Worldwide high-volume coal ash utilization
Conference
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OSTI ID:696744
- Manz Associates, Alvarado, MN (United States)
Coal ash refers to fly ash as well as bottom ash and boiler slag. High-volume uses include those fly ash products that are either large in quantity or use huge percentages (over 50%) of fly ash. High-volume uses are typified by fills, embankments, backfills, highway base course, and soil stabilization and amendment. In 1992, 367 million tonnes of fly ash were produced, as well as 91.8 million tonnes of bottom ash and boiler slag; 152.8 million tonnes (33.3%) were used. The main uses of coal ash have been in cement and concrete manufacture, in road construction and as filler on construction sites, in cellular concrete, and in lightweight aggregate and brick. Worldwide in 1992, 40.2 million tonnes were used in cement and concrete manufacture; 47.5 million tonnes in road construction and as filler on construction sites, in cellular concrete, and in lightweight aggregate and brick. Worldwide in 1992, 40.2 million tonnes were used in cement and concrete manufacture; 47.5 million tonnes in road construction and as filler on construction sites; 7.2 million tonnes in cellular concrete; 3.1 million tonnes in lightweight aggregate and bricks; over 40 million tonnes for filler for mines, quarries, or pits; and almost 3 million tonnes for soil amendment. EPRI (the collaborative R and D organization with membership of over 700 electric utilities) initiated an ash utilization research and development program in 1979 aimed at supporting the increased use of fly ash in the United States. This paper includes a worldwide survey of the production and utilization of coal ash from 1964 to 1995. The data were collected from various working papers of the UN Group of Experts on the Utilization of Ash and from three papers by the author on the worldwide production and utilization of coal ash. For 1995, information was obtained through a questionnaire sent to selected individuals. The last available data for eastern Europe and the United Kingdom are for 1989.
- Research Organization:
- Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 696744
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990410--PROC.-Vol.2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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