Mass Balance of Heavy Metals of Fly Ash in Soil and Crops
Publication: Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Volume 22, Issue 4
Abstract
In India, coal-based thermal power stations presently share approximately 70% of the total power demand and generate 184 million tons of ash per annum, and this amount is expected to surpass 440 million tons per year in 2030. Due to its high content of plant nutrients and similar physicochemical characteristics, coal ash can potentially be utilized in agriculture, as well as wasteland and acidic soil reclamation. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of ash on carrot cultivation under controlled conditions because the plant root is the part responsible for the uptake of nutrients from the soil and for the storage of food and nutrients. The current work is focused on carrot crop cultivation in fly ash–treated soil and elemental distribution patterns in soil, coal ash, and plant parts.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank Dr. Pradeep K. Singh, director of the CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad, for his kind permission for publication of these findings. The authors are also very grateful to the authority of Maharashtra State Electricity Board, Mumbai (Maharashtra), for providing the funding for the execution of the project.
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Received: Aug 14, 2017
Accepted: Apr 16, 2018
Published online: Aug 14, 2018
Published in print: Oct 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Jan 14, 2019
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