• Ceramic Solid State Ionic Technologies
  • Separation/Purification Technologies
    • Sodium
      • Radioactive Waste Stream Recycling
      • Industrial Na Waste Stream Recycling
      • On-Site Sodium Methylate (SMO) Production for Transesterification
      • On-Site Hypochlorite Disinfection Systems
    • Oxygen
    • Lithium
    • Hydrogen
  • Advanced Energy Storage
    • Solid Electrolyte Batteries
    • Fuel Cells (SOFC, PCFC)
  • CO2 Beneficiation
    • Solid Electrolysis Cells (SOEC)
  • Highly Efficient Hydrogen Production
    • Electrolytic Hydrogen Production
  • Syngas Production
    • Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell (SOEC)
    • Syngas (ITM)
  • Next-Generation Precision Sensors
    • Sodium
• Other Ceramatec Technologies
  • Fuel Processing
    • Cold Plasma Reforming
    • Hydrogen Recovery from Desulfurization
  • Synthetic Fuel
    • SOEC
    • Modular Fischer Tropsch
    • Plasma Reforming
  • Fly Ash Treatment for Reuse (Benefication)
    • Applications & Uses
  • Compact Microchannel Heat Exchangers and Reactors
  • Micro and Nano-Porous Ceramics
    • Structural (silica-free) Insulation
    • Refractory Consumables in Non-Ferrous Metal Melting
    • Machinable Ceramics
    • Alumina Waste Recycling
    • Diesel Particulate Filters
    • Microfabrication
    • Ceramic Fiber Optic Connectors
  • Hazardous Gas Treatment
    • Plasma Oxiders
    • Hydrogen Recovery from Desulfurization
  • Coatings
    • Oxide Coatings for Refractories & Ceramics
    • Anti-Fungal Coatings
    • Fire-Resistant Coatings for Wood, Carbon, Dry Wall and Plastics
    • Environmental Barrier Coatings
      • Metals
      • Ceramics
    • High Temperature Low Electrical Resistivity Coatings
  • Biomedical & Orthopedic Implants
  • Nanopowder Synthesis
  • Custom Electrode Development
  • Advance Materials Processing & Development
  • Heavy Oil & Shale Oil Upgrading
  • Next Generation Catalyst Supports & Substrates

Applications & Uses
of Capsulate Treatment

Capsulate treatment technology allows otherwise useless High Carbon Fly Ash to find a variety of beneficial uses:

• As a partial replacement for portland cement in concrete
• As a green building material
• As a mineral filler for asphalt, carpet backing, plastics, etc.
• For use in structural fills or embankments
• Fly ash remediation for on-site storage
• Contract research for custom applications

On-Site Storage
Ceramatec’s Capsulate technology is ideal for remediation of fly ash for on site storage applications. Ceramatec’s Capsulate Treatment technology is designed to encapsulate heavy metals that are contained within fly ash waste materials that are stored in surface impoundments or on-site landfills. The encapsulation of the heavy metals in the fly ash, or other coal waste products, provides an extra barrier layer that can prevent the dissolution of these metals into water supplies.

Beneficial use in Concrete
Ceramatec’s Capsulate Technology is specially designed to mitigate the deleterious effects of activated carbon contained in fly ash when added to concrete as a partial replacement for portland cement. The Capsulate process effectively blocks the adsorption sites within the activated carbon, such that the carbonaceous material can no longer adsorb air entraining agents (or other added organics) from the concrete mix design. Our technology has been demonstrated to lower the foam index score (FI) for both Class C and F fly ash materials that contain both unburned and activated carbon materials.

Contract Research
Ceramatec is actively working on advanced R&D projects to expand the beneficial re-use activities of fly ash and other coal ash byproducts. Many organizations, including the EPA, ACAA and its members, would welcome the opportunity to expand the current product offerings in which these valuable materials are used. However, many ash marketers or ash producers are not setup to perform fundamental research using coal combustion products to develop new markets or applications. Ceramatec is very interested in working with commercial companies for contract research and development to investigate new ideas and uses for these materials.