SREL Reprint #2753

The production and use of coal combustion products

Tracy Punshon1, John C. Seaman1, and Kenneth S. Sajwan2

1Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken SC 29802 USA
2Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah State University Savannah GA 31404 USA

Abstract: Coal combustion byproducts (CCBs) arising from energy generation are the most abundant waste streams worldwide. Legislation aimed at reducing environmental pollution associated with coal combustion will continue to add to this waste stream into the future, increasing the need to develop pertinent and safe end uses for these materials. While production of CCBs continues to rise so also do the costs associated with their disposal and landfilling. This chapter presents updated information about the production of the main categories of CCB in the U.S., outlining their individual characteristics and describing their various end uses. Further, it introduces the reader to current research on potential novel end uses of CCBs, and their effect on the environment.

SREL Reprint #2753

Punshon, T., J. C. Seaman, and K. S. Sajwan. 2003. The production and use of coal combustion products. pp. 1-11 In: K. S. Sajwan, A. K. Alva and R. F. Keefer (Eds.). Chemistry of Trace Elements in Fly Ash. Kluwer Academic/Pluenum Publishers.

This information was provided by the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (srel.uga.edu).