Utilisation of Coal Combustion Products in Agriculture

Title
Utilisation of Coal Combustion Products in Agriculture
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Yunusa, Isa
Veeragathipillai, Manoharan
Burchett, Margaret
Eamus, Derek
Skilbeck, Greg
Editor
Editor(s): Colin Ward, Craig Heidirch, Olivia Yeatman
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Ash Development Association of Australia
Place of publication
Wollongong, Australia
Edition
2
UNE publication id
une:16658
Abstract
As indicated in Chapters 1 and 2, coal combustion products (CCPs) include fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag (furnace bottom ash) and flue gas desulfurisation material (FGD). The latter, however, is not produced by Australian coal-fired power stations. Fly ash represents the largest component of the group, accounting for up to 90% of the CCPs produced. The chemical composition of fly ash generally reflects the mineral matter of the parent coal, while the physical features (size and shape) of the particles often make it suited as an alternative material in applications that use sand, gravel or gypsum. Fly ash is made up of fine (1.0- 100 pm), powdery particles, composed of crystalline minerals, amorphous aluminosilicates, and small proportions of unburnt carbon. The texture of fly ash is comparable to that of "silt and fine sand" soils (Adriano et al. 1980; Aitken et al. 1984; Palumbo et al. 2004). It is these general characteristics, both in terms of elemental composition and physical properties, which have generated increasing interest in fly ash as a viable product for soil management in crop and pasture production systems in Australia and in many other parts of the world.
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Citation
Coal Combustion Products Handbook, p. 365-407
ISBN
9780992514006
Start page
365
End page
407

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