Michael Cox & Henk Nugteren 
Combustion Residues 
Current, Novel and Renewable Applications

The first book on novel products derived from the new generation of combustion ashes, Combustion Residues –Sustainable Applications discusses the nature of ashes derived from coal co-combustion, biomass, and other fuels in traditional and stand-alone power plants and municipal waste incinerators. In addition, the book examines the development of novel commercial products incorporating such ashes, including the importance of technical and environmental standards, marketing strategies, and promotion.

Table of Content

Preface.

List of Contributors.

1. The Current and Future Nature of Combustion Ashes (Alan
Thompson).

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Coal: the Principal Source of Combustion Residues.

1.3 Coal Ash: the Principal Combustion Residue.

1.4 Other Forms of Combustions.

1.5 Co-combustion Ashes.

1.6 Biomass and Waste.

1.7 Other Fuel Ashes.

1.8 Gasification.

1.9 Summary.

2. Established Uses of Combustion Residues (Michael
Anderson (2.1-2.3, 2.7-2.9) and Rod Jones and
Michael Mc Carthy (2.4-2.6).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Disposal Approaches for Three Prominent Combustion
Residues.

2.3 PFA and its Agricultural Applications.

2.4 Uses of Fly Ash in Concrete.

2.5 Application of Fly Ash in Grouts.

2.6 Use of Ash in Fill and Pavement Construction.

2.7 PFA as an Ameliorator of Liquid and Solid Toxic Wastes.

2.8 Commercial Building Products Incorporating PFA.

2.9 The Use of PFA in Ceramic Products.

3. Limitations of Combustion Ashes: ‘From Threat to
Profit'(Henk Nugteren).

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Technical Quality.

3.3 Environmental Quality.

3.4 Health and Safety.

4. Novel Products and Applications with Combustion
Residues.

4.1 Introduction (Henk Nugteren).

4.2 New Developments in Cement and Concrete Applications (Rod
Jones and Michael Mc Carthy).

4.3 Combustion Residues in Heavy Clayware Building Products
(Michael Anderson).

4.4 Zeolites (Xavier Querol and Natalie Moreno).

4.5 Reinforcing Materials: Fibres Containing Fly Ash (Flavio
Cioffi).

4.6 Glass Polyalkenoate Cements (Ann Sullivan and Robert
Hill).

4.7 Fire-resistant Materials (Constantino
Fernández-Pereira and Luis Vilches Arenas).

4.8 Fly Ash as a Replacement for Mineral Fillers in the Polymer
Industry (Henk Nugteren and Richard Kruger).

4.9 Geopolymers (Henk Nugteren).

4.10 Carbon Products (Henk Nugteren and Mercedes
Maroto-Valer).

4.11 Recovery of Values from Combustion Ashes (Michael
Cox).

5. Novel Products – from Concept to Market (Ian
Barnes and Fritz Moedinger).

5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Novel Products – Basic Economic Considerations.

5.3 Specifications and Standards.

5.4 Legislation and Taxes.

5.5 Customer Acceptance.

5.6 Environmental Acceptance Schemes.

5.7 Concluding Remarks.

Index.

About the author

MICHAEL COX has spent 25 years teaching quantitative methods to a wide variety of undergraduate students in departments ranging from agriculture, engineering, history, economics, business and medicine. For over 20 years he has taught both statistics and management science to MBA students. During his career he has published some 50 referred papers in such diverse areas as statistical process control, total quality management, multidimensional scaling and the analytical hierarchy process. In addition Michael has co-authored two text books and developed a major piece of software. Michael works in applicable mathematics, the solution of real world problems employing statistical and management science techniques. Most of this research has included computer applications.