By-products and Waste

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Objectives

This program will address environmental issues associated with waste management and opportunities for waste utilisation. It will investigate the environmental management of by-products and maximise the utilisation by other industries.

Research will involve investigation of:

• coal derived ash and slag use in cement, geo-polymers, agriculture, building and other applications;
• utilisation of waste streams (particularly characterisation of fly ash and coal washery rejects) by characterising and identifying strategies for utilisation by other processes as possible inputs into other processes;

This program delivers value by identifying ways to use or isolate the solid wastes and other emissions from the coal cycle to minimise environmental impacts.

Deliverables

1. Identify options to minimize waste and environmental impact along the whole coal chain

2. Assessment of technical, economic, environmental and legislative barriers to widespread use of waste products

3. Fly-ash characterisation from current and emerging technologies for sustainable use as a coal combustion product.

4. Development of cost-effective techniques for fly-ash and coal washery rejects disposal and utilisation

5. Demonstrations of technology (e.g. fly-ash utilisation)

6. Assessment of new opportunities in by-products utilisation

Project List

Project 6.1
Waste Management

Project 6.2
Utilisation of Solid Waste and By-products

Program Publications

Technology Assessments Report

Research Reports

Technical Notes