In this study, tests are carried out to offer efficient way of reuse of CBS-Dust, which is produced as by-products during the manufacturing process of the cement. There have been emerging concerns of various by-products during the cement manufacturing...
In this study, tests are carried out to offer efficient way of reuse of CBS-Dust, which is produced as by-products during the manufacturing process of the cement. There have been emerging concerns of various by-products during the cement manufacturing process in cement industry. In the side of mitigating environmental burden and facilitating recycling activities, It is necessary to have effective way of recycling by-products during the cements manufacturing process. CBS-Dust is one of the by-products in cement industry and cement manufacturing companies have had difficulties in handling CBS-Dust effectively. Most of CBS-Dust have been buried and far from recycling because they could not find adequate alternatives. CBS-Dust contains large amount of chloride and alkali ions in it, which can contribute to enhance the properties of cement based materials when properly added.
Therefore, the objective of the study is to present the way of effective reuse of CBS-Dust as the concrete making materials. More specifically, the effect of CBS-Dust as an alkali activator on the properties of high volume blast furnace slag concrete are studied. As a first step of study, chemical components and physical properties of CBS-Dust are studied to identify whether CBS–Dust can be applicable to the concrete. And then, engineering characteristics of mortar and concrete subjected to various contents of CBS-Dust are tested to study the effect of CBS on strength enhancement of the concrete. Based on the results, efficient reuse of CBS-Dust are provided.
This paper is composed of six chapters and the contents of each chapters are as follows
Chapter 1 describes the background of the study, the necessities of the study. Chapter 2 depicts the cement manufacturing process and the discharge of CBS-Dust as by-product in the manufacture of cement. Chapter 3 shows the engineering characteristics of CBS-Dust in terms of physical and chemical properties. Chapter 4 explains the characteristics of mortar incorporating BS with CBS-Dust. It has the result of experiments and discussion for the fresh mortar, hardened mortar and microscopic characteristics. Chapter 5 gives a detailed account of concrete incorporating BS with CBS-Dust. It has the result of experiments and discussion for the fresh mortar, hardened mortar with comparison with and without CBS-Dust.
Chapter 6 summarizes overall result and discussions of the study. Followings could be drawn as the conclusions of the study.
1) As the physical properties of CBS-Dust, the density is 2.40g/cm3, lighter than cement, the pH is 12.50, strong alkaline, and in the case of particle size, it is 11.70㎛ finer than cement.
2) In the case of chemical components, calcium oxide (CaO) has a high content of 35.10%, potassium oxide (K2O) is 32.43%, potassium chloride (KCl) is 19.46%, sulfur trioxide (SO3) is 6.81%, and contents of other chemical components are in the order of SiO2, Fe2O3, Al2O3, MgO, and others.
3) Compressive strength tended to decrease with increasing CBS-Dust substitution rate in case of BS 0%. However, in the case of BS 45%, the CBS-Dust substitution rate of 5 to 10% showed a maximum strength increase rate of 123% than Plain. In addition, in the case of BS 65%, the substitution rate of CBS-Dust showed a strength increase rate of 154% and 123% at 3 and 7 days of age. On the other hand, the flexural strength was found to increase on 3 days of age at a binder composition ratio of BS 45 and 65% and a CBS-Dust substitution rate of 5 to 10%.
4) Compressive strength showed higher strength as the CBS-Dust substitution rate increased, and compared to CBS-Dust 0%, the strength development rate for 3 days was about 260% in the early age and more than 200% for 7 days when replacing 10% of CBS-Dust. It was found that tensile strength showed a similar tendency to compressive strength.
5) In all CBS-Dust substitution ratio changes, the strength range of 40MPa or less showed higher strength than that of CBS-Dust, but in the case of higher strength than 50MPa of long-term age was higher when CBS-Dust was not used. As a result of comprehensive analysis of the quality of concrete, around 5% of CBS-Dust was found to be the optimal replacement rate for improving quality.
In summary, when CBS-Dust is used on BS blended cement concrete at the substitution ratio of 5%, the usage as a concrete admixture for early age strength development of structures without reinforcing bars can also be considered.
In addition, when used in the production of concrete secondary products with large amounts of fine BS powder, a large amount of chloride can be expected to improve the early age strength without any problems, and alkalis and sulfates can act as an activator of BS. It is considered to be a reasonable alternative in terms of recycling resource utilization and quality assurance.