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Evaluation of Acid-Leached Fly Ash as a Pozzolan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

R. T. Hemmings ,
E. E. Berry ,
B. J. Cornelius  and
D. M. Golden
R. T. Hemmings
Affiliation:
Ortech International, Sheridan Park, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B3
E. E. Berry
Affiliation:
Matex Consultants Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4Z 2G7
B. J. Cornelius
Affiliation:
Ortech International, Sheridan Park, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B3
D. M. Golden
Affiliation:
Electric Power Research Institute, Box 10412, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Abstract

Direct acid leaching (DAL) with HCl to recover Al and other metal values from fly ash has been examined extensively by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under RP2422. Large scale utilization of the solid residues from the DAL-process (DAL-residues) could significantly influence the economics of resource recovery. This paper describes a study of the potential use of DAL-residue as a pozzolan in the concrete industry.

Samples of six ashes from a range of coal types were beneficiated to remove magnetic particles and particles larger than 45 gim. The beneficiated fractions were leached with 6M HCl at 105°C to determine metals recovery for Al, Fe, Ca, Mg, Na, K, and Ti. The corresponding DALresidues were characterized by chemical composition, morphology and mineralogical content, and examined as potential concrete pozzolans by standard ASTM tests. One DAL-residue from a highrank coal was examined more extensively in Portland cement mortars.

The greatest yields of Al were from low-rank coal ashes, but were obtained at the ‘cost’ of substantial salt-cake production and high acid consumption. The DAL-residues from all ash types showed high-Si content: those from high-rank coals being spherical pseudomorphs of the original ash particles, and those from low-rank coals containing substantial quantities of gel-like materials.

All of the residues were pozzolanic, but those from low-rank coals caused an unfavorable increase in water demand in mortars. DAL-residues from beneficiated high-rank coal ashes are enhanced pozzolans conforming to standard specification requirements with pozzolanic indices in excess of 100%.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 136: Symposium O – Fly Ash and Coal Conversion By-Products V , 1988 , 141
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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