Effects of Fine Particle Size on the Characteristics of Coal Bottom Ash as an Environmentally Friendly Material in Concrete Production

• Autorzy: Al Biajawi Mohammad I. , Embong Rahimah , Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/amm.2024.151391

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the current era, concern about the responsible disposal of industrial waste and its reuse has increased in all societies from the industry. Therefore, the researchers’ institution is focusing its efforts on developing more environmentally friendly products from recycled waste, particularly in the area of sustainable construction. For instance, one of recycled waste is Coal Bottom Ash (CBA), a by-product of coal combustion that is produced in large quantities from thermal power plants. The aims of this study to investigate the physical, chemical and element characteristics of CBA obtained from thermal power plant in Malaysia. Also, CBA compared with cement characteristics to be used as cement replacement in the concrete mixture. Therefore, numerous tests have been performed to investigate CBA’s physical and chemical characteristics. For physical properties such as specific gravity, particle size analysis, fineness modulus, bulk density and loss on ignition. For chemical properties such as X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in an effort to obtain sustainable materials from thermal power plant waste. Based on the findings in this study, it can be concluded that CBA can be utilized as cement substitute in the production of concrete mixtures.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Coal Bottom Ash; cement; concrete production; physical characteristics; chemical characteristics; high fineness

• Wydawca: Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences ; Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 69, iss. 4
• Strony: 1283--1292
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 54 poz., fot., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Al Biajawi Mohammad I.

• Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Persiaran Tun Khalil Yaakob, 26300, Pahang, Malaysia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6840-4878

autor

Embong Rahimah

• Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Persiaran Tun Khalil Yaakob, 26300, Pahang, Malaysia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3433-4389

autor

Abdullah Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri

• Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Geopolymer & Green Technology, Centre of Excellence (CEGeoGTech), Perlis, Malaysia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9779-8586

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Uwagi

This study received support from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) or Kementerian Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), through the following financial grant: Fundamental Research Grant Scheme FRGS/1/2022/TK01/UMP/02/5 (RDU220112) and Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia and Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) for supporting through the following financial grant RDU 223313.