ASH HANDLING

SYSTEM
SUBMITTED BY1) Akshay Kumar Yaday (R630211006)
2) Amay Jain (R630211007)
3) Aniket Bhattacharya (R630211008)
4) Animesh Gupta (R630211009)
5) Anukriti (R630211011)

Ash
Ash

is the residue remaining after the coal

is incinerated.
Composition of Ash:
- SiO2 .Al2O3.Fe2O3.CaO. MgO

Ash Handling System

The

ash handling system handles the ash by

bottom ash handling system, coarse ash
handling system, fly ash handling system, ash
disposal system up to the ash disposal area and
water recovery system from ash pond and
Bottom ash overflow.

Parts of Ash Handling System

Bottom Ash

Handling System
Coarse Ash (Economizer Ash) handling
system
Air Pre Heater ash handling system
Fly ash handling system
Ash slurry disposal system

Bottom
Ash
System
Bottom ash resulting from the
combustion of coal in the
boiler falls into the over
ground, refractory lined, water
impounded, maintained level,
double V-Section type/ W type
steel- fabricated bottom ash
hopper having a hold up
volume to store bottom ash and
economizer ash of maximum
allowable condition with the
rate specified. The slurry
formed is transported to slurry
sump through pipes.

Handling

Coarse Ash (Economizer Ash)

handling System
Ash

generated in Economizer hoppers is evacuated

continuously through flushing boxes.

Continuous

generated Economizer slurry is fed by

gravity into respective bottom ash hopper pipes with
necessary slope.

Air Pre Heater ash handling

system
Ash

generated from
APH hoppers is
evacuated once in a
shift by vacuum
conveying
system
connected with the
ESP hopper vacuum
conveying system.

Fly Ash Handling System

Fly

ash is considered to be collected in ESP Hoppers.

Fly ash from electrostatic precipitators or fabric bag
filters (or sometimes both), located at the outlet of
the furnace and before the induced draft fan, is
extracted by Vacuum Pumps.

Electrostatic precipitators or fabric bag filters (or

sometimes both) located at the outlet of the
furnace and before the induced draft fan.
Generally, the fly ash is pneumatically transported
to storage silos for subsequent transport by trucks
or railroad cars

Figure: Fly-Ash Washing

The ways of fly ash utilization include

Concrete production, as a substitute material for
Portland
cement and sand
Embankments and other structural fills (usually for
road construction)
Waste stabilization and solidification.
Cement clinkers production - (as a substitute
material for clay)
Mine reclamation
Stabilization of soft soils
As Aggregate substitute material (e.g. for brick
production)
Mineral filler in asphaltic concrete
Agricultural uses: soil amendment, fertilizer, cattle
feeders, soil stabilization in stock feed yards, and
agricultural stakes
Loose application on rivers to melt ice

Ash Slurry Disposal

System
Bottom

Ash slurry, Fly ash slurry and the Coarse

Ash slurry shall be pumped from the common ash
slurry sump up to the dyke area which is located at a
distance from Slurry pump house.

Requirement of Ash Handling

System
In

Thermal Power Plants coal is

generally used as fuel and hence the ash is
produced
as
the
byproduct
of
Combustion.
Ash generated in power plant is about 3040% of total coal consumption and hence
the system is required to handle Ash for
its proper utilization or disposal.

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