Dry Separation of Brown Coal Fly Ash, Determination of Properties of Separated Parts, and Their Application in High Volume Cementitious Pastes

Authors

  • Usman Haider
    Affiliation

    Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

  • Zdeněk Bittnar
  • Asif Ali
  • Lubomír Kopecky
  • Vít Šmilauer
  • Petr Bittnar
  • Jaroslav Pokorny
https://doi.org/10.3311/PPci.9065

Abstract

The dry separation of brown coal fly ash of density 2.21 g/cm3, specific surface area 5112 cm2/g, having d50 and d97 of 60 and 231 µm was carried out in this research using ultrafine air classifier. Classifiers wheel speed was increased from 2000 to 10000 rpm to obtain fine and coarse products. Median diameter of 5.62 µm was obtained for fine products at a speed of 10000 rpm with nearly 90% decrease in median particle size as compared raw fly ash. Particle morphology was observed on optical, electron microscopes which showed that at 10000 rpm classifiers wheel speed, average fine particles morphology changed from angular and rounded slaggy particles to spherical particles. Cement – 60% fine products samples showed an increase of 26% of compressive strength at 90 days as compared to raw fly ash and linear relationship was developed between median diameter of fines and compressive strength.

Keywords:

fly ash, dry separation, wheel speed, fine and coarse products, morphological, and particle size

Published Online

2017-02-14

How to Cite

Haider, U., Bittnar, Z., Ali, A., Kopecky, L., Šmilauer, V., Bittnar, P. “Dry Separation of Brown Coal Fly Ash, Determination of Properties of Separated Parts, and Their Application in High Volume Cementitious Pastes”, Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering, 61(3), pp. 590–601, 2017. https://doi.org/10.3311/PPci.9065

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Research Article