[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the concrete industry to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions

A Adesina - Environmental Challenges, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing sustainability awareness has put the concrete industry in the spotlight to reduce
its carbon dioxide emissions. Most of the carbon dioxide emission from the concrete industry …

[HTML][HTML] Beneficial reuse of water treatment sludge in the context of circular economy

MD Nguyen, M Thomas, A Surapaneni… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Water treatment processes produce large volumes of drinking water that must meet
regulatory quality requirements. In the process of so doing, the treatment of water generates …

Influence of red mud on the engineering and microstructural properties of sustainable ultra-high performance concrete

P Yan, B Chen, MA Haque, T Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a new application of industrial solid waste red mud to use as a
cementitious material in the development of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) …

Effects of mineral additives and age on microstructure evolution and durability properties of sand-reinforced cementitious mine backfills

T Kasap, E Yilmaz, M Sari - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Cementitious paste/mine backfill (CMB/CPB) is a creative way to proficiently decrease the
sum of sulfidic tailings. However, considering them as minor raw material and inadequacies …

New strategy of drinking water sludge as conditioner to enhance waste activated sludge dewaterability: collaborative disposal

T Xiao, H Wang, X Wang, H Wu, S Yuan, X Dai, B Dong - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Drinking water sludge (DWS) and waste activated sludge (WAS) are usually treated
separately. With the continuous deepening understanding of the characteristics of two types …

A comprehensive review on the coagulant recovery and reuse from drinking water treatment sludge

D Nayeri, SA Mousavi - Journal of environmental management, 2022 - Elsevier
The main treatment unit in conventional systems for surface water is coagulation-flocculation
(CF) process, which consumes huge quantities of coagulant, and produces large volume of …

[HTML][HTML] Strength and durability properties of geopolymer paver blocks made with fly ash and brick kiln rice husk ash

SN Mahdi, N Hossiney, MMAB Abdullah - Case Studies in Construction …, 2022 - Elsevier
In India the generation of agro waste rice husk ash is abundant. The utilization of rice husk
ash in development of geopolymer binders can be suitable to alleviate the environmental …

Thermal performance analysis of novel foam concrete composites with PCM for energy storage and environmental benefits in buildings

E Erdogmus, A Yaras, A Ustaoglu, G Hekimoğlu… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The management and disposal of water treatment sludge (WTS) released in water treatment
plants is an important problem awaiting solution. To address this, WTS can be used …

Manufacturing and application of artificial lightweight aggregate from water treatment sludge

KH Lee, KG Lee, YS Lee, YM Wie - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to manufacture lightweight aggregates for the recycling of water
treatment sludge (WTS), to identify the physical properties of the aggregates, and to present …

New construction materials synthesized from water treatment sludge and fired clay brick wastes

E Erdogmus, M Harja, O Gencel, M Sutcu… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Novel bricks have been produced by firing mixes of water treatment sludge (WTS) and fired
clay brick waste (BW). The capitalization of sludge in the construction industry is the most …