Biomass fly ash potential in Poland
Potencjał popiołów ze spalania biomasy w Polsce
Maja Kępniak, Kamil Zalegowski, Luc Courard, Andrzej Garbacz
Streszczenie
Promising electricity and energy source is a biomass, that is a renewable energy source derived from
living/recently living organisms - dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop waste
and residue, wood waste and residue, aquatic plants, animal waste, municipal waste, and other waste materials. Biomass
provides an opportunity to decrease environmental problems such as pollution and depletion of natural resources. It is widely
available and regenerates in a relatively short time. The increase in the share of biomass in energy production in Poland is
forecast. In addition, numerous, evenly distributed in Poland power plants and central heat plants, which can be converted
from burning coal to burning biomass, constitute a local potential for the use of this renewable energy source. As a result of
energy production from biomass, large amounts of ashes will be created, which will begin to displace the coal fly ash used in
the production of concrete. The forecasted production of concrete for the coming years has a forecast growth exceeding the
average forecast growth for the European Union countries. Taking into account the above, it seems reasonable to try to
design and use concrete mixtures with the participation of biomass fly ash.
living/recently living organisms - dedicated energy crops and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop waste
and residue, wood waste and residue, aquatic plants, animal waste, municipal waste, and other waste materials. Biomass
provides an opportunity to decrease environmental problems such as pollution and depletion of natural resources. It is widely
available and regenerates in a relatively short time. The increase in the share of biomass in energy production in Poland is
forecast. In addition, numerous, evenly distributed in Poland power plants and central heat plants, which can be converted
from burning coal to burning biomass, constitute a local potential for the use of this renewable energy source. As a result of
energy production from biomass, large amounts of ashes will be created, which will begin to displace the coal fly ash used in
the production of concrete. The forecasted production of concrete for the coming years has a forecast growth exceeding the
average forecast growth for the European Union countries. Taking into account the above, it seems reasonable to try to
design and use concrete mixtures with the participation of biomass fly ash.