Abstract
The possible adverse effects of emissions from coal burning power stations been the subject of several studies (1).In British power stations coal is mainly burnt as a freshly milled powder (pulverized fuel) and most of the resulting ash is collected by electrostatic precipitators. The collected material has a number of commercial uses and is a valuable by-product of power generation. A small quantity of the ash is not precipitated and normally escapes to the atmosphere, this material consists mostly of the finest particles and is sometimes (as here) refered to as stack ash.
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Brown, R.C., Poole, A., Turver, C.J. (1988). A Study on the Biological Effects of Power Station Ash. In: Seemayer, N.H., Hadnagy, W. (eds) Environmental Hygiene. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73766-4_3
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