Reclamation of abandoned surface coal mined land using flue gas desulfurization products

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Energeia (Lexington)

OSTI ID:21240434

Chen, L; Kost, D; Dick, W A ^[1]

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1. Ohio State University, OH (United States)

Details are given of a field-scale research project where the Fleming site, in Ohio, of highly degraded and acid-forming abandoned surface coal-mined land, was reclaimed using a dry flue gas desulfurization product from an atmospheric fluidized bed combustion burner at a General Motors plant Pontiac, MI, which burned eastern Ohio coal and used dolomitic limestone for desulfurization. Plots were seeded with a mixture of grasses, wheat and clover, in 1994 and soil and water samples were analysed in 1995 and in 2009. It was found that FGD-treated plots promoted good regenerative growth, similar to that in plots using more concentrated re-soil material. The FGD treatment also greatly improved overall water quality. 3 figs., 4 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 21240434
• Journal Information: Energeia (Lexington), Vol. 20, Issue 5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
LAND RECLAMATION
SURFACE MINING
COAL MINES
FLUE GAS
DESULFURIZATION
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
USA
OHIO
ABANDONED SITES
SOIL CHEMISTRY
BIOMASS
WATER QUALITY
PH VALUE
COMPOST
PLANT GROWTH
REVEGETATION
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ACID MINE DRAINAGE
BY-PRODUCTS
GRAMINEAE
GROUND COVER
ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY
WHEAT
NUTRIENTS
CLOVER
RYE