Characterization and Liming Effect of Wood Ash Generated from a Biomass-Fueled Commercial Power Plant

Adotey, Nutifafa; Harrell, Dustin L.; Weatherford, Wayne P.

doi:10.1080/00103624.2017.1421643

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“…The bulk densities of MBAs ranged from 1.3678 to 1.4308 g cm −3 , which are comparable to those of bottom ashes in previous reports ( Huber et al, 2020 ). MBAs are highly alkaline with a pH level of approximately 13, which might be attributed to the presence of alkali metals and metallic compounds such as Na 2 O, K 2 O, CaCO 3 , CaO, MgCO 3, and Al 2 O 3 ( Adotey et al, 2018 ; Bakkali et al, 2013 ). The moisture contents of MBAs range from 1.07% to 1.87%, indicating that the incineration almost dried these MBAs.…”

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Characterization and evaluation of the leachability of bottom ash from a mobile emergency incinerator of COVID-19 medical waste: A case study in Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, China

Miao

Wang

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Management

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Characterization and evaluation of the leachability of bottom ash from a mobile emergency incinerator of COVID-19 medical waste: A case study in Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, China

Miao

Wang

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Other studies imply that the risk of damaging soil biotic function associated with heavy metal increases are low, and likely to be mitigated by the high calcium and magnesium concentrations in ash 6 , 60 . High calcium and magnesium concentrations in ash have more potential to alleviate metal stresses as many of these ions are in the forms of oxides and hydroxides, which increase pH and lower metal availability 4 . Observed responses were also in line with the known soil chemical response to ash addition 18 .…”

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“…Wood ash has many properties that could increase soil quality. Wood ash is typically alkaline, and so it can increase the pH of soils which increases microbial activity and nutrient availability 4 , 5 . It is also high in calcium and magnesium, elements crucial for plant growth and health 6 .…”

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Forest soil biotic communities show few responses to wood ash applications at multiple sites across Canada

Smenderovac

Emilson

Porter

et al. 2022

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There is interest in utilizing wood ash as an amendment in forestry operations as a mechanism to return nutrients to soils that are removed during harvesting, with the added benefit of diverting this bioenergy waste material from landfill sites. Existing studies have not arrived at a consensus on what the effects of wood ash amendments are on soil biota. We collected forest soil samples from studies in managed forests across Canada that were amended with wood ash to evaluate the effects on arthropod, bacterial and fungal communities using metabarcoding of F230, 16S, 18S and ITS2 sequences as well as enzyme analyses to assess its effects on soil biotic function. Ash amendment did not result in consistent effects across sites, and those effects that were detected were small. Overall, this study suggests that ash amendment applied to managed forest systems in amounts (up to 20 Mg ha−1) applied across the 8 study sties had little to no detectable effects on soil biotic community structure or function. When effects were detected, they were small, and site-specific. These non-results support the application of wood ash to harvested forest sites to replace macronutrients (e.g., calcium) removed by logging operations, thereby diverting it from landfill sites, and potentially increasing stand productivity.

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“…Wood ash can be used as a liming material to neutralize acid soils. Adotey et al [34] recently compared wood ash to two commercial liming products and found similar soil pH changes when wood ash rates were normalized for CaCO 3 . The application rate of ash in our study corresponded to 168 kg ha −1 of total P 2 O 5 (based on area of the top of the pots).…”

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Fertilizer Efficacy of Poultry Litter Ash Blended with Lime or Gypsum as Fillers

Bauer¹,

Szögi²,

Shumaker³

2019

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Ash from power plants that incinerate poultry litter has fertilizer value, but research is lacking on optimal land application methodologies. Experiments were conducted to evaluate calcitic lime and flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGDG) as potential fillers for poultry litter ash land applications. The ash had phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) contents of 68 and 59 g kg−1, respectively. Soil extractable P and K were measured in an incubation pot study, comparing calcitic lime to FGDG at filler/ash ratios of 1:3, 1:2, 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1. After one month, soils were sampled and annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) seeds were planted to investigate how plant growth and uptake of P and K were influenced by the fillers. Application of ash alone or with fillers increased soil extractable P and K levels above unamended controls by 100% and 70%, respectively. Filler materials did not affect biomass or P and K concentration of the ryegrass. A field study with a commercial spinner disc fertilizer applicator was conducted to compare application uniformity of ash alone and filler/ash blends. Overall, test data suggested that uniform distribution of ash alone or with fillers is feasible in field applications using a commercial fertilizer spreader.

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Characterization and Liming Effect of Wood Ash Generated from a Biomass-Fueled Commercial Power Plant

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Characterization and evaluation of the leachability of bottom ash from a mobile emergency incinerator of COVID-19 medical waste: A case study in Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, China

Characterization and evaluation of the leachability of bottom ash from a mobile emergency incinerator of COVID-19 medical waste: A case study in Huoshenshan Hospital, Wuhan, China

Forest soil biotic communities show few responses to wood ash applications at multiple sites across Canada

Fertilizer Efficacy of Poultry Litter Ash Blended with Lime or Gypsum as Fillers

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