Abstract
This paper presents data on the properties of coal and fly ash from two coal mines and two power plants that burn single-source coal from two mines in Indiana. One mine is in the low-sulfur (<1%) Danville Coal Member of the Dugger Formation (Pennsylvanian) and the other mines the high-sulfur (>5%) Springfield Coal Member of the Petersburg Formation (Pennsylvanian). Both seams have comparable ash contents (∼11%). Coals sampled at the mines (both raw and washed fractions) were analyzed for proximate/ultimate/sulfur forms/heating value, major oxides, trace elements and petrographic composition. The properties of fly ash from these coals reflect the properties of the feed coal, as well as local combustion and post-combustion conditions. Sulfur and spinel content, and As, Pb and Zn concentrations of the fly ash are the parameters that most closely reflect the properties of the source coal.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 171-192 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | International Journal of Coal Geology |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 10 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank the United States Geological Survey (NaCQI Program) for the support of this research. Reviews of Cortland Eble and William C. Grady significantly improved the paper. Permission to collect samples from Indiana power plants and coal mines is greatly appreciated.
Keywords
- Coal
- Fly ash
- Indiana
- Mercury
- Trace elements
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Fuel Technology
- Geology
- Economic Geology
- Stratigraphy