Production of cementitious ash products with reduced carbon emissions
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1. A method of increasing the value of coal burned in a coal burning facility, the method comprising:
- combusting coal containing mercury, without a flue gas desulfurization device and in a presence of at least one sorbent, to produce heat energy, ash, and flue gases; and
monitoring said flue gases for sulfur and mercury and adjusting said presence of said at least one sorbent to produce at least one of a sulfur emission and a mercury emission that is in compliance with an environmental regulation, thereby realizing a monetary savings by an avoidance of costs associated with said flue gas desulfurization device.
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The use of the cementitious ash in building products as total or partial replacement for Portland cement results in reduced carbon dioxide emissions that would otherwise result form the manufacture of Portland cement. In addition to avoided carbon dioxide emissions from calcining of limestone to make Portland cement and the burning of fossil fuels to provide the energy needed to make Portland cement, use of the sorbent components tends to increase the efficiency of energy production from burning of coal, further reducing greenhouse emissions from the burning of fossil fuel to produce energy.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of increasing the value of coal burned in a coal burning facility, the method comprising:
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combusting coal containing mercury, without a flue gas desulfurization device and in a presence of at least one sorbent, to produce heat energy, ash, and flue gases; and monitoring said flue gases for sulfur and mercury and adjusting said presence of said at least one sorbent to produce at least one of a sulfur emission and a mercury emission that is in compliance with an environmental regulation, thereby realizing a monetary savings by an avoidance of costs associated with said flue gas desulfurization device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a coal burning plant to produce energy and waste ash, the method comprising:
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burning coal in the presence of a sorbent composition to produce a waste ash having improved cementitious properties as reflected in a strength activity index of said waste ash when compared to a waste ash produced from burning coal without said sorbent composition; recovering said waste ash having cementitious properties, said waste ash having a reduced level of acid leachable mercury as compared to a waste ash produced from burning coal without said sorbent composition; and producing a cement product from said waste ash. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of operating a coal burning plant to produce heat energy and waste ash, the method comprising:
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burning coal in the presence of at least one sorbent that increases an amount of a heavy metal in the waste ash and that decreases an acid leachable amount of said heavy metal in the waste ash when compared to said burning coal without said at least one sorbent; selling the waste ash as an industrial raw material; creating at least one of a mercury emission credit, a carbon dioxide emission credit, and a sulfur dioxide emission credit; and selling said emission credit. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method of decreasing carbon dioxide emission from a coal burning cement manufacturing facility, the method comprising:
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burning coal in the presence of at least sorbent to create energy, flue gas, and ash, said ash having cementitious properties as reflected in a strength activity index of said waste ash as compared to an ash from burning coal not in the presence of said at least one sorbent; using said energy in manufacturing cement; adding said ash having cementitious properties to said cement; and increasing an amount of said cement produced without increasing an amount of limestone used in said manufacturing cement. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. Method of reducing the mercury emissions involved in production of cement, comprising:
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combusting coal in the presence of a sorbent composition to produce heat energy; using said heat energy to produce Portland cement by calcining limestone; wherein the sorbent comprises calcium, silica, and alumina, and use of the sorbent results in lower emissions of mercury compared to burning the coal without the sorbent. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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