Coal Ash Beneficiation and Refining Options
Process for recovering Metals from Coal Ash • The coal ash is heated in a CFBC using coal and the carbon in the ash (LOI) to break the physical bonds of the metals in the ash with the waste heat used for a small T/G or used to by-pass feedwater heaters in the plant. • The ash is chlorinated with the metal chloride (Al, Ti, Fe, and others)