ASH HANDLING PLANT

1. Ash handing refers to the method of collection, conveying,

interim storage and load out of various types of ash residue left
over from solid fuel combustion process.
2. The most common types of ash include bottom ash, bed ash,
fly ash and ash clinkers resulting from the combustion of coal and
bed materials.
3. Ash handling system may employ pneumatic ash conveying or
mechanical ash conveyors.
4. A typical pneumatic ash handling system will employ vaccum
pneumatic ash collection and ash conveying from several ash
pick up stations with delivery to an ash storage silo for interim
holding prior to the load out and transport. Pressurized pneumatic
ash conveying may also be employed.
5. Coarse ash material such as bottom ash is most often crushed
in clinker grinders prior to being transported in the ash conveyor
system.
6. Very finely sized fly ash often accounts for the major portion of
the materials conveyed in an ash handing system.
7. It is collected from bag house type dust collectors, electrostatic
precipitators and other apparatus in the flue gas processing
steam
8. Ash mixtures and dry dustless telescopic devices are used to
prepare ash for transfer from the ash storage silo to transport
vehicles.

Types of ash formed:

1. Dry ash:
Dry ash is required in cement factories as it is directly added
to cement. Hence ash collected in the ESP HOPPER is directly
disposed to silos using pressure pumps. The dry ash from these
silos is transported to the required destination.

2. Bottom ash:
Bottom ash refers to the non combustible constituents of
coal with traces of combustibles embedded informing clinkers
and sticking to hot sides walls of a coal burning furnace during
its operation.

3. Fly ash:

Even though ESP is very efficient, there is still some ash

about 0.2% left in flue gases. It is disposed to the
atmosphere along with flue gases through chimneys.

Conclusion:
It was a knowledgeable experience while taking practical
training in CPDN Department of Kamachi Industries Limited. It
proved to be an opportunity for encounter a power plant which
has very large establishment with many components and to see
the synchronized working manner of components.

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