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Coal Combustion Product: Nonhazardous Material for Mine Fill
Author(s) -
Rani Radha,
Jain Manish Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.21469
Subject(s) - coal , fly ash , waste management , combustion , coal combustion products , coal mining , electricity , electricity generation , clean coal technology , environmental science , clean coal , mining engineering , engineering , power (physics) , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics
As is the case in many other countries around the world, India's main source of electricity is coal‐fired power plants. In addition to providing energy, the burning of coal also results in large amounts of coal combustion products (CCP), the incombustible material, such as fly ash, left after the coal is burned. These materials are produced in large volume, and if they are not managed or utilized properly, they can pose a danger to the environment. This article discusses the uses of CCP, with a special emphasis on fly ash, and the role that it is currently playing and can continue to play as a mine filler for India's depleted opencast and underground coal mines.