This study is framed within the circular economy model through the valorisation of industrial by-products. This research shows the results of producing self-compacting mortars (SCMs) with electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) and other industrial by-products such as fly ash, conforming (FA) or not conforming (NcFA), from coal-fired power plants, or recovery filler (RF) from hot-mix asphalt plants. Three batches of S...
With the objective of establishing a viable alternative to the use of cement, the main objective of this study is to verify the possibility of using municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash (MIBA) as a partial cement replacement, thereby reducing the environmental impact associated with the use of concrete as a building material. To this end, self-compacting concrete (SCC) binary mixes of cement and MIBA we...
This paper provides a literature review on the use of bottom ashes in the production of concrete with recycled aggregates. Three types of bottom ash were studied, namely: biomass bottom ashes, coal bottom ashes and sewage sludge bottom ash. The characterization of these ashes focused on the analysis of their physical, chemical, and mineralogical properties. The effect of these ashes was subsequently studied on ...
With the objective of establishing a viable alternative to the use of cement, the main objective of this study is to verify the possibility of using municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash (MIBA) as a partial cement replacement, thereby reducing the environmental impact associated with the use of concrete as a building material. To this end, self-compacting concrete (SCC) binary mixes of cement and MIBA we...
The main objective of this paper is to provide the industry with a simple and practical way of disposing and recovering recycled waste from precast reinforced concrete elements rejected during the quality control process, while minimizing the consumption of natural resources in the production of concrete and, consequently, significantly reducing the environmental impact of both (construction and demolition wast...
Nowadays, the use of nanomaterials (NM) to improve the performance of cement and concrete matrixes constitutes a potential alternative to the exclusive use of Portland cement (PC). Similarly, there is currently no doubt in the construction industry (CI) about the pressing need to reduce the consumption of PC. The CI represents the world's third-largest industrial energy consumer, and the component related to th...
This study aims to evaluate the potential of incorporating fly ash (FA) and municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash (MIBA) as a partial substitute of cement in the production of self-compacting concrete mixes through an experimental campaign in which four replacement levels (i.e., 10% FA + 20% MIBA, 20% FA + 10% MIBA, 20% FA + 40% MIBA and 40% FA + 20% MIBA, apart from the reference concrete) were consider...
The urgent need to change the less positive impacts of the construction industry on the environment, and more specifically the production and use of concrete, is the main motivation for the research for more efficient and environmentally sustainable solutions. This paper presented the results of an experimental campaign whose ultimate goal was to produce high-performance self-compacting concrete (SCC) using rec...
This research contributes to the development of the Circular Economy concept by managing waste through its use as a construction material. A novel process in which two samples of industrial waste Electric Arc Furnace Dust collected from two different steelwork plants are used as secondary raw material in the production of self-compacting mortars is proposed. At a previous stage, a characterisation of mortar mat...
This paper presents a complete and updated literature review on the properties of self-compacting concrete with fine and coarse recycled aggregates. The subject of self-compacting concrete with recycled aggregates (RASCC) is greatly relevant to Society, since there is an increasing demand from the construction industry to adopt new processes to minimize its negative impacts on the environment. The use of recycl...