Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues [Paperback]

Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues addresses the major implications and critical issues surrounding coal combustion products and their impact upon the environment. It provides essential information for scientists conducting research on coal and coal combustion products, but also serves as a valuable reference for a wide variety of researchers and other professionals in the energy industry and in the fields of public health, engineering, and environmental sciences. The ultimate goal of this volume is to benefit both our economy and our environment as humanity enters the second half of the fossil fuel era.

Coal Combustion Byproducts and Environmental Issues addresses the major implications and critical issues surrounding coal combustion products and their impact upon the environment. It provides essential information for scientists conducting research on coal and coal combustion products, but also serves as a valuable reference for a wide variety of researchers and other professionals in the energy industry and in the fields of public health, engineering, and environmental sciences. The ultimate goal of this volume is to benefit both our economy and our environment as humanity enters the second half of the fossil fuel era.

Production of Coal Combustion Products and Their Potential Uses.- Coal and Coal Combustion Byproducts: Prospects for Future and Environmental Issues.- Alternative By-Products of Coal Combustion and Simultaneous SO2/SO3/NOx Treatment of Coal Fired Flue Gas: Approach to Environmentally Friendly Use of Low- Rank Coal.- Fly Ash as Sealing Material for Spontaneous Combustion and Acid Rock Drainage Prevention and Control.- Delineation of Water and Sediment Contamination in a River Near a Coal Ash Pond in Orissa, India.- Prediction of Coal Ash Leaching Behavior in Acid Mine Water: Comparison of Laboratory and Field Studies.- Occurrence and Sorption of Radionuclides Onto Coal-Fired PowerlS´