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- To determine the feasibility of producing post-consumer glass nanoparticles.
- To explore the feasibility of converting widely available, high-grade, crystalline silica into amorphous silica. Only amorphous silica works to enhance the strength of concrete.
The energy costs of producing nanoparticles were prohibitive, but the use of plasma torches to transform crystalline silica into amorphous silica offered promise.
The contract required Pyrogenesis to deliver 500 grams of converted silica. This material was delivered in early
The next step is to confirm that the powder is reactive as a supplementary cementing material (SCM). PLAN has scheduled the production of mortar cubes using the powder during the week of
Crystalline silica is one of the most abundant materials in the earth's crust and the ability to economically convert it into amorphous silica would offer a new supply of material to compensate for fly ash which is no longer being generated from coal fired power plants which are required to shut down in
"While this material still needs to prove its merit through compressive strength testing in cement mortars, I wish to acknowledge the effort made by the technical team at Pyrogenesis over the last two years to overcome hurdle after hurdle to reach the conversion rate of over 90%" stated
Supply Demand Forces Affecting Fly Ash
According to the Capital Power website, https://www.capitalpower.com/operations/genesee-1-2/, the two coal fired power plants, Genesee 1 and 2, that produce fly ash near
According to the Transalta website, https://transalta.com/about-us/our-operations/facilities/centralia/, the massive coal burning power plant in
Collectively, these two separate power plants will cease to provide over 1 million tonnes of fly ash to the
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