Experimental Study on Thermal Characteristics of Environment-Friendly Blocks with Water-Absorbing Polymer

2010 ◽  
Vol 658 ◽  
pp. 260-263
Author(s):  
Jong Bin Park ◽  
Ree Ho Kim ◽  
Sang Ho Lee ◽  
Hee Bum Pyun

Urbanization together with increased population and industrialization has increased impermeable areas including asphalt and concrete pavement, leading to potential dangers of environmental disasters in urban area. While environmental pavements have been investigated to mitigate these problems in some countries such as Germany and Japan, little work has been done in Korea. Furthermore, most studies on environmental pavements have focused on permeable asphalt pavements. This study was intended to develop new materials for water-absorbing pavement blocks to control pavement temperature and storm water runoff. Bottom ash, which is a coal combustion by-products, was used as a composing material for these blocks. A polymer with water absorption ratio of 76% was used as a water-retention material for the pavement blocks. The effect of block compositions on mechanical characteristics, compressive strength and porosity were examined as well as thermal characteristics. This water-absorbing polymer is likely to be suitable to be used with the bottom ash blocks. The time required to fill the pores of the blocks with the polymer ranged from 9 to 14 sec, indication that the polymer can be readily applied to the blocks. The final products with optimum compositions satisfied the Korean Standard for blocks and possessed an excellent water-retentive ability. Experiments are ongoing to measure the properties of the blocks for further application as a new construction material.

2009 ◽  
Vol 620-622 ◽  
pp. 105-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Bin Park ◽  
Sang Ho Lee ◽  
Chae Sung Gee ◽  
Hee Bum Pyun

Permeable pavement systems are suitable for a variety of residential, commercial and industrial applications because pavements such as water-retentive or water absorbing pavements are helpful to alleviate urban heat island phenomena by reducing pavement temperature, yet are confined to light duty and infrequent usage. And most of study for the permeable pavement is limited to asphalt pavement. Also, immense quantities of coal combustion by-products are produced every year, but only a small fraction of them are currently utilized, particularly bottom ash which is used in this study. So, in this study, it was intended to develop new permeable and water-absorbing pavement blocks to control pavement temperature and storm water runoff. And mechanical characteristics-compressive strength, porosity etc were carried out. Also, Experiments for thermal environment characteristics and pollution control were carried out in laboratory scale using modified pavement samples. Experimental results indicated that blocks with bottom ash were suited to standard and possessed excellent water-retentive and water purification ability.


2008 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
pp. 297-300
Author(s):  
Jae Ik Lee ◽  
Byung Wan Jo ◽  
Yeong Seok Yoo ◽  
Kyeong Ho Cheon

As a basic stage for developing new construction material utilizing sewage sludge ash, this study is identified by specific material characteristics through XRD, SEM, uniaxial compressive strength, porosity, and the drying shrinkage by manufacturing mortar with sewage sludge ash. The average drying shrinkage of sewage sludge ash mortar aged 7 days showed 88% of the strain of the one aged 28 days. The porosity of sewage sludge ash mortar was about 7~10%. The more quick lime and blast furnace slag were added, the less porosity appeared.


2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (10) ◽  
pp. 2367-2372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ng Hooi Jun ◽  
Mirabela Georgiana Minciuna ◽  
Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah ◽  
Tan Soo Jin ◽  
Andrei Victor Sandu ◽  
...  

Manufacturing of Portland cement consists of high volume of natural aggregates which depleted rapidly in today construction field. New substitutable material such as bottom ash replace and target for comparable properties with hydraulic or pozzolanic properties as Portland cement. This study investigates the replacement of different sizes of bottom ash into Portland cement by reducing the content of Portland cement and examined the mechanism between bottom ash (BA) and Portland cement. A cement composite developed by 10% replacement with 1, 7, 14, and 28 days of curing and exhibited excellent mechanical strength on day 28 (34.23 MPa) with 63 mm BA. The porous structure of BA results in lower density as the fineness particles size contains high specific surface area and consume high quantity of water. The morphology, mineralogical, and ternary phase analysis showed that pozzolanic reaction of bottom ash does not alter but complements and integrates the cement hydration process which facilitate effectively the potential of bottom ash to act as construction material.


1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Durchschlag

As a result of urbanization, the pollutant discharges from sources such as treatment plant effluents and polluted stormwaters are responsible for an unacceptable water quality in the receiving waters.In particular, combined sewer system overflows may produce great damage due to a shock effect. To reduce these combined sewer overflow discharges, the most frequently used method is to build stormwater storage tanks. During storm water runoff, the hydraulic load of waste water treatment plants increases with additional retention storage. This might decrease the treatment efficiency and thereby decrease the benefit of stormwater storage tanks. The dynamic dependence between transport, storage and treatment is usually not taken into account. This dependence must be accounted for when planning treatment plants and calculating storage capacities in order to minimize the total pollution load to the receiving waters. A numerical model will be described that enables the BOD discharges to be continuously calculated. The pollutant transport process within the networks and the purification process within the treatment plants are simulated. The results of the simulation illustrate; a statistical balance of the efficiency of stormwater tanks with the treatment plant capacity and to optimize the volume of storm water tanks and the operation of combined sewer systems and treatment plants.


1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 323-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Reynolds ◽  
C. P. Gerba ◽  
I. L. Pepper

Sewage outfalls and storm water runoff introduces pathogenic human enteric viruses into marine coastal waters, which may pose a potential public health risk. Although members of the enterovirus group have been suggested as possible indicators of sewage pollution in marine waters, the lack of rapid, sensitive and cost effective methods have prevented routine monitoring in the United States. This study compared traditional cell culture and direct RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction) amplification for detection of an enterovirus. Poliovirus could be recovered from 100 L of artificial seawater with an average efficiency of 77%, using adsorption and elution from electronegative filters. Viruses were eluted from the filters with 1.5% beef extract for viruses (BEV) adjusted to pH 9.5 and reconcentrated by organic flocculation to a volume of 30 mL. Substances which interfered with detection by RT-PCR were removed by treatment of the concentrates with sephadex and chelex resins. Direct RT-PCR could detect 2.5 and 0.025 PFU (plaque forming units) for single (25 cycles) and double PCR (2 × 25 cycles) in 10 μL of pure culture poliovirus samples, respectively. These methods are currently being applied to assess the occurrence of enteroviruses at marine bathing beaches influenced by sewage discharges.


1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. O'Loughlin

The New South Wales State Government has embarked on a multi-billion dollar programme of pollution abatement in Sydney, The socio-economic and political factors which have prompted this are described, These illustrate the complexities of dealing with pollution problems while social values alter, public organisations experience administrative change and financial pressures, and politicians try to balance environmental and economic objectives, The technical progress of the Sydney initiatives to reduce storm water runoff and sewer overflow pollution is also outlined.


2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljubisa Kalaba ◽  
Bruce G. Wilson ◽  
Katy Haralampides

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