Membership

CARRC® multidisciplinary membership provides direction, insight, and perspective to all phases of the research program. CARRC® partners have evolved technically and together have developed an understanding of the layers of social, regulatory, legal, and competitive issues surrounding CCB utilization in general and how those issues impact specific use applications for individual members. Based on this collective experience, CARRC® is equipped to respond to the diverse technical issues posed by potential users, regulators, environmentalists, and concerned citizens.

CARRC® member-driven research topics are developed and prioritized based on member input. The topics are designed to provide CCB performance data, including environmental performance, engineering performance, economics, and product and project life cycle. The technical data gleaned

from CARRC® work continues to build the CCB information pool. To leverage industrial member contributions and
facilitate an increased level of research, CARRC® has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the EERC Jointly Sponsored Research Program, which typically provides 40% matching funds for member contributions.

In addition to directing future CARRC® research, members are afforded the opportunity to submit samples from their facilities for inclusion in specific work tasks. The results are presented to members in a manner that maintains confidentiality, if desired.

To house results, CARRC® has developed and maintains the Coal Ash Properties Database (CAPD), which contains identification and characterization information on more than 800 CCB samples from throughout the world, primarily derived from member samples. An individualized version of the CAPD software is provided to each member that allows the addition of data at the member?s discretion. Further, members may distribute copies of their version of the CAPD as desired.

For more information about CARRC® memberships contact Debra Pflughoeft-Hassett.

 


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