Sustainable Use of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Concrete Production

As stated in the European Commission’s waste framework directive, the geographic proximity of wastes to the potential recovery/disposal site is of paramount importance in attaining an effective resource recycling paradigm. The global interest in achieving an end-of-waste scenario encourages the recovery of useful products/secondary raw materials from locally available waste materials. Sugarcane bagasse ash is an abundantly available waste (44,200 tonnes day–1) from sugar plants in India which has the potential to be used as a partial replacement to cement in ready-mix concrete plants. Although pozzolanic performance of sugarcane bagasse ash and its ability in reducing the carbon emissions associated with concrete production have been reported in earlier research studies, its use in concrete is hindered due to the lack of availability and accessibility data. In this study, the geographical distribution of sugar plants and the available quantity of sugarcane bagasse ash in India have been determined. In addition, a detailed network analysis using a geographic information system was conducted to quantify the geographic proximity of bagasse ash, fly ash and slag sources to ready-mix concrete plants. The study results indicate that for most of the ready-mix concrete plants in India, the probability of having a bagasse ash source in proximity is higher than the probability of encountering slag/fly ash sources.

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Strength and Permeation Property of Concrete Made With Sugarcane Bagasse Ash and Granite Waste as Fine Aggregate Replacement

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.c4492.098319 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 1982-1988

Keyword(s):

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

Particle Packing ◽

Industrial Wastes ◽

Partial Replacement ◽

Fine Aggregate ◽

River Sand ◽

Conventional Concrete ◽

Waste Concrete ◽

Concrete Production ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse Ash

Use of agro and industrial wastes in concrete production will cause sustainable concrete era and greener habitat. In this study an endeavor has been made to discover the propriety of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash (SCBA) and Granite Waste (GW) as partial replacement for traditional river sand. The percentage substitute is calculated based on the particle packing approach. The properties such as compressive, splitting tensile, flexural strengths and modulus of elasticity, water absorption, sorptivity and rapid chloride penetration test of the concrete with bagasse ash and granite waste as a partial replacement for river sand and to evaluate them with those of conventional concrete made with river sand fine aggregate are investigated. The test results show that the strength aspects of bagasse ash-granite waste concrete are higher than those of the conventional concrete. Moreover, they suggest that the bagasse ash-granite waste concrete has higher strength characteristics and remains in the lower permeability level shows improvement in overall durability of concrete than the conventional concrete.

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Sustainable use of sugarcane bagasse ash and marble slurry dust in crusher sand based concrete

Structural Concrete ◽

10.1002/suco.202000215 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Thangavel Murugesan ◽

Ramamurthy Vidjeapriya ◽

Abdulsalam Bahurudeen

Keyword(s):

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse Ash

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Sustainable use of sugarcane bagasse ash in cement-based materials

Green Materials ◽

10.1680/jgrma.18.00016 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Pryscila Vinco Andreão ◽

Ahmed R Suleiman ◽

Guilherme Chagas Cordeiro ◽

Moncef L Nehdi

Keyword(s):

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Cement Based Materials ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse Ash

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Study of the Technical Capability of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Concrete Production

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.866.53 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 866 ◽

pp. 53-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thiago da Cruz Sessa ◽

Marcos Martinez Silvoso ◽

Elaine Garrido Vazquez ◽

Eduardo Linhares Qualharini ◽

Assed Naked Haddad ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

Mechanical Tests ◽

Cement Industry ◽

Partial Replacement ◽

Experimental Program ◽

Concrete Production ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse Ash ◽

Definition Of ◽

Mineral Mixtures

Cement industry has a great contribution to CO2 emissions in the world. In order to reduce the levels of CO2 emissions and the consequences of global warming, some researches have been developed aiming to reduce the cement volume produced through mineral mixtures. Sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) represents an important environmental liability of the alcohol industry in the northern state of Rio de Janeiro and its use as a partial replacement of Portland cement in concrete has shown great potential for use. This paper aims to analyze, through experimental procedures, the consistency and mechanic strength on concrete with low environmental impact, made from sugarcane bagasse ash, in substitution levels of 20% and 40%. The methodology of the experimental program, included the steps of characterizing the materials; definition of the reference concrete; molding and dosing of the reference concrete and concrete with SCBA; mechanical tests to evaluate the resistance in the reference test bodies; and analysis of the results. The method used from production and processing of the ash to the characterization of other materials in the concrete are also addressed in this study. The results indicate the feasibility of using sugarcane bagasse ashes in application of concretes in the construction industry.

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To Study the Properties of Concrete using Bagasse Ash on M-25 Grade of Concrete

International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology ◽

10.14741/ijcet/v.8.4.11 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (04) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amit . ◽

Sahil Goel

Keyword(s):

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

Agricultural Waste ◽

Partial Replacement ◽

Waste Products ◽

Sustainable Concrete ◽

Concrete Production ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse Ash ◽

Cement Manufacturing ◽

The Cost ◽

Cost Of Construction

The utilization of the industrial waste products leads to the development of sustainable concrete. The use of industrial and agricultural waste in the construction industries not only reduces the consumption of natural resources but also nuisance of these waste materials. They not only reduce the cost of construction but also save the environment due to their sustainable disposal solution. Researchers are trying to find out the alternate materials of cement in concrete production to minimize the emission of carbon dioxide during cement manufacturing. Sugarcane bagasse ash is the fibrous agricultural waste material which is produced in enormous quantities in India and obtained as a result of combustion of sugarcane bagasse in the boilers at high temperatures. The ash contains large amount of silica and therefore can be used as a substitution of cement. In the present study, sugarcane bagasse ash is used as a partial replacement of cement by 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by weight of cement.

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Influence of Production Methodology on the Pozzolanic Activity of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/201927107003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 271 ◽

pp. 07003

Author(s):

Sujata Subedi ◽

Gabriel Arce ◽

Marwa Hassan ◽

Nitin Kumar ◽

Michele Barbato ◽

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Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Post Processing ◽

High Carbon Content ◽

Supplementary Cementitious Material ◽

Controlled Burning ◽

Concrete Production ◽

Sugarcane Bagasse Ash ◽

Experimental Findings

Previous studies have shown the possibility of successful implementation of Sugarcane Bagasse Ash (SCBA) as a Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) in concrete production. However, its use has been constrained in the construction industry due to lack of a suitable largescale processing methodology of SCBA. In this study, the pozzolanic performance of SCBA produced using three different methodologies (i.e., uncontrolled burning, controlled burning, and post-processing of uncontrolled burning) was investigated. Experimental findings suggested that SCBA obtained from uncontrolled burning (raw SCBA) is not suitable for concrete application due to high carbon content. However, post-processing of raw SCBA yields a material with an adequate pozzolanic performance for concrete applications, which is comparable to SCBA produced under controlled burning conditions.

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