Study on Fired Clay Bricks by Replacing Clay with Palm Oil Waste: Effects on Physical and Mechanical Properties

International Conference on Innovative Research - ICIR Euroinvent 2017

Kadir, A.A.^1,2 ; Sarani, N.A.^1 ; Abdullah, M.M.A.B.^2,3 ; Perju, M.C.^2,4 ; Sandu, A.V.^2,4

Department of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia^1

Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), School of Materials Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia^2

Faculty of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia^3

Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania^4

关键词: Agricultural industries;    Empty fruit bunches;    Environmentally safe;    Fired clay bricks;    Firing shrinkage;    Management systems;    Palm oil wastes;    Physical and mechanical properties;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/209/1/012037/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/209/1/012037

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Palm oil is one of the major agricultural industries in Malaysia. Due to the poor management system, the discarded palm oil waste has always been linked to the environment issues. During processing of palm oil, a considerable amount of solid waste by-products in the form of fibres, shells, empty fruit bunches and fly ashes are produce rapidly. Therefore, this study was conducted to incorporate 1%, 5% and 10% of palm oil waste into fired clay brick. Samples of brick were fired at 1050°C temperature with heating rates of 1°C/min. Manufactured bricks were tested with physical and mechanical properties including firing shrinkage, dry density, water absorption and compressive strength. The results demonstrated that the replacement of 1% up to 5% of palm oil waste had improved several properties, although, a decrease of performance in certain aspects has also been observed. As a result, palm oil waste can be utilized in an environmentally safe way into fired clay brick thus providing adequate properties of fired clay brick.