Abstract
During the thermal power production, the combustion of coal results in coal ashes as waste products, viz. fly ash (FA) and bottom ash (BA). Considering the fact that the major part of the power comes from thermal power plants, a huge amount of coal ashes are generated that cause serious issues for its disposal. Extensive efforts have been made to utilize these ashes for different applications in bulk amount, and building material manufacturing is one of them. Therefore, in this chapter, the characterization and utilization of coal ashes in building material synthesis are discussed with providing a critique on the challenges and future trends of coal ash utilization.
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Since this chapter has been written during the COVID 19 pandemic, the first author (S.K. Das) was at home during the manuscript preparation, he wants to thank his parents (Mr. Santosh K. Das and Mrs. Sasmita Das) for their continuous help and support in making the home a perfect place to write peacefully. All the authors are thankful to CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, for the characterization study of coal ashes provided in the study. Mr. Jyotirmoy Mishra (Civil Engineering Department, VSSUT, Burla, India) and Mr. RS Krishna (CSIR-IMMT, Bubaneswar, India) are also acknowledged for their valuable inputs in preparation of this work.
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Das, S.K., Mishra, S., Das, D., Mustakim, S.M., Kaze, C.R., Parhi, P.K. (2021). Characterization and Utilization of Coal Ash for Synthesis of Building Materials. In: Jyothi, R.K., Parhi, P.K. (eds) Clean Coal Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68502-7_19
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