Producing sustainable concrete with minimal environmental impact

2011 ◽  
pp. 295-313
2016 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 704-713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Benvenuti ◽  
Alberto De Santis ◽  
Fabio Santesarti ◽  
Luigino Tocca

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abebe Demissew Gashahun

The environmental problems accompanying concrete come from cement. This means that the final product i.e., concrete is an environmentally sociable material by itself. This guides us to play on the concrete constituents which cause the largest environmental impact, which is cement. Therefore, if we can abate cement amount and increase cementing materials which can substitute cement for concrete, we will be able to minimize the concrete impact on the environment. The saving of cement quantity in concrete can be realized by substituting it with diverse extra cementitious materials which are a by-product of another industry and waste of agriculture.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 291-315
Author(s):  
Rudy Kahsar ◽  

Renewable energy technology is often seen as a positive expression of technology, meeting energy needs with minimal environmental impact. But, by integrating nature (e.g., wind and sunlight) with the ordering of the electric grid, renewables silently convert that nature into what Martin Heidegger referred to as standing reserve—resources of the technological commodity chain to be ordered, controlled, converted, and consumed on demand. However, it may be possible to mitigate the downsides of this process through a transition to more decentralized, local sources of renewable energy operations and management that maintain awareness of the ways in which energy is generated and distributed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 850-851 ◽  
pp. 1360-1363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Yi Ma ◽  
Xing Yu Chen ◽  
Wei Su

Garbage incineration is an effective minimization and resource processing methods, but there are no comparative analysises about the environmental impact of incineration processes. To investigate the environmental impacts of three typical MSW incineration processes, we modeled scenarios, calculated energy consumed and six aspects which classified as GWP, ODP, AP, EP, POCP and DUST. The classification results showed the value of the environment impact potential respectively. The impact potential of heat recover-dry absorption processes according to normalized results in descending order is GWP>EP>DUST>AP>POCP>ODP, in contrast the rank of heat recover-wet absorption and semidry processes is GWP>EP>AP>DUST>POCP>ODP, global warming impacts is the most significant penitential factor. The rank of impact potential according to weight factor in descending order is GWP>EP>DUST>AP>ODP>POCP. Dust potential became more significant. The weight factor of Dust is almost twice as much as that of AP. This is because there is a large gap between baseline level and the target level, the solid-waste are the focus of control in these years. In environmental terms, the environmental depletion index of heat recover-dry absorption process is lowest with minimal environmental impact and the heat recover-wet absorption process is the highest with largest environmental impact. The incineration with dry absorption program is the best environment-friendly process in term of environmental impact. Utilization of waste water and reducing total amount of water entering the system can effectively reduce the environmental implication for both HW and HS processes.


GCB Bioenergy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 914-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego F. Correa ◽  
Hawthorne L. Beyer ◽  
Hugh P. Possingham ◽  
Skye R. Thomas‐Hall ◽  
Peer M. Schenk

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5699
Author(s):  
Rosicky Methode Kalombe ◽  
Victor Tunde Ojumu ◽  
Chuks Paul Eze ◽  
Sammy Mwasaha Nyale ◽  
John Kevern ◽  
...  

This study reports on formulations and conditions for producing fly ash-based geopolymers with a view to showing that the compressive strength required for construction applications can be obtained without the addition of aggregates, sand, and/or cement. It was shown in a series of experiments constituting at least 73% fly ash that a compressive strength of up to 90 MPa can be obtained depending on the curing conditions. While high alkalinity resulted in stronger materials, the results showed about 40% savings in CO2 emissions without using sand and cement. Such materials are suited for construction applications with minimal environmental impact.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt A. Limmer ◽  
Danielle M. West ◽  
Ruipu Mu ◽  
Honglan Shi ◽  
Kim Whitlock ◽  
...  

This study presents the first demonstration of perchlorate phytoscreening, successfully delineating areas of contaminated groundwater quickly and with minimal environmental impact.


2015 ◽  
Vol 761 ◽  
pp. 651-655
Author(s):  
Hazwan Syafiq ◽  
Zahari Taha ◽  
Razali Muhamad

Life Cycle Assessment or LCA method is believed to be a good solution to improve sustainability in a manufacturing process. This method allows designers to identify opportunities to improve the environmental aspects of products at various points in their life cycle. In this paper, the implementation of LCA through the development of an Environmental Impact Assessment Tool (EIAT) is demonstrated via a case study of Volkswagen pulley crankshaft. EIAT is a tool that aids designers to improve the environmental impact in a manufacturing process by designing or producing products with minimal environmental impact and minimal use of resources, such as the material and energy. EIAT also offers the optimization of design solutions to reduce potential environmental impact of a specific product according to its design features. A pulley crankshaft was modelled in a CAD system where the form is fixed to maintain its function. Pulley crankshaft features, such as the type of material, diameter of pocket, stock thickness and diameter are the parameters that were optimized through the Genetic Algorithm encoded in EIAT. EIAT was validated with Eco-It (an established LCA tool) and with actual experiments. Results show a difference of less than 9% error between EIAT with the results produced by Eco-It and the actual experiments.


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