CO2 emission reduction by reuse of building material waste in the Japanese cement industry

Da-Young Oh, Takafumi Noguchi, Ryoma Kitagaki and Won-Jun Park

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014, vol. 38, issue C, 796-810

Abstract: CO2 emitted from calcination processes in kilns comprises 60% of all emissions from cement production. The chemical components of building materials, demolished inorganic building materials (DIBMs), and waste concrete powder (WCP) are similar to those of cement minerals. Therefore, if DIBMs are used as a cement substitute material along with limestone, the quantity of disposed waste and the use of limestone will likely be reduced, as will CO2 emissions during cement production. This study proposes a recycling method for recycled cement, using DIBMs and WCP as cement substitute materials, and the properties of trial recycled cement were evaluated. The mortar specimen using recycled cement showed a high compressive strength, as did the ordinary Portland cement mortar. According to the proposed composition, the producible recycled cement was derived from 0.5% to 9.1% of annual cement production (about 57.6 million tons) in Japan. Additionally, the CO2 reduction by usage of recycled cement ranged from 0.06 million tons to 0.72 million tons from the total annual CO2 emissions from cement production (about 29.4 million tons), using natural resources in Japan.

Keywords: CO2 emission reduction; Cement industry; Recycling and reusing; Building material waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.036

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