Enrichment of trace element concentrations in coal and its combustion residues and their potential environmental and human health impact: Can Coal Basin, NW Turkey as a case study

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dc.authoridBABA, ALPER/0000-0001-5307-3156
dc.contributor.authorBaba, Alper
dc.contributor.authorGurdal, Gulbin
dc.contributor.authorYucel, Deniz Sanliyuksel
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:11:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:11:48Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this study, the variation of trace element concentrations ( total of 48 trace elements including rare earth elements) in coal, coal ash and fly ash were examined and compared with coal Clarke values. Results showed that the average concentrations of trace elements including As, B, Cu, Ce, Co, Cs, Gd, Hf, La, Lu, Mo, Nd, Nb, Pr, Pb, Sc, Sm, Ta, Tb, Th, U, V, W, Y, Yb, Zn and Zr in the Can Basin coals are higher than their respective Clarke values for world low-rank coals. The elements As, Cu, Co, Cs, Mo, Nb, Sc, Pb, Pr, Th, U, V, Zn and Zr are enriched in coal ashes, whereas As, Co, Nb, Sc, U and V are enriched in fly ashes. Among the elements, maximum enrichment in coal was observed for As, with the average concentration of 253.5 ppm As in the Can Basin coals, while the coal Clarke value is 14 ppm and world average value is 8.3 ppm. From the ecotoxicological point of view, combustion residues formed by indoor combustion of coal and/or in thermal power plants may be a hazard to the environment and to aquatic and terrestrial life including human beings, particularly As, trace elements and released radioactive elements.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey [105Y114, 106Y041]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Project number: 105Y114 and 106Y041). The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJETM.2016.083665
dc.identifier.endpage480
dc.identifier.issn1466-2132
dc.identifier.issn1741-511X
dc.identifier.issue5-6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85018418274
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage455
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/IJETM.2016.083665
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/20733
dc.identifier.volume19
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000402727500006
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInderscience Enterprises Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectCan Basin coal
dc.subjectcoal ashes
dc.subjectfly ash
dc.subjecttrace elements
dc.subjectenvironmental impacts
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleEnrichment of trace element concentrations in coal and its combustion residues and their potential environmental and human health impact: Can Coal Basin, NW Turkey as a case study
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