Glass-ceramics were fabricated by heat-treatment of glass obtained by melting a coal bottom ash with Li2O addition. The main crystal grown in the glass-ceramics, containing 10 wt% Li2O, was β-spodumene solid solution, while in Li2O 20 wt% specimen was mullite, identified using XRD. The activation energy and Avrami constant for crystallization were calculated and showed that bulk crystallization behavior will be predominant, and this expectation agreed with the microstructural observations. The crystal phase grown in Li2O 10 wt% glass-ceramics had a dendrite-like shaped whereas the shape was flake-like in the 20 wt% case. The thermal expansion coefficient of the Li2O 10 wt% glass-ceramics was lower than that of the glass having the same composition, owing to the formation of a β-spodumene phase. For example, the thermal expansion coefficient of Li2O 10 wt% glass-ceramics was 20×10-7, which is enough for application in various heat-resistance fields. But above 20 wt% Li2O, the thermal coefficient expansion of glass-ceramics, on the contrary, was higher than that of the same composition glass, due to formation of mullite.

This study investigated both leaching of heavy metals and ecological toxicity when coal bottom ash (CBA) generated by power plants has been used to reduce both erosion and turbidity of surface runoff at construction sites. The Korean leaching test (KLT) method, sequential extraction method, and acute toxicity test using Daphnia magna were performed to evaluate the environmental impacts and the ecological risks of CBA. According to the results of the KLT method of CBA, trace amounts of Cu were leached at limit of quantitation whereas metal leaching was not monitored for other heavy metals. Through the sequential extraction method of CBA, the relatively high leaching potential was found for As and Pb due to greater fraction of exchangeable (F1) and bound to carbonates (F2), and reasonable probability of leaching under the reducing/anaerobic environment was expected for Cu due to high faction of bound to Fe?Mn oxides (F3). However, significantly low probability of leaching was expected for Cd, Cr, Ni, and Zn with grater fractions of bound to organic matter (F4) and residual (F5). Additionally, total amount of heavy metals in CBA was lower than criteria for soil pollution concerns, and were similar or slightly lower levels than the ‘15 National soil average concentration excluding Cr6+. Finally, acute toxicity test using Daphnia magna display no impact for mobilization and lethality in either the prefiltration or post-filtration experiment, indicating that the ecological toxicity was insignificant with zero values of toxic unit. Consequently, no environmental impacts or ecological toxicity are expected when CBA generated by power plants has been used to reduce both erosion and turbidity of surface runoff at construction sites.

화력발전소 전기집진기에서 포집되는 FA(Fly ash)는 재활용률이 높으나 화력발전소 노에 떨어지는 BA(Bottom ash)는 FA에 비해 매우 낮은 편이다. 또한 FA에 대한 연구는 활발하게 진행되고 있는 반면 BA에 대해서는 매우 저조하다. 한편 지속적으로 건축 공사 수요가 있지만 건축 재료를 과거처럼 용이하게 그리고 저렴하게 공급 받기는 더욱 어려워지고 있는 실정이므로 BA를 건축 재료로 활용할 수 있게 하는 연구는 매우 유용할 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 재활용률이 저조하여 처리에 부담이 되었던 BA를 최대한 재활용할 수 있도록 건축 재료로 연구 개발하여 BA 재활용률을 높일 뿐만 아니라 BA 처리의 부담을 줄이고, 또한 저렴한 건축 재료를 용이하게 다량 확보할 수 있도록 화력발전소에서 발생한 BA가 건축 재료로 갖고 있는 다양한 특성에 대하여 연구하였다. 화력발전소에서 발생한 BA를 건축 재료로의 특성에 대하여 연구를 진행한 결과 타 재료에 비해 경량성과 단열성이 매우 우수함은 물론 원적외선 방사률 등도 비교적 우수하게 나타났다.

The aim in this study was to remove Cl−, which can be problematic in the recycling of bottom ash, by identifying the optimum operating conditions for a soil electrolysis apparatus with spiral paddles and to use these as the base data in removing contaminants from various polluted soils using electrolysis. Unprocessed bottom ash collected from the openair storage yard at thermoelectric power plant H in Gyeong sang nam - do Province was used as the experimental material. The experimental methodology was to identify the optimum operating conditions to remove Cl− contained in the bottom ash using the following variables: use or not of spiral paddles, application or not of electrolysis, change of concentration of the electrolyte solution, electrolysis application time, and the voltage level during electrolysis. From the results, the highest removal efficiency of 91.4% was shown under the following conditions: use of the spiral paddles, use of 0.3% NaOH electrolyte solution, 20 min of electrolysis; and a voltage level of 5 V during electrolysis. It is evident that application of the soil electrolysis apparatus for removal of Cl− from bottom ash could be valuableas base data for purification of polluted soils in the future.

In this work, we constructed the sulfur polymer cement(SPC) concrete using coal bottom ash from 4 thermal power stations in korea and investigated their practical data for production of industrial construction compounds. To manufacture the SPC concrete, we used batch concrete mixer with the heating jacket using hot oil. Also, coal bottom ash was used as a fine aggregate below 2 mm. When the SPC concrete were produced with diverse sulfur concentration (15, 20, 25, 30 wt%), compressive strength properties were analyzed. We got the compressive strength of the maximum 60 MPa. These experimental results could be effectively applied to the recycling technology of coal bottom ash.

A general method to expand the urban green space is to utilize the artificial ground that is unutilized in cities, such as buildings and rooftops. The processing technology of bottom ashes in thermal power stations shows a tendency to change from the wet process to the dry process. The dry process bottom ashes, which arise from the new process, are expected to be utilized as light-weight artificial soil, because they are poor in water, salt, and unburned carbon, which are not the characteristics of the existing wet process bottom ashes, and have a lower density than general aggregate. This study shows that the coefficient of permeability, saturation bulk density, pH, EC, and organic matter content of dry process bottom ashes are similar to those of perlite. Therefore, we conclude that dry process bottom ashes can be utilized as artificial soil.