Tests at the EERC's combustion test facility evaluated the characteristics of solid fuels and coal-water fuels, yielding valuable information on how coal quality affects power plant performance. Lignite characterization and evaluation. Mitigation of air toxins. The EERC conducted research for the North Dakota lignite industry on the emission of potentially hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants, with the goal of developing control technologies to meet new regulations limiting the emission of air toxins. Coal Ash Resources Research Consortium .
Coal ash is produced in large volumes as a byproduct of coal-fired power plants.
The EERC established the Consortium to assist electric power utilities in the safe and economical disposal or utilization of this material. A number of utilities in the Northern Plains are participating in this program. Ash utilization in North Dakota. The research evaluated the performance and environmental acceptability of fly ash-based concrete.