The danger of soil contamination due to leaky walls of sewage tanks in coking plants – description of the concrete destruction process

• Autorzy: Słomka-Słupik Barbara

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15199/40.2025.3.1

Warianty tytułu

PL

Niebezpieczeństwo skażenia gleby na skutek nieszczelności ścian zbiorników ściekowych w koksowniach – opis procesu niszczenia betonu

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Currently, several coking plants are in operation in Poland, but many are being closed and post-coke-making areas should be revitalized. The article presents results of laboratory tests of corrosive immersion of hardened cement paste in NH4Cl water solution. NH4 + and Cl− ions are present in coke sewage, cause concrete corrosion of wastewater tanks, unsealing them. Thus a real risk of the groundwater contamination caused by toxic components is possible, because of leaky tanks. The depth of corroded zone of hardened cement paste in different time of duration the corrosive immersion of hydrated cement paste in NH4Cl water solution was determined. Results showed the same way of crystalline phases changes in each specimen, but logically the corrosive fronts moved deeper with time. Microstructure undergone transformation. Corrosion products, like gypsum, secondary calcite, thaumasite, secondary ettringite were detected in the outer layers of specimens and compared with the pH of the hardened paste. Thanks to this research, it is possible to create a model of the destruction of reinforced concrete tanks containing a solution with ammonium and chloride ions, which has strong calcium phase dissolving properties.

PL

Obecnie w Polsce działa kilka zakładów koksowniczych, ale wiele jest zamykanych, a tereny pokoksownicze powinny być rewitalizowane. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań laboratoryjnych korozyjnej immersji stwardniałego zaczynu cementowego w wodnym roztworze NH4Cl. Jony NH4 + i Cl− występujące w ściekach koksowniczych powodują korozję betonu ścian zbiorników ściekowych, rozszczelniając je. Istnieje zatem realne ryzyko skażenia wód gruntowych toksycznymi składnikami ze względu na nieszczelność zbiorników. Określono głębokość strefy skorodowanej stwardniałego zaczynu cementowego po różnym czasie trwania korozyjnej immersji zhydratyzowanego zaczynu cementowego w wodnym roztworze NH4Cl. Wyniki wykazały ten sam sposób zmian faz krystalicznych w każdej próbce, ale fronty korozyjne przesuwały się głębiej wraz z wydłużaniem się czasu immersji. Mikrostruktura uległa przekształceniu. Produkty korozji, takie jak gips, wtórny kalcyt, thaumasyt i wtórny ettringit, zostały wykryte w zewnętrznych warstwach próbek i porównane z pH stwardniałego zaczynu. Dzięki tym badaniom możliwe jest stworzenie modelu niszczenia zbiorników żelbetowych zawierających roztwór z jonami NH4 + i Cl−, który ma silne właściwości rozpuszczające fazę wapniową.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

concrete degradation; phase change; coke sewage; ammonium chloride; danger of groundwater contamination

PL

degradacja betonu; przemiany fazowe; ścieki koksowe; chlorek amonu; ryzyko skażenia wód gruntowych

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT
• Czasopismo: Ochrona przed Korozją
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: nr 3
• Strony: 68--78
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 61 poz., fot., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Słomka-Słupik Barbara

• Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Gliwice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6112-4494

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