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Title:

USE OF POWER PLANT AGGREGATE IN BITUMINOUS CONSTRUCTION

Accession Number:

00148653

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309025648

Abstract:

Coal-fired power plant aggregates are the portion of the ash rejected by the stack and collected at the base as a waste product. Two aggregates are produced: boiler slag, a glaslike material, and bottom ash, ore commonly called cinders. Approximately 16 percent of the annual ash production is used, and the remainder is disposed of as a waste product. This paper discusses engineering properties of power plant aggregates. Although they behave in many ways as conventional aggregates, they also differ in many ways from conventional aggregates. Consequently, new or modified test methods and specifications are needed before power plant aggregates can be used routinely in highway construction. Both field and laboratory data are given for bituminous mixtures using power plant aggregates. Based on these data and on limited service records, power plant aggregates can be used successfully in bituminous mixtures. Boiler slags are best used as partial replacements in conventional mixtures. Bottom ash is best used "as is" in stabilized base or shoulder construction.

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Mineral Aggregates. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411128

Authors:

Anderson, David A
Usmen, Mumfaz
Moulton, Lyle K

Pagination:

pp 18-24

Publication Date:

1976

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 595
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309025648

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (3) ; References (11) ; Tables (3)

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Materials

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 30 1977 12:00AM

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