MAR
Magaldi Ash Recycling
The MAR® Magaldi Ash Recycling is an improvement of the
MAC® system for “dry” extraction, cooling and handling of
bottom ash from solid fuel fired boilers. That innovative process
to recycle both “dry” bottom ash and economizer (ECO) ash in
the combustion chamber aims at turning them into fly ash.
After the MAC® system, dry bottom ash along with ECO ash
can be diverted to the MAR® system and then injected in the
boiler through the coal pulverizers.
MAR® Advantages
• Conversion of all bottom ash into saleable fly ash.
• Complete elimination of costs associated with bottom ash
disposal.
• LOI (loss-on-ignition) content reduction in fly ash due to
dilution effect.
• Fly ash in compliance with international standards. In EU
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these are EN 197-1:2000/A3:2007 for cement and EN 450-
1:2005/A1:2007 for concrete (LOI = 5% and fineness = 40%
by mass as oversized particles on a 0.045 mm mesh sieve
when wet sieved).
• Environmental benefits occur from mixing fly ash with
cement, thereby reducing the production of cement and
leading to a decrease in CO2 emissions that would have
been produced without using fly ash as a ìtype II additionî
(approximate reduction of 0.9 tons of CO2 for each ton of
fly ash used).
The MAR® system is basically composed of the following
equipment:
• Second crushing stage, for ash size reduction up to 6÷8 mm.
• Pneumatic conveying system, feeding the reception bins by
diverter valves.
• Reception bins, for temporary storage of ash to be recycled. tion of the actual coal feed rate to the combustion chamber,
• Vibro-feeders, dosing ash to coal pulverizers. allowing to keep as fixed as possible the ash to coal ratio to
• Pneumatic knife-gate valves, installed on each bin venting coal pulverizers. The coal and ash mix, after the coal mill pul-
and at each vibro-feeder discharge point. verization, is conveyed by primary air to coal burners.
The bottom ash and ECO ash conversion into fly ash has a
MAR® Working Concept negligible impact on the coal pulverizer grinding elements
and no appreciable effects on coal pipes and burners. Ash
Dry bottom ash, extracted and cooled by the MAC® system,
recycling improves the overall fly ash quality, leading to a
and ash from ECO hoppers are pneumatically conveyed and
reduction of the unburnt carbon content due to the dilution
stored in small reception bins. Those bins, located at the coal
effect of dry ash.
bunkers level, provide an ash classification by granulometry in
The MAR® system ensures the valorization both of bottom
order to ensure that only the coarse ash is dosed to coal pul-
ash and ECO ash, turning a waste into a coal combustion
verizers. The finest particles, along with conveying air, are
product (CCP). Using CCPs, in cement or concrete production
directly drafted into the combustion chamber or the flue gas
rather than disposing of them, conserves natural resources
ducts. Ash is extracted from the reception bins by tubular
and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
vibro-feeders and dosed to the coal mill feeding hoppers.
The MAR® system can be implemented either in new projects
Then ash is milled by coal pulverizers along with coal before
or as a retrofit, replacing traditional wet system by a MAC® +
being injected in the boiler through coal burners.
MAR® system package.
The logic control system adjusts the dosed ash rate as a func-

MAR® system configuration at Fiume Santo P.P.

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