Recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste towards an application on structural concrete: A review

F de Andrade Salgado, F de Andrade Silva - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction sector, in addition to being very important for the economy of several
countries, also has a significant impact on the environment as it causes a huge natural …

Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries

G Habert, SA Miller, VM John, JL Provis… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The use of cement and concrete, among the most widely used man-made materials, is under
scrutiny. Owing to their large-scale use, production of cement and concrete results in …

Fully utilizing carbonated recycled aggregates in concrete: Strength, drying shrinkage and carbon emissions analysis

J Xiao, H Zhang, Y Tang, Q Deng, D Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, natural aggregates, recycled aggregates (RAs), and carbonated RAs were
combined to prepare concrete. Strength, drying shrinkage, microstructures, and the carbon …

Roles of carbonated recycled fines and aggregates in hydration, microstructure and mechanical properties of concrete: A critical review

T Zhang, M Chen, Y Wang, M Zhang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 mineralisation by recycled concrete is a novel approach of carbon capture and
utilisation to improve the sustainability of concrete products, which has attracted increasing …

Achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the cement industry via value chain mitigation strategies

SA Miller, G Habert, RJ Myers, JT Harvey - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Cement is used globally in construction materials for nearly all civil infrastructure systems
supporting improved quality of life, and there is currently no substitute that can meet its …

A review of recycled aggregate concrete modified by nanosilica and graphene oxide: Materials, performances and mechanism

P Zhan, J Xu, J Wang, J Zuo, Z He - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
To offset the shortcomings of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) made from recycled
aggregates, the application of nano-materials has been proved as an innovative and highly …

Utilization of CO2 curing to enhance the properties of recycled aggregate and prepared concrete: A review

C Liang, B Pan, Z Ma, Z He, Z Duan - Cement and concrete composites, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the CO 2 curing technique has been developed to enhance the properties of
recycled aggregate (RA) and recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), materials that can absorb …

Phase assemblance evolution during wet carbonation of recycled concrete fines

P Shen, Y Zhang, Y Jiang, B Zhan, J Lu… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, recycled concrete fine (RCF), one of the major products generated from waste
concrete recycling process, was carbonated in water. The carbonation mechanism of RCF is …

Methods for improving the microstructure of recycled concrete aggregate: A review

R Wang, N Yu, Y Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) differ from natural aggregate as the former contains
attached mortar. Given the recycling process of RCA, that is, by crushing, the microstructure …

A critical review and assessment for usage of recycled aggregate as sustainable construction material

N Kisku, H Joshi, M Ansari, SK Panda, S Nayak… - … and building materials, 2017 - Elsevier
The ever increasing population and urbanization has led to construction of high rise
structures and demolishing existing old low rise ones. This has become not only the cause …