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Title: Use of fluidized bed combustion by-products for liners and alkali substitutes. Technical report, March 1--May 31, 1995

Abstract

Fluidized Bed Combustion of coal eliminates most emissions of S and N oxides but produces sizable volumes of a solid residue that EPA may require to be placed in capped and lined landfills. Fluidized Bed Combustors are one of the most promising growth markets for Illinois coal and imposing cap and liner requirements may make the technology uneconomic. Fluidized Bed residues are cementlike and when mixed with soil, produce a material as impermeable as the clay liners used at landfills. This project will demonstrate that the residues can be mixed with soils by regular construction equipment and used in place of clays as liner material. The demonstration cap will cover an area of 7 acres and will prevent water infiltration into acid producing material. Baseline studies of Briar Creek indicate that the water is now highly degraded by acid drainage. Construction delays have enhanced the data collected on Briar Creek by allowing monitoring to continue through major seasonal changes without any effects attributable to the FBC ash. Materials needed to place the wells and lysimeters have been obtained. A contractor will build and deliver a mobile foam generator and spray to the field to demonstrate fugitive dust control from FBCmore » fly ash (dust problem is one key barrier to more widespread use of FBC ash).« less

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)
  2. Illinois Abandoned Mined Lands reclamation Council (United States)
  3. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Illinois Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, Springfield, IL (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
208295
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/92521-T242
ON: DE96007014
DOE Contract Number:  
FC22-92PC92521
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; COAL; FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION; SOLID WASTES; ASHES; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; SANITARY LANDFILLS; LINERS; PROGRESS REPORT

Citation Formats

Paul, B C, Esling, S, Pisani, F, and Wells, T. Use of fluidized bed combustion by-products for liners and alkali substitutes. Technical report, March 1--May 31, 1995. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/208295.
Paul, B C, Esling, S, Pisani, F, & Wells, T. Use of fluidized bed combustion by-products for liners and alkali substitutes. Technical report, March 1--May 31, 1995. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/208295
Paul, B C, Esling, S, Pisani, F, and Wells, T. 1995. "Use of fluidized bed combustion by-products for liners and alkali substitutes. Technical report, March 1--May 31, 1995". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/208295. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/208295.
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title = {Use of fluidized bed combustion by-products for liners and alkali substitutes. Technical report, March 1--May 31, 1995},
author = {Paul, B C and Esling, S and Pisani, F and Wells, T},
abstractNote = {Fluidized Bed Combustion of coal eliminates most emissions of S and N oxides but produces sizable volumes of a solid residue that EPA may require to be placed in capped and lined landfills. Fluidized Bed Combustors are one of the most promising growth markets for Illinois coal and imposing cap and liner requirements may make the technology uneconomic. Fluidized Bed residues are cementlike and when mixed with soil, produce a material as impermeable as the clay liners used at landfills. This project will demonstrate that the residues can be mixed with soils by regular construction equipment and used in place of clays as liner material. The demonstration cap will cover an area of 7 acres and will prevent water infiltration into acid producing material. Baseline studies of Briar Creek indicate that the water is now highly degraded by acid drainage. Construction delays have enhanced the data collected on Briar Creek by allowing monitoring to continue through major seasonal changes without any effects attributable to the FBC ash. Materials needed to place the wells and lysimeters have been obtained. A contractor will build and deliver a mobile foam generator and spray to the field to demonstrate fugitive dust control from FBC fly ash (dust problem is one key barrier to more widespread use of FBC ash).},
doi = {10.2172/208295},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/208295}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}