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Main Title Reclamation of alkaline ash piles and protection of their environment against dusting /
Author Wysocki, Wladyslaw.,
CORP Author Central Research and Design Inst. for Open-Pit Mining, Wroclaw (Poland).;Industrial Environmental Research Lab.-Cincinnati, OH.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development [Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry], Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/7-79-128; EPA-05-534-1
Stock Number PB80-102916
OCLC Number 05529108
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Ashes as fertilizer ; Alkalies ; Land use, Rural
Additional Subjects Waste reclamation ; Fly ash ; Air pollution control ; Solid waste disposal ; Electric power plants ; Combustion products ; Industrial wastes ; Field tests ; Trees ; Soils ; Coal fired power plants
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EJBD  EPA 600-7-79-128 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/19/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/7-79-128 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 12/19/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-79-128 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-7-79-128 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 05/08/1998
ESAD  EPA 600-7-79-128 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-102916 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xvii, 260 : illustrations, tables ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to develop methods to reclaim and stabilize by vegetation fly ash and bottom ash from bituminous and lignite fired power plants. The ash had been transported from the power plant as a slurry and disposed of in ponds. Ashes from these power plants were strongly alkaline (pH from 8.5 to 12.8). Greenhouse experiments were conducted using white mustard (Synapis alba L.) as the test plant on ashes treated by various fertilizers, with various moisture levels and with application of amendments changing the composition or the properties of ash. Three years field experiments were performed to investigate the growth, health, yields and quality of mixtures of legumes and grasses growing on ashes with admixtures changing their composition or properties. Different fertilization levels were also studied. A 3-year field investigation of the growth and health of selected species of trees, bushes and cuttings was conducted. On the base of periodical pedological microbiological and phytosociological examination the process of the soil formation was observed. Field experiments were carried out in a moderate climate, where significant air pollution, dusts, and gases were emitted from nearby power plants burning bituminous coal or lignite. Along with the results of the greenhouse and field investigations, recommendations for ash reclamation are presented.
Notes
"July 1979." "Project Number 5-534-1." "Project Officer John E. Hardaway, Office of Energy--Region VIII." Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-255).