Utilisation of Coal Combustion Products in Agriculture

Title
Utilisation of Coal Combustion Products in Agriculture
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Yunusa, Isa
Manoharan, Veeragathipillai
Burchett, Margaret
Eamus, Derek
Skilbeck, Greg
Editor
Editor(s): Lila Gurba, Craig Heidrich, Colin Ward
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cooperative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development
Place of publication
Callaghan, Australia
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:9897
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 fly ash is made up of fine (1.0-100 gm), powdery materials, composed of amorphous aluminosilicates and minor proportions of unburnt carbon. The texture of fly ash is comparable to that of soil (Adriano et al. 1980; Palumbo et al. 2004), with the majority of their particle size falling into the "silt and fine sand" texture range (Aitken et al. 1984). The chemical composition of fly ash generally reflects that of the parent coal while their physical features (size and shape) often make them suited as an alternative material in applications that use sand,gravel or gypsum. It is these general characteristics, elemental composition and physical properties, that have generated interest in their potential application 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. 373-414
ISBN
1921374098
Start page
373
End page
414

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