Signatures of rare earth element distributions in fly ash derived from the combustion of Central Appalachian, Illinois, and Powder River basin coals

Hower, James C.; Groppo, John G.; Hsu-Kim, Heileen; Taggart, Ross K.

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121048

Signatures of rare earth element distributions in fly ash derived from the combustion of Central Appalachian, Illinois, and Powder River basin coals

Journal Article · Thu May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Fuel

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121048· OSTI ID:1977126

Hower, James C. ^[1]; Groppo, John G. ^[2]; Hsu-Kim, Heileen ^[3]; Taggart, Ross K. ^[3]

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); OSTI
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
Duke University, Durham, NC (United States)

We report the distribution of Rare Earth elements (REE) in coal-derived fly ashes can have distinctive patterns when fly ashes are produced from different coals within or between basins, such as the Pennsylvanian Class F fly ashes from the Illinois and Central Appalachian basins. Both the Fire Clay coal and a blend of a number of eastern Kentucky coals show strong Gd peaks and an H-type distribution in the Upper Continental Crust-corrected plots. The Fire Clay coal-derived ash has a higher heavy REE concentration than the blended coal-derived ash. The Illinois Basin-derived fly as has an overall lower REE concentration than the latter ashes. Class C fly ash derived from Powder River Basin coals has, with the exception of an Eu peak, a flatter distribution of REE and an overall L-type or indistinct H- versus L-type distribution. The signatures of the REE in fly ashes may be useful in predicting their behavior in the extraction of the REE; simple extrapolations from the basic concentrations and the predicted extraction percentages for ashes from different basins are not necessarily indicative of the actual distribution of the extracted REE.

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Research Organization:: Duke University, Durham, NC (United States); University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0026952

OSTI ID:: 1977126

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1785033

Journal Information:: Fuel, Journal Name: Fuel Journal Issue: C Vol. 301; ISSN 0016-2361

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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