Fly Ash from Thermal Conversion of Sludge as a Cement Substitute in Concrete Manufacturing

Gabriela Rutkowska, Marek Chalecki and Mariusz Żółtowski
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Gabriela Rutkowska: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), 02-776 Warszawa, Poland
Marek Chalecki: Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), 02-776 Warszawa, Poland
Mariusz Żółtowski: Water Center of Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), 02-776 Warszawa, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-14

Abstract: Striving for reduction of production costs and constraints on natural resources cause the use of waste materials as substitutes of traditional raw materials to become increasingly important. Dynamic development of sewerage systems and sewage treatment plants observed over the recent years leads to increase of mass of the produced sewage sludge. According to the Waste Law, the municipal sewage sludge can be used if it is properly stabilized, e.g., through thermal processing. This process results in significant quantities of fly ash which must be properly utilized. The paper presents results of investigations of influence of partial replacement of cement by the fly ash from sewage sludge on concrete parameters. It was designed as a C20/25 class concrete mix, based on the Portland cement CEM I 42.5R with various ash content. Physical and chemical properties of the ash as well as frost resistance and the compressive strength of the concrete after 28, 56 and 365 days of curing were investigated. The obtained results of investigations confirm the possibility of application of fly ash wastes as a cement substitute in the concrete manufacturing. If a predefined quantity of cement is replaced by the fly ash, then one can obtain cement composite with good strength parameters.

Keywords: concrete; cement; sewage sludge fly ash; properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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