Effective Utilization of Thermal Power Plant Waste Fly Ash for Value Addition of Plastic Products

Abstract

Over recent decades, most plastic materials processed by incorporating some fillers in it. In this regard, many researchers have continued to close attention towards the study of various fillers and their effects on the advanced polymeric material. Similarly, these fillers and additives incorporate within the polymer matrix to meet various applications and to enhance its mechanical properties, strength, durability, etc. The trends have been significantly arise to the use of waste material as filler owing to its advanced properties in plastic material, ease of availability, and its low cost. In general, fly ash (FA) is a waste by-product generated from most thermal power plants and contains varieties of different elemental particles. It is utilized as filler material in a variety of polymeric materials to make sports equipment/devices, household products, construction industries, and in many other engineering applications. Hence, this section particularly focused on fly ash filler and its composites preparation using different polymer matrix.