Tanjung Bin Coal Bottom Ash: From Waste to Concrete Material

Abstract:

Coal Bottom Ash (CBA) is a by-product from the generation of electricity using pulverized coal; Tanjung Bin power plant in Malaysia is a coal-based power plant that generates tonnes of bottom ash daily without known economic value that ends up in the ash pond. Due to the problems associated with the disposal ash pond in terms of cost and environmental impact, attention has now been focused on how best to utilize this waste. This paper present the recent development achieved on the utilization of bottom ash from Tanjung Bin power plant Malaysia in concrete development; physical and chemical properties, workability and fresh concrete properties as well as the strength development of Tanjung Bin bottom ash.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 705)
• Pages: 163-168
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.705.163
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Abdulhameed Umar Abubakar, Khairul Salleh Baharudin
• Keywords: Coal Bottom Ash, Concrete, Tanjung Bin

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