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Grinding Effects of Coal-Fired Pond Ash on Compressive Strength of Geopolymers

화력발전소 매립 석탄재의 분쇄가 지오폴리머의 강도에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2014.07.16
  • Accepted : 2014.11.06
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

Bottom ash from coal fired power plants is not widely used due to a broad range of particle sizes and a high carbon content for producing geopolymers. The effect of mechanical activation on compressive strength of bottom ash- based geopolymers was examined by rod and planetary-ball milling to encourage full-fledged recycling of bottom ash, the main component of pond ash. The amount of amorphous component in the milled ash samples did not change significantly after the mechanical activation. It is presumably because needle-shaped mullite crystals, which is a major crystalline phase and grown in a glassy matrix, possess high strength and toughness, and therefore, they could endure external shocks and remain almost intact. Milling operation, however, decreased the particle size and improved the homogeneity of ash, thereby leading to increase reactivity of milled ash with alkali activators. Rod milling produced a relatively narrow particle size distribution of the milled ash particles; however, it was less effective in reducing the particle size. Nevertheless, it was interesting to observe that rod milling had equal effect on improving the compressive strength of geopolymers up to about 37%, as that of planetary ball milling. Rod milling is believed to be suitable process for enhancing the reactivity of bottom ash for large-scale recycling of bottom ash and producing geopolymers.

화력발전소 바닥재는 입자크기의 범위가 넓고 미연탄소 함량이 높아 지오폴리머의 원료로 잘 사용되지 않는다. 지오폴리머의 원료로서 바닥재가 대부분인 매립 석탄재를 대량 재활용하기 위한 가공공정을 평가하기 위하여 로드밀과 유성볼밀로 분쇄하여 지오폴리머의 강도에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 기계적 분쇄가 바닥재의 비정질 함량 변화에 미치는 영향은 거의 없었다. 이는 석탄재의 주요 결정질 상인 뮬라이트가 침상으로 존재하는데, 침상의 뮬라이트는 높은 강도와 인성을 갖기 때문에 비정질화되기 어렵기 때문으로 판단된다. 그러나 분쇄 효과는 입자크기를 감소시켰으며 매립 석탄재 입자의 크기 분포를 보다 균일하게 하여 알칼리와의 반응성을 증가시켰다. 로드밀은 상대적으로 입자크기의 범위를 좁게 만들었지만 입자크기 감소효과는 적었다. 그럼에도 불구하고 로드밀의 분쇄는 최대 약 37%의 압축강도를 증가시켰으며, 이는 유성볼밀의 효과와 동일하였다. 로드밀 분쇄는 매립 석탄재의 반응성을 증가시켜 지오폴리머의 원료로 대량 재활용하기에 적합한 공정이다.

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