Burning and physico-chemical characteristics of carbon in ash from a coal fired power plant

The paper addresses the relationship between the chemico-physical properties and the residual combustion reactivity of fly ashes from a full-scale front fired PF coal boiler. Ashes collected at different rows of electrostatic precipitators (EP) have been characterized for their particle size distribution, morphology, chemical composition and combustion reactivity. The combustion time of carbon in ash has been estimated for a wide range of temperatures using a thermobalance and a heated strip reactor.