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ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METAL CONTENT TO EVALUATE LEACHING CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL ASH WASTES

A. T. Abagiu, M. Balanescu

First published: 2013-06-20https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2013/be5.v1/s20.005View metrics

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Title
ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METAL CONTENT TO EVALUATE LEACHING CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL ASH WASTES
Authors
A. T. Abagiu, M. Balanescu
Proceedings
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings; 13th SGEM GeoConference on ECOLOGY, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION
Publisher
Stef92 Technology
Year
2013
Pages
33 - 40 pp
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
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Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
References64

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  2. Breit G, Eble C, Finkelman R, Affolter R, Belkin H, Brownfield M, et.al. Systematic Investigation of Compositional Variation in Solid Waste Products of Coal Combustion: 13th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, 1996, pp 1356–1361.

  3. Swaine D.J. Trace elements in coal. Butterworths, London. 1990. GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

  4. Sandelin K & Backman R. Trace elements in two pulverized coal powered power stations. Environ. Sci. Technol., vol.35, pp 826–834, 2001.

  5. Tillman D .A. Trace metals emission from coal utilization. In: Meyers, R.A. John Wiley & So ns (Ed.), Environmental Analysis and Remediation, vol.8, pp 4837– 4846,1998.

  6. Querol X, Pares JM, Plana F, Fernandez -Turiel J.L & Lopez A. Fly ash content and distribution in lake sediments around a large power station: inferences from magnetic susceptibility analysis. Environ Geochem Health, vol.15, issue 4, pp 9–18, 1993.

  7. Sushil S & Batra S .V. Analysis of fly ash heavy metal content and disposal in three thermal power plants in India. Fuel, vol. 85, pp 2676–2679, 2006.

  8. Capelos M. Sterile from co als. Constitution, structure, influence in technological processes (in Romanian) PhD Thesis, University Politechnica Bucharest, 2002.

  9. Llorens J.F, Fernandez-Turiel J.L & Querol X. The fate of trace elements in a large coal-fired power plant. Environ Geol., vol. 40, issue 4–5, pp 409–416, 2001.

  10. Wadge A, Hutton M, Peterson PJ. The concentrations and particle size relationships of selected trace elements in fly ashes from UK coalfired power plants and a refuse incinerator. Sci Total Environ. Vol. 54, pp 13–27, 1986.

  11. Smichowski P, Polla G, Gomez D, Espinosa A .J.F. & Lopez A .C. A three -step metal fractionation scheme for fly ashes collected in an Argentine thermal power plant Fuel, vol. 87, pp 1249–1258, 2008.

  12. Goodarzi F, Huggins F .E, Sanei H. Assessment of elements, speciation of As, Cr, Ni and emitted Hg for a Canadian power plant burning bituminous coal. Int J of Coal Geology, vol. 74, pp 1–12, 2008.

  13. Chengfeng Z, Qiang Y. & Junming S. Characteristics of particulate matter from emissions of four typical coal-fired power plants in China. Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 86, pp 757– 768, 2005.

  14. Goodarzi F. Mineralogy, elemental composition and modes of occurrence of elements in Canadian feed-coals. Fuel, vol. 81, pp 1199–1213, 2002.

  15. Hower J.C, Robertson D, Thomas G .A, Wong A.S, Schram W .H, Graham U.M et al. Characterization of fly ash from Kentucky power plants. Fuel , vol. 75 , issue 4, pp 403–411, 1996.

  16. Mastalerz M, Hower JC, Drobniak A, Mardon S.M & Lis G. From in -situ to fly ash: a study of coal mines and power plants from Indiana. Int J of Coal Geology , vol. 59, pp 171–192, 2004.

  17. Querol X, Umana J.C, Alastuey A, Bertrana C, Lopez-Soler A & Plana F. Physico- chemical characterization of Spanish fly ashes. Energy Sources vol. 21 , pp 883–898, 1999.

  18. Hill T.A, Booth M.J, Doreen C, Stiff S.M & Hull W. Environmental Impact Study of a Power Plant with Carbon Capture and Storage near the UK Coast, Energy Procedia, vol.1, pp 2463–2470, 2009. Section Ecology and Environmental Protection

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  20. Fytianos K, Tsaniklidi B. & Voudrias E. Leachability of heavy metals in Greek fly ash from coal combustion. Environ Int. vol. 24, issue 4, pp 477–486, 1998.

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  22. Egemen E, Yurteri C. Regulatory leachi ng tests for fly ash: a case study . Waste Manage Res., vol.14, issue 1, pp 43–50, 1996.

  23. Baba A & Kaya A. Leaching characteristics of solid wastes from thermal power plants of western Turkey and comparison of toxicity methodologies. J Environ Manage . vol.73, issue 3, pp 199–207, 2004.

  24. Praharaj T, Powell M.A, Hart B.R & Tripathi S. Leachibility of elements from sub- bituminous coal fly ash from India. Environ Int. vol.27, issue 8, pp 609–615, 2002.

  25. Jayasekher T. Aerosols near by a coal fired th ermal power plant: Chemical composition and toxic evaluation. Chemosphere, vol.75, pp 1525-1530, 2009.

  26. Dellinger B, Pryor WA, Cueto R, Squadrito G, Deutsch W. The role of combustion – generated radicals in the toxicity of PM2.5. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute , Baton Rouge, USA, 2000; vol. 28, pp 2675–2681.

  27. Zereini F, Alt F, Messerschmidt J, Feldmann I, Bohlen A .V, Muller J. et al . Concentration and distribution of heavy metals in urban airborne particulate matter in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Environ. Sci. Technol. vol. 39, pp 2983–2989, 2005.

  28. Palus J. Rydzynski K. Dziubaltowska E. Wyszynska K. Natarajan A .T. & Nilsson R. Genotoxic effects of occupational exposure to lead and cadmium. Mutat. Res . vol. 540, pp 19–28, 2003.

  29. Schwarze PE. Particulate matter properties and health effects: consistency of epidemiological and toxicological studies. Hum. Exp. Toxicol . Vol.25, issue 10, pp 559–579, 2006.

  30. Predeanu G.& Panaitescu C. Petrographical evaluation of xylite activated carbo n. Int. J. of Coal Geology, vol.71, pp 542-553, 2007.

  31. Popescu L. G., Gorun A., Racoceanu C. & Cruceru M., Enviromental impact of ash and slag deposit Ceplea Valey of energetic centre Turceni, 12th Int. Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference, SGEM2 012 Conf. Proc., Albena, Bulgaria, June 17-23, 2012, vol.5, pp. 345 – 352.

  32. Jones DR, Swaine DJ, Goodarzi F, editors. Environmental aspects of trace elements in coal, Kluwer, Dordrecht.1995, chapter 12. GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

  33. Schiopu E.C. Cirtina D. Racoceanu C. & Predeanu G. Researches regarding heavy metals determination (Zn, Pb, Cu, Ni, Cd, As, Cr) from steam power plant slag and ash deposited in the decantation pond from C eplea Valley, in order to determine their use opportunity as raw materials in building materials industry, 12th Int. Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference, SGEM2012 Conf. Proc., June 17-23, 2012, vol. 5, pp 723-

  34. Breit G, Eble C, Finkelman R, Affolter R, Belkin H, Brownfield M, et.al. Systematic Investigation of Compositional Variation in Solid Waste Products of Coal Combustion: 13th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, 1996, pp 1356–1361.

  35. Swaine D.J. Trace elements in coal. Butterworths, London. 1990. GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

  36. Sandelin K & Backman R. Trace elements in two pulverized coal powered power stations. Environ. Sci. Technol., vol.35, pp 826–834, 2001.

  37. Tillman D .A. Trace metals emission from coal utilization. In: Meyers, R.A. John Wiley & So ns (Ed.), Environmental Analysis and Remediation, vol.8, pp 4837– 4846,1998.

  38. Querol X, Pares JM, Plana F, Fernandez -Turiel J.L & Lopez A. Fly ash content and distribution in lake sediments around a large power station: inferences from magnetic susceptibility analysis. Environ Geochem Health, vol.15, issue 4, pp 9–18, 1993.

  39. Sushil S & Batra S .V. Analysis of fly ash heavy metal content and disposal in three thermal power plants in India. Fuel, vol. 85, pp 2676–2679, 2006.

  40. Capelos M. Sterile from co als. Constitution, structure, influence in technological processes (in Romanian) PhD Thesis, University Politechnica Bucharest, 2002.

  41. Llorens J.F, Fernandez-Turiel J.L & Querol X. The fate of trace elements in a large coal-fired power plant. Environ Geol., vol. 40, issue 4–5, pp 409–416, 2001.

  42. Wadge A, Hutton M, Peterson PJ. The concentrations and particle size relationships of selected trace elements in fly ashes from UK coalfired power plants and a refuse incinerator. Sci Total Environ. Vol. 54, pp 13–27, 1986.

  43. Smichowski P, Polla G, Gomez D, Espinosa A .J.F. & Lopez A .C. A three -step metal fractionation scheme for fly ashes collected in an Argentine thermal power plant Fuel, vol. 87, pp 1249–1258, 2008.

  44. Goodarzi F, Huggins F .E, Sanei H. Assessment of elements, speciation of As, Cr, Ni and emitted Hg for a Canadian power plant burning bituminous coal. Int J of Coal Geology, vol. 74, pp 1–12, 2008.

  45. Chengfeng Z, Qiang Y. & Junming S. Characteristics of particulate matter from emissions of four typical coal-fired power plants in China. Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 86, pp 757– 768, 2005.

  46. Goodarzi F. Mineralogy, elemental composition and modes of occurrence of elements in Canadian feed-coals. Fuel, vol. 81, pp 1199–1213, 2002.

  47. Hower J.C, Robertson D, Thomas G .A, Wong A.S, Schram W .H, Graham U.M et al. Characterization of fly ash from Kentucky power plants. Fuel , vol. 75 , issue 4, pp 403–411, 1996.

  48. Mastalerz M, Hower JC, Drobniak A, Mardon S.M & Lis G. From in -situ to fly ash: a study of coal mines and power plants from Indiana. Int J of Coal Geology , vol. 59, pp 171–192, 2004.

  49. Querol X, Umana J.C, Alastuey A, Bertrana C, Lopez-Soler A & Plana F. Physico- chemical characterization of Spanish fly ashes. Energy Sources vol. 21 , pp 883–898, 1999.

  50. Hill T.A, Booth M.J, Doreen C, Stiff S.M & Hull W. Environmental Impact Study of a Power Plant with Carbon Capture and Storage near the UK Coast, Energy Procedia, vol.1, pp 2463–2470, 2009. Section Ecology and Environmental Protection

  51. Ito S, Yokohama T. & Asakura K. Emissions of mercury and other trace elements from coal-fired power plants in Japan, Science of the Total Environment , vol. 368, pp 397-402, 2006.

  52. Fytianos K, Tsaniklidi B. & Voudrias E. Leachability of heavy metals in Greek fly ash from coal combustion. Environ Int. vol. 24, issue 4, pp 477–486, 1998.

  53. Theis TS, Westrick JD, Hsu CL, Marley JJ. Field investigation of trace metals in ground water from fly ash disposal. J Water Pollut. pp 2457–2469, 1978.

  54. Egemen E, Yurteri C. Regulatory leachi ng tests for fly ash: a case study . Waste Manage Res., vol.14, issue 1, pp 43–50, 1996.

  55. Baba A & Kaya A. Leaching characteristics of solid wastes from thermal power plants of western Turkey and comparison of toxicity methodologies. J Environ Manage . vol.73, issue 3, pp 199–207, 2004.

  56. Praharaj T, Powell M.A, Hart B.R & Tripathi S. Leachibility of elements from sub- bituminous coal fly ash from India. Environ Int. vol.27, issue 8, pp 609–615, 2002.

  57. Jayasekher T. Aerosols near by a coal fired th ermal power plant: Chemical composition and toxic evaluation. Chemosphere, vol.75, pp 1525-1530, 2009.

  58. Dellinger B, Pryor WA, Cueto R, Squadrito G, Deutsch W. The role of combustion – generated radicals in the toxicity of PM2.5. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute , Baton Rouge, USA, 2000; vol. 28, pp 2675–2681.

  59. Zereini F, Alt F, Messerschmidt J, Feldmann I, Bohlen A .V, Muller J. et al . Concentration and distribution of heavy metals in urban airborne particulate matter in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Environ. Sci. Technol. vol. 39, pp 2983–2989, 2005.

  60. Palus J. Rydzynski K. Dziubaltowska E. Wyszynska K. Natarajan A .T. & Nilsson R. Genotoxic effects of occupational exposure to lead and cadmium. Mutat. Res . vol. 540, pp 19–28, 2003.

  61. Schwarze PE. Particulate matter properties and health effects: consistency of epidemiological and toxicological studies. Hum. Exp. Toxicol . Vol.25, issue 10, pp 559–579, 2006.

  62. Predeanu G.& Panaitescu C. Petrographical evaluation of xylite activated carbo n. Int. J. of Coal Geology, vol.71, pp 542-553, 2007.

  63. Popescu L. G., Gorun A., Racoceanu C. & Cruceru M., Enviromental impact of ash and slag deposit Ceplea Valey of energetic centre Turceni, 12th Int. Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference, SGEM2 012 Conf. Proc., Albena, Bulgaria, June 17-23, 2012, vol.5, pp. 345 – 352.

  64. Jones DR, Swaine DJ, Goodarzi F, editors. Environmental aspects of trace elements in coal, Kluwer, Dordrecht.1995, chapter 12. GeoConference on Ecology, Economics, Education and Legislation

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