A Study on the Characteristics of Coal Fly Ash Collected from Southern U.S.A.

Abstract

The increasing dependency on coal for power generation to meet up with plummeting energy demands has led to the need for environmentally sustainable options for fly ash utilization. However, to accomplish this, information on the characteristics of the fly ash is required. The characteristics of coal fly ash obtained in southern U.S. was studied. The results of X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) of twelve fly ash samples were obtained and analyzed.