The environmental impacts of foamed concrete production and exploitation

3rd International Conference on Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies

Namsone, E.^1 ; Korjakins, A.^1 ; Sahmenko, G.^1 ; Sinka, M.^1

Riga Technical University, Department of Building Materials and Products, Institute of Materials and Structures, Kalku str. 1, Riga

LV-1658, Latvia^1

关键词: Autoclaved aerated concrete;    Building sectors;    CO2 emissions;    Eco-friendly;    Foamed concrete;    Intensive mixing;    Thickness of walls;    Total energy;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012029/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012029

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a study focusing on the environmental impacts of foamed concrete production and exploitation. CO2emissions are very important factor for describing durability and sustainability of any building material and its life cycle. The building sector is one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in the world. In this study CO2emissions are evaluated with regard to three types of energy resources (gas, coal and eco-friendly fuel). The related savings on raw materials are up to 120 t of water per 1000 t of traditionally mixed foamed concrete and up to 350 t of sand per 1000 t of foamed concrete produced with intensive mixing technology. In addition, total reduction of CO2emissions (up to 60 t per 1000 m3of material) and total energy saving from introduction of foamed concrete production (depending on the type of fuel) were calculated. In order to analyze the conditions of exploitation, both thermal conductivity and thickness of wall was determined. All obtained and calculated results were compared to those of the commercially produced autoclaved aerated concrete.