Production of briquette with bottom ash Kazanalti külü i̇le bri̇ket üreti̇mi̇
Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University, vol.21, no.3, pp.527-532, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 21 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2006
- Journal Name: Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi University
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Page Numbers: pp.527-532
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No
Abstract
Bottom ash (BA) is a kind of solid waste from coal-fired thermal power plants. In Turkey, there is not any usage field of this waste and dumping this waste to landfills requires high costs day after day. In this study, a possible usage of bottom ash (BA) as fine aggregate in concrete briquette production was researched. The research is constituted in two stages. The first stage is the experimental investigation of natural sand replaced by BA. Concrete briquettes specimens providing TS406 were produced by replacing natural sand with BA by volume in various percentages. Unit weight, compressive strength and freeze-thaw tests were applied on these specimens. In second stage, cost analysis, lightness and some example applications about them were made. Although, in BA-replaced briquettes, compressive strength and freeze-thaw resistance decreases, it is still possible to produce briquettes providing the minimum conditions in the related standard. Furthermore, being low-cost, environmentally friendliness and lightness are positive results.