SEM-EDS Analysis of Portland Cement and Sugarcane Bagasse Ash Collected from Different Boilers of Sugar Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 632-637
Author(s):  
Chidanand Patil ◽  
P.B. Kalburgi ◽  
K.B. Prakash ◽  
M.B. Patil
Author(s):  
Safiki Ainomugisha ◽  
Bisaso Edwin ◽  
Bazairwe Annet

Concrete has been the world’s most consumed construction material, with over 10 billion tons of concrete annually. This is mainly due to its excellent mechanical and durability properties plus high mouldability. However, one of its major constituents; Ordinary Portland Cement is reported to be expensive and unaffordable by most low-income earners. Its production contributes about 5%–8% of global CO2 greenhouse emissions. This is most likely to increase exponentially with the demand of Ordinary Portland Cement estimated to rise by 200%, reaching 6000 million tons/year by 2050.  Therefore, different countries are aiming at finding alternative sustainable construction materials that are more affordable and offer greener options reducing reliance on non-renewable sources. Therefore, this study aimed at assessing the possibility of utilizing sugarcane bagasse ash from co-generation in sugar factories as supplementary material in concrete. Physical and chemical properties of this sugarcane bagasse ash were obtained plus physical and mechanical properties of fresh and hardened concrete made with partial replacement of Ordinary Portland Cement. Cost-benefit analysis of concrete was also assessed. The study was carried using 63 concrete cubes of size 150cm3 with water absorption studied as per BS 1881-122; slump test to BS 1881-102; and compressive strength and density of concrete according to BS 1881-116. The cement binder was replaced with sugarcane bagasse ash 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% by proportion of weight. Results showed the bulk density of sugarcane bagasse ash at 474.33kg/m3, the specific gravity of 1.81, and 65% of bagasse ash has a particle size of less than 0.28mm. Chemically, sugarcane bagasse ash contained SiO2, Fe2O3, and Al2O3 at 63.59%, 3.39%, and 5.66% respectively. A 10% replacement of cement gave optimum compressive strength of 26.17MPa. This 10% replacement demonstrated a cost saving of 5.65% compared with conventional concrete. 


This research work has been investigated the agriculture solid waste of sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) materials replacing Portland cement and produces the assured quality of concrete. The current research work for various mixes of experimental test results shows the higher compressive strength was 37.51MPa at 28-days, 38.10 MPa at 56-days, the best mix consisting of SCBA (wet sieving method) content up to 15% (by weight of binding materials) along with 1.5% of waste tin fibers and also an excellent improvement trend was noted in flexural rigidity of concrete to addition of tin fibers shows the higher bending stress for all mixes except reference as well as more than 15% of SCBA concrete at different curing days. However, this study focused on the indirect measurement of tensile strength in SCBA concrete obtained the higher split tensile strength was 3.75MPa at 28-days, 3.95MPa at 56-days. It is concluded based on the various test results for different curing days the optimum replacement level of SCBA up to 15% of Portland cement was fixed and achieve the target strength of M25 grade of Portland cement concrete at 28 days.


2018 ◽  
Vol 765 ◽  
pp. 324-328
Author(s):  
Tiago Assunção Santos ◽  
José da Silva Andrade Neto ◽  
Vitor Souza Santos ◽  
Daniel Véras Ribeiro

Due to the concern with the environmental impacts caused by the gases emitted by the cement industry and by the inadequate disposal of wastes generated in the sugar-alcohol industry, such as sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA), a search for the development of new technologies, which are less aggressive to the environment and that propose feasible alternatives, began in order to reuse these wastes properly. Among these alternatives is the reuse of SCBA as partial replacement to cement or as addition to cementitious matrices. In this way, the present research has the objective of analyzing the influence of SCBA obtained by the calcination of sugarcane bagasse (SCB), at 600°C, in the process of Portland cement hydration. Initially, the SCBA was characterized physically, chemically and mineralogically, and then cement pastes with 20% and 35% substitution contents were elaborated, besides the reference paste, which were analyzed through X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric (TG) techniques. The results obtained show that there is a consumption of portlandite as a consequence of the use of SCBA, evidencing the pozolanicity of these ashes. In the pastes with 35% substitution content, there was an intense consumption of the portlandite, indicating, in this proportion, the pozzolanic reaction was more intense.


2017 ◽  
Vol 148 (7) ◽  
pp. 1355-1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aniruj Akkarapongtrakul ◽  
Phongthorn Julphunthong ◽  
Thanongsak Nochaiya

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jijo James ◽  
P. Kasinatha Pandian ◽  
K. Deepika ◽  
J. Manikanda Venkatesh ◽  
V. Manikandan ◽  
...  

The study involved investigating the performance of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) stabilized soil blocks amended with sugarcane bagasse ash (SBA). Locally available soil was tested for its properties and characterized as clay of medium plasticity. This soil was stabilized using 4% and 10% OPC for manufacture of blocks of size 19 cm × 9 cm × 9 cm. The blocks were admixed with 4%, 6%, and 8% SBA by weight of dry soil during casting, with plain OPC stabilized blocks acting as control. All blocks were cast to one target density and water content followed by moist curing for a period of 28 days. They were then subjected to compressive strength, water absorption, and efflorescence tests in accordance with Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) specifications. The results of the tests indicated that OPC stabilization resulted in blocks that met the specifications of BIS. Addition of SBA increased the compressive strength of the blocks and slightly increased the water absorption but still met the standard requirement of BIS code. It is concluded that addition of SBA to OPC in stabilized block manufacture was capable of producing stabilized blocks at reduced OPC content that met the minimum required standards.


The increasing demand and consumption of construction materials create a bottle neck shortage of construction materials this make the researcher and engineer to focus on new material and method for waste reduction and this is for the cost-effective, green and scientific reasons. Sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) which is obtained as a secondary product from sugar industry has relatively high silica content has the capacity to react with cement, contribute in increasing the strength of concrete. Copper slag (CS) the secondary manufactured goods from the process of being making copper, it is absolutely lifeless substance that their characteristics are exactly matching with usual sand which is used in construction and may be replaced in concrete. The effect of earthed Sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) and copper slag (CS) on the strength and flexural behavior is studied. A total of 25 % SCBA by mass was replaced in case of Portland cement and a total of 60 % by mass of CS was used as a fine aggregate replacement. The strength and flexural behavior of concrete samples were studied using compression test and two-point loading tests. The capacity of the objects framed based on actual concrete and secondary product based concrete were evaluated with standard tests. Five sequence of mixing in concrete proportion were organized by means of SCBA restore cement by 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25% by weight of cement and its 14 & 28 day strength were found out and the other mix with constant SCBA and varying percentage of Copper slag were prepared with 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 % of copper slag for fine aggregate the 14 & 28 day strength were found. Flexural behavior of SCBA and CS combination were found using RCC beams. It has been engaged that SCBA and CS are better substitute for cement and fine aggregate.


2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
M. S. Sultana ◽  
M. A. Rahman ◽  
M. N. Zaman ◽  
A. N. Ahmed

Sugarcane bagasse is a fibrous waste product and important biomass sources, which is used as a fuel in the sugar industry. Bagasse ash is an industrial waste that mainly consists of high amount of silica and carbon materials. In this study sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) and sugarcane waste ash (SCWA) were calcined at 400°C, 600°C, 800°C and 1000°C for 2 h. These samples were characterized in order to evaluate the possibility of their use in different industries.  XRF and XRD analyses were done for chemical and phase analysis of both calcined samples. The chemical composition of calcined SCBA and SCWA indicated that samples had similar compositions of other pozzolanic material. Carbon content has been determined by elemental analyzer. With increasing temperature the percentage of carbon content decreases in both cases. As temperature increases, the color of SCBA and SCWA samples changing from black to grey and white, which also indicates that the carbon content present in the SCBA were reasonably reduced. XRD patterns showed that crystallinity increases with influence of calcining temperature for both ash samples.


2015 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 367-374
Author(s):  
J.L. Rodríguez Bucio ◽  
José Luis Reyes-Araiza ◽  
Elia Mercedes Alonso Guzmán ◽  
Alejandro Manzano-Ramirez ◽  
R. Ramírez-Jiménez ◽  
...  

Since the construction industry is responsible for 30% of the CO2 emissions, one way to reduce the impact of the construction activity is to substitute ordinary Portland cement by pozzolanic materials. The application of using agricultural waste in the production of pozzolanic material is technically feasible, due to the calcination of organic materials and leaving ashes with a fine particle size and high SiO2 content. In the present, it is discussed the pozzolanic effect of sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) from Taretan, Michoacán, Mexico, on the physical and mechanical properties of a portland cement mortar. Test specimens were prepared based on replacing sugarcane bagasse ash percentages of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 %, relative to the weight of cement. To validate the mechanical properties of the specimens, tensile, flexural and compressive strength was determine. The porosity of the mortar was determined by means of non-destructive ultrasonic testing of pulse rate and electrical resistivity. The contribution of this paper was determine the bond strength of an overlay mortar with SCBA bonded to the concrete substrate by pull-out tests. The results showed that the addition of the sugarcane bagasse ash improved the mechanical strength, adherence of the mortar to concrete, and decreases the porosity on large curing times. Hence, it is suggested the use of Portland pozzolan cement containing sugarcane bagasse ash pozzolan, with the added benefit on the use of agricultural waste.


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