Using ash in a sustainable society, Swedish R&D programme 2002 - 2008

• In Sweden, producers of combustion residues have since 2002 implemented acollaborative applied R&D programme aimed at the utilisation of combustion residues (ash). Thefuels are biomass, wastes, peat – any fuel but coal. In this contribution the main lines of theprogramme are described: ash a geotechnical material e.g. in roads, landfill construction andclosure and recycling nutrients in wood ash. Technical as well as environmental questions havebeen addressed, with a slight emphasis on environment as non-technical issues are important.Selected results from some of the ca 100 projects carried out since the inception of the AshProgramme are presented.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Industriell bioteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Industrial Biotechnology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Bioengineering

Bioteknik

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