Powder sintering and gel casting methods in making glass foam using waste glass: A review on parameters, performance, and challenges

A Siddika, A Hajimohammadi, V Sahajwalla - Ceramics International, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of insulation materials in buildings and energy storage facilities is gaining
global attention to reduce energy consumption, heat loss, and CO 2 emissions. Given the …

Comprehensive Review of Innovative Materials for Sustainable Buildings' Energy Performance

Y Nasr, H El Zakhem, AEA Hamami, M El Bachawati… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The building sector, one of the most energy-consuming, is among the most current topics
due to the maturing concerns about the anthropogenic factor's impact on CO2 quantities in …

Waste-to-resource preparation of glass-containing foams from geopolymers

C Bai, H Li, E Bernardo, P Colombo - Ceramics International, 2019 - Elsevier
Waste glass-based cellular geopolymers with total porosity about~ 55 vol%, thermal
conductivity of~ 0.21 W/mK, and compression strength of~ 7.3 MPa were successfully …

Glass foams produced from glass bottles and eggshell wastes

MT Souza, BGO Maia, LB Teixeira… - Process Safety and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Glass foams were produced from discarded glass bottles (GB) and eggshells (ES) as
foaming agent in contents between 1 and 30 wt%. The raw materials (GB, ES) were …

Effect of sintering temperature on the crystal growth, microstructure and mechanical strength of foam glass-ceramic from waste materials

DI Saparuddin, NAN Hisham, S Ab Aziz… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to synthesize foam glass-ceramic using SLS glass as a precursor;
eggshell (ES) as a foaming agent and investigated the effect of sintering temperature on the …

Sustainable yarns and fabrics from tri-blends of banana, cotton and tencel fibres for textile applications

A Khan, M Awais, M Mohsin, A Khan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Millions of tons of banana pseudo-stem are readily available annually, making it a
sustainable resource for banana fiber. Banana fibres possess inherent mechanical strength …

Vitreous foam with thermal insulating property produced with the addition of waste glass powder and rice husk ash

FAS Fernandes, DSO Costa, CAG Martin… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Closed pore glass foams with dimensions of 60mm× 20 mm× 20 mm were produced using
agro-industrial residues. Samples containing sodo-calcic glass powder (78% wt) and rice …

Lightweight composite from fly ash geopolymer and glass foam

F Kristály, R Szabó, F Mádai… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article is focused on the development of geopolymer–glass foam composite, produced
by encapsulation of glass waste based lightweight aggregate in geopolymer matrix. The aim …

Foam glass production from waste bottle glass using silicon cutting waste of loose abrasive slurry sawing as foaming agent

LP Wang, PW Tseng, KJ Huang, YJ Chen - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study created foam glass from waste bottle glass employing silicon cutting waste (SCW)
of loose abrasive slurry sawing as the foaming agent. The influence of affecting parameters …

The circular economy of agro and post‐consumer residues as raw materials for sustainable ceramics

F Andreola, I Lancellotti, T Manfredini… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The circular economy in the area of waste management implies their re‐use as a raw
material in different production cycles. Both the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of …