Assessment Of Natural Sand And Pond Ash In Indian Context

Energy generation is increasing day by day due to rapid industrialization. Energy generation through thermal power plants is very typical now days. Pond ash (PA) from these thermal plants is available in large quantities. Pond ash utilization helps to reduce the consumption of natural resources. In current time natural sand are using and a it is costly so it's require to replace by Pond Ash. Use of alternative material in concrete such as industrial by - product coal Ash (Fly Ash and Pond Ash) is an important eco efficiency drive. It is also the social responsibility of researchers to encourage the "beneficial use of industrial by- products in order to preserve resources, conserve energy and reduce or eliminate the need for disposal of industrial waste in landfills. This research paper reports the basic properties of Pond ash. It also compares these properties with natural natural sand. Basic changes in both type of aggregate properties were determined by various test as per require IS code, thus, it is a suitable to use pond ash as fine aggregate or partial replacement with natural sand.