India Recycles Polluting Fly-Ash for Construction

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.. India Recycles Polluting Fly-Ash for Construction

Source:

http://www.gurudeva.dynip.com/~htoday/press_releases/foundation/foundation_p

r_1.html

 

NEW DELHI, INDIA, October 16, 2002: To reduce pollution caused by fly-ash

generated by the city's thermal power stations, the Delhi state government

has asked the Central Public Works Division and Public Works Department to

begin using the coal residue as construction material for building nonload

bearing structures. The state government has also decided to formulate a

policy making it mandatory for all civic and government agencies to use

fly-ash in construction and renovation. It was observed that the residue

generated at thermal power stations was creating a major environmental

hazard, not only causing air pollution, but also contaminating groundwater.

The San Marga Iraivan Temple, Hawaii, is the largest modern demonstration of

this technology in the world. Dr. Kumar Mehta, professor emeritus,

University of California, Berkeley, has advocated the use of fly ash in

construction for many years, and was instrumental in the engineering of

Iraivan Temple's monolithic concrete and fly-ash composition foundation, and

one with decidely impressive load-bearing abilities. Information regarding

fly-ash use in Iraivan Temple may be found at "source" above. Readers can

contact Dr. Mehta for more technical information at

pkmehta.

 

 

 

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