Feasibility of Using Coal Ash for the Production of Sustainable Bricks

Sustainability

Qasim Shaukat Khan¹  Asif Hameed¹  Ahmad Mukhtar¹  Asad Ullah Qazi¹  Muhammad Junaid Munir²  Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi² 

[1] Civil Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore 54890, Pakistan;School of Engineering, RMIT University, 376-392 Swanston St., Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia;

关键词: coal ash;    unburnt brick;    efflorescence;    water absorption;    compressive strength;    modulus of rupture;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su14116692

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this research study, environmentally friendly unburnt coal ash (CA) bricks were investigated as an alternative to conventional burnt clay bricks. In this research study, various physical and mechanical properties of unburnt CA bricks were investigated. The unburnt CA bricks were prepared by using 60% CA and 10% lime by weight. In these unburnt CA bricks, varying cement contents (5%, 10%, and 15%), sand contents (10% and 15%), and quarry dust contents (5% and 10%) by weight were used. A forming pressure of 29 MPa was applied through an automatic pressure control system either for 3 s or 6 s. The prepared bricks were moist cured for 28 days. The experimental results exhibited that unburnt CA bricks with 10% cement, 10% sand, and 10% quarry dust subjected to forming pressure for 3 s exhibited the highest compressive strength of 19 MPa and flexural strength of 2.1 MPa. The unburnt CA bricks exhibited reduced water absorption, reduced efflorescence, and lower weight per unit area than the conventional clay bricks. A cost comparison of unburnt CA bricks and clay bricks exhibited that unburnt CA bricks are cost-effective compared to clay bricks.

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