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Title: Field demonstration of coal combustion by-products based road sub-base in Illinois

Abstract

Development and demonstration of large-volume beneficial use applications for ponded fly ash are considered very important as a cost reduction strategy for the generation industry and value enhancement for the coal mining industry. One such application described is the road sub-base fo the Industry Access Truck Route in Meredosia, Illinois, which used approximately 77,000 cubic yard of compacted high loss-on-ignition (LOI) Class-F ponded fly ash. The Truck Route is a 24-feet wide road built on a 0 to 7 feet thick compacted fly ash sub-base. Illinois Department of Transportation estimated that the use of fly ash in this project saved more than $100,000 to the State of Illinois. Furthermore, natural resources in the form of relatively fertile soil were preserved by substituting fly ash for the available borrow in the area; quality agricultural topsoil is limited in the area. The article gives details of the project and reports favourable results on monitoring ground water quality. 2 refs., 1 fig.

Authors:
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  1. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20905777
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Ash at Work
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Ash at Work
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; USA; ILLINOIS; COAL; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; ROADS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; FLY ASH; SOILS; WATER QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; GROUND WATER; MONITORING; WATER POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CONSTRUCTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; LEACHING; COMPACTING; PAVEMENTS

Citation Formats

Chugh, Y P, Mohanty, S, and Bryant, M. Field demonstration of coal combustion by-products based road sub-base in Illinois. United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
Chugh, Y P, Mohanty, S, & Bryant, M. Field demonstration of coal combustion by-products based road sub-base in Illinois. United States.
Chugh, Y P, Mohanty, S, and Bryant, M. 2006. "Field demonstration of coal combustion by-products based road sub-base in Illinois". United States.
@article{osti_20905777,
title = {Field demonstration of coal combustion by-products based road sub-base in Illinois},
author = {Chugh, Y P and Mohanty, S and Bryant, M},
abstractNote = {Development and demonstration of large-volume beneficial use applications for ponded fly ash are considered very important as a cost reduction strategy for the generation industry and value enhancement for the coal mining industry. One such application described is the road sub-base fo the Industry Access Truck Route in Meredosia, Illinois, which used approximately 77,000 cubic yard of compacted high loss-on-ignition (LOI) Class-F ponded fly ash. The Truck Route is a 24-feet wide road built on a 0 to 7 feet thick compacted fly ash sub-base. Illinois Department of Transportation estimated that the use of fly ash in this project saved more than $100,000 to the State of Illinois. Furthermore, natural resources in the form of relatively fertile soil were preserved by substituting fly ash for the available borrow in the area; quality agricultural topsoil is limited in the area. The article gives details of the project and reports favourable results on monitoring ground water quality. 2 refs., 1 fig.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20905777}, journal = {Ash at Work},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}