scholarly journals Possibilities for the application of agro-industrial wastes in cementitious materials: A brief review of the Brazilian perspective

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 100040
Author(s):  
Afonso R. G. de Azevedo ◽  
Mohamed Amin ◽  
Marijana Hadzima-Nyarko ◽  
Ibrahim Saad Agwa ◽  
Abdullah M. Zeyad ◽  
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Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 3041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyu Wang ◽  
Kai Zheng ◽  
Na Cui ◽  
Xin Cheng ◽  
Kai Ren ◽  
...  

Lightweight aggregate concrete manufactured by solid waste or recycled by-products is a burgeoning topic in construction and building materials. It has significant merits in mitigating the negative impact on the environment during the manufacturing of Portland cement and reduces the consumption of natural resources. In this review article, the agricultural and industrial wastes and by-products, which were used as cementitious materials and artificial lightweight aggregate concrete, are summarized. Besides, the mechanical properties, durability, and a few advanced microstructure characterization methods were reviewed as well. This review also provides a look to the future research trends that may help address the challenges or further enhance the environmental benefits of lightweight aggregate concrete manufactured with solid waste and recycled by-products.


Author(s):  
Aikot Pallikkara Shashikala ◽  
Praveen Nagarajan ◽  
Saranya Parathi

Production of Portland cement causes global warming due to the emission of greenhouse gases to the environment. The need for reducing the amount of cement is necessary from sustainability point of view. Alkali activated and geopolymeric binders are used as alternative to cement. Industrial by-products such as fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), silica fume, rice husk ash etc. are commonly used for the production of geopolymer concrete. This paper focuses on the development of geopolymer concrete from slag (100% GGBS). Effect of different cementitious materials such as lime, fly ash, metakaolin, rice husk ash, silica fume and dolomite on strength properties of slag (GGBS) based geopolymer concrete are also discussed. It is observed that the addition of dolomite (by-products from rock crushing plants) into slag based geopolymer concrete reduces the setting time, enhances durability and improves rapidly the early age strength of geopolymer concrete. Development of geopolymer concrete with industrial by-products is a solution to the disposal of the industrial wastes. The quick setting concrete thus produced can reduce the cost of construction making it sustainable also.


Concrete is the highly used building material around the world. Tons of CO2 is evolved during manufacturing process of cement. This CO2 emission has massive effect on nature and to reduce it blended concrete has been used. Now days, use of cementitious materials are increasing rapidly. Blended concrete is the concrete in which cement is mixed with different proportions of mineral admixtures such as GGBS, silica fume, fly ash etc. In present study, partially replacing of cement with Fly ash and GGBS with three different proportions. Fly ash and GGBS are by-products from coal and iron industries. Here, M40 grade control concrete which is 0% replacement of cement and Blended concrete with 3 different combinations. Both the results will be compared. Cement is substituted by GGBS in 15%, 20% 25% proportion and substituted by Fly ash in 15%, 20% & 25% proportion. These specimens are tested for Split tensile strength, compressive strength and bending strength at the age of 7 and 28 days. Using these industrial wastes not only increases strength but also makes the concrete eco-friendly.


2013 ◽  
Vol 649 ◽  
pp. 246-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ionut Ovidiu Toma ◽  
Daniel Covatariu ◽  
Ana Maria Toma ◽  
George Taranu ◽  
Mihai Budescu

The paper presents some preliminary results on using a new supplementary Cementitious material based on industrial by-products most of them unrecyclable until recently. The opportunity for using such industrial unrecyclable wastes in construction industry has recently been recognized by researchers as having net benefits for the environment. This strategy has the potential to reduce costs, conserve energy and minimize waste. The concept very much fits into the era of sustainable development. In view of this fact, the effect of curing conditions on the self weight and strength characteristics of an eco-mortar is studied and preliminary encouraging results are presented. The eco-cement, in the form of anhydrous calcium sulphate, is set to replace the ordinary Portland cement in the mix proportion. It is made from industrial wastes and can be entirely recycled after its expiration date. The curing conditions consisted in air curing for 28 days or various time intervals for curing in water until the day of testing. The strength properties at the age of 28 days are investigated in terms of bending tensile strength and compressive strength. The obtained results show that the curing conditions play an important role both on the self weight and on the strength characteristics.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Dhruv Sood ◽  
Khandaker M. A. Hossain

Alkali-activated binders (AABs) are developed using a dry mixing method under ambient curing incorporating powder-form reagents/activators and industrial waste-based supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) as precursors. The effects of binary and ternary combinations/proportions of SCMs, two types of powder-form reagents, fundamental chemical ratios (SiO2/Al2O3, Na2O/SiO2, CaO/SiO2, and Na2O/Al2O3), and incorporation of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers on fresh state and hardened characteristics of 16 AABs were investigated to assess their performance for finding suitable mix compositions. The mix composed of ternary SCM combination (25% fly-ash class C, 35% fly-ash class F, and 40% ground granulated blast furnace slag) with multi-component reagent combination (calcium hydroxide and sodium metasilicate = 1:2.5) was found to be the most optimum binder considering all properties with a 56 day compressive strength of 54 MPa. The addition of 2% v/v PVA fibers to binder compositions did not significantly impact the compressive strengths. However, it facilitated mitigating shrinkage/expansion strains through micro-confinement in both binary and ternary binders. This research bolsters the feasibility of producing ambient cured powder-based cement-free binders and fiber-reinforced, strain-hardening composites incorporating binary/ternary combinations of SCMs with desired fresh and hardened properties.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung-Ching Chen ◽  
Wei-Ting Lin ◽  
Kae-Long Lin ◽  
Po-Yu Huang

Abstract In this study, two industrial wastes – circulating fluidized bed combustion co-fired fly ash (CFA) and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) – were used as green materials instead of cementitious materials in controllable low strength material (CLSM). CLSM was used to backfill the pavement. CLSM should meet the compressive strength requirements of the CLSM specification (under 8.24 MPa), and it had the self-consolidating characteristics of fluidized concrete. In order to comply with the characteristics of self-consolidation, a mix design including superplasticizers, adhesives, and accelerators were used to ensure that the proportion could meet the requirements of both CLSM and the self-consolidating properties. The test methods included the slump flow test, ball drop test, strength activity index, compressive strength, mercury intrusion porosimetry, chlo-ride migration test, and scanning electron microscope. A water/cement ratio of 0.85 was used as the mix design for the CLSM requirements. The CFA and GGBS used in CLSM could replace 78 wt.% of the cement, and CLSM could effectively meet the requirements of the workability, strength and microscopic properties.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
K. Węglarzy ◽  
Yu. Shliva ◽  
B. Matros ◽  
G. Sych

Aim. To optimize the methane digestion process while using different recipes of substrate components of ag- ricultural origin. Methods. The chemical composition of separate components of the substrate of agricultural by-products, industrial wastes, fats of the agrorefi nery and corn silage was studied. Dry (organic) mass, crude protein (fat) fi ber, loose ash, nitrogen-free exhaust were estimated in the components and the productivity of biogas was determined along with the methane content. These data were used as a basis for daily recipes of the substrate and the analysis of biogas production at the biogas station in Kostkowice. Results. The application of by-products of agricultural production solves the problem of their storage on boards and in open containers, which reduces investment costs, related to the installation of units for their storage. Conclusions. The return on investment for obtaining electric energy out of agricultural biogas depends considerably on the kind of the substrate used and on technological and market conditions.


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