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- Title
The multiple value characteristics of fly ash from Indian coal thermal power plants: a review.
- Authors
Vig, Nitasha; Mor, Suman; Ravindra, Khaiwal
- Abstract
Coal-powered thermal plants are the primary source of energy production around the globe. More than half (56.89%) of the Indian power plants use coal for power production. Coal burning in power plants results in coal combustion residuals, which contain coal fly ash (CFA) that is recognized as principle by-product. CFA is difficult to characterize due to its broad compositional variation. Hence, the present article summarizes the various physical, chemical, mineralogical, and petrological characterizations of CFA to its use in different applications. Indian coal thermal power plants are found to release two types of CFA: F (fine) and C (coarse). CFA particles are identified as unburned carbon particles with a large fraction of silica oxides, alumina oxides, and iron oxides with a small fraction of calcium oxide (CaO). Morphologically, CFA particles are spherical, with large carbon molecules and a smooth texture surface. In terms of mineralogy; quartz, mullite, magnetite, and hematite are the dominant mineral phases of CFA and tend to be non-plastic, with permeability levels ranging from 8 × 10−6 to 1.87 × 10−4 cms−1. Petrographically, CFA is enriched in inertinite and liptinites as well as collotelinite, collodetrinite, and vitrodetrinite particles. Moreover, CFA is found to be composed of various organic and inorganic particles. By virtue of multiple characterizations, it has been utilized in several applications for decades, which is still quite limited. Therefore, current study aim to provide helpful insights into the potential use of CFA-derived products in different ways to increase sustainability.
- Subjects
THERMAL coal; FLY ash; POWER plants; COAL ash; COAL combustion; FERRIC oxide; HEMATITE
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2023, Vol 195, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-022-10473-2