Times News Network Varanasi: Utilization of sustainable Fly Ash, a by-product of power plants with coal, is one of the main areas that is a concern in the Singrauli NTPC unit in the Sonbhadra district.
This unit ensures a sustainable solution for complete utilization for it.
Fly ash produced in NTPC is ideal for making cement, concrete, concrete products, bricks and tiles, claiming general managers (ash handling) K Gopala Krishna.
According to him, to promote the use of bricks Abu Fly in building construction, NTPC Singrauli has established five gray brick making plants.
In addition, NTPC Singrauli also supplies 8.75 lakh metric tons (LMT) Free Ash Pond for National Highway Authority (NHAI) National Highway Project NH-7 (Rewa-Varanasi).
It will also provide two meters of Pond of Lakh Cubic (LCM) (LCM) Ash for the NHAI -Bypass road project to Varanasi ‘.
Fly Ash is supplied to brick manufacturers in various locations at no cost within a 100 km radius.
The Indian Spawling Railway network is raced to transport flying ash in an economical and environmentally friendly way.
These initiatives are in line with reaching 100% of the use of flying ash in power plants and therefore by adapting effectively the method of environmentally friendly power generation for sustainable growth, Krishna said.
According to the record, India produces around 226 million tons of fly ash every year, of which around 188 million are being used.
This produces nearly 40 million tons of abu fly stored in Ash Dykes or only dumped in an open area, without proper guidance, pose a threat to the environment.
The utilization of Fly Ash has achieved very important because its production consistently increases with increasing power demand.
Although for the advancement of the environment, renewable energy gets strong relevance, still a coal-based generation forms the backbone for grid stability in the context and ash of India is the inherent part of coal.
The mole of flies produced by the thermal station is very good and contains low-burning carbon and has a high pozzolan activity that is in accordance with relevant Indian standards.
“Because it is ideal for making cement, concrete, concrete products, cellular concrete products, bricks, blocks and tiles, instead of using fertile top layers, we need to encourage the use of ash in all these products,” Krishna said.
Thermal power plants throughout India produce a large number of flying ash with coal produced in India producing ash to 30 to 45% when fired in a boiler.
Fly ash is currently used in the manufacture of Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) (25%), flying ash bricks (10%) and reclamation of lowland areas (15%).
Fly ash is also used for road construction (10%) and gray construction (10%).
“Ash is not an environmental hazard other than one of the few saviors of the earth’s mother.
It is a high time to consider ash as a by-product of power plants instead of waste materials that need to be disposed of.,” He said, adding that the use of ash products must be made for The PWD cement industry, NHAI, NHAI.
These sectors must also bear the costs of transportation.
The thermal power plant must facilitate the removal of the ashes of their power plants.
This will not only increase ash utilization but also electricity consumers from having to spend money on this additional cost.
‘Fly ash is ideal for producing cement, concrete, bricks and tiles’
