fuel Power Plants Using Novel Functionalized Nanoporous Sorbents

      • S. V. Mattigod, G. E. Fryxell, X. Feng, K. E. Parker, E. M. Piers
      Pages 99-104

    4. Leachability of Trace Metals from Sandy or Rocky Soils Amended with Coal Fly Ash

      • Yuncong Li, Jianjun Chen
      Pages 105-113

    5. Arsenic and Selenium Speciation in Aged Flue Gas Desulfurization Amended Soil

      • Tracy Punshon, Brian P. Jackson, John C. Seaman, Domy C. Adriano, Joanna Burger
      Pages 114-123

    6. Trace Element Transport in Putting Green Root Mixes Amended by Coal Combustion Products (CCP)

      • Maxim J. Schlossberg, William P. Miller
      Pages 124-133

    7. Solute Leaching from Fly Ash Amended Soil Under Varying Degrees of Saturation

      • J. M. Hutchison, J. C. Seaman, B. P. Jackson, S. A. Aburime
      Pages 134-141

    8. Solution Geochemistry Gradients in an Acid Mine Drainage Wetland Substrate

      • A. D. Karathanasis, J. E. Robinson, E. M. D’Angelo
      Pages 142-149
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Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues addresses the major implications and critical issues surrounding coal combustion products and their impact upon the environment. It provides essential information for scientists conducting research on coal and coal combustion products, but also serves as a valuable reference for a wide variety of researchers and other professionals in the energy industry and in the fields of public health, engineering, and environmental sciences. The ultimate goal of this volume is to benefit both our economy and our environment as humanity enters the second half of the fossil fuel era.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah State University, Savannah, USA

    Kenneth S. Sajwan

  • Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland

    Irena Twardowska

  • Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, USA

    Tracy Punshon

  • Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA

    Tracy Punshon

  • Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Pacific West Area, Prosser, USA

    Ashok K. Alva

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