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Thermal behaviour of compressed earth blocks with municipal organic waste incorporation
| Resumo: | Construction sector is one of the largest consumers of natural resources among human activities. Over the last years, with the increasingly interest for sustainable practices, the use of earth as a raw construction material re-emerged as a feasible way to reduce environmental impacts. In this scenario, compressed earth blocks (CEBs) arose as a construction technique with large sustainable potential, once they do not require cooking processes on their manufacture and due to the possibility of incorporation of fibres and wastes. This work aims to evaluate the incorporation of the organic fraction of municipal waste on CEBs, through its thermal properties and behaviour when subjected to fire situations. For such, a preliminary characterization of the CEBs to determine their porosity and bulk density was held. Subsequently, an evaluation of chemical aspects of the CEBs and its components was performed through thermogravimetric analyses. Thermal properties of the blocks were also calculated using transient methods. Finally, a CEBs panel was tested experimentally to evaluate criteria of integrity and insulation, and numerical simulations were held to provide a better understanding towards this phenomenon. The obtained results indicate that the incorporation of organic waste does not affect the capability of CEBs walls to accomplish fire safety criteria. Furthermore, the incorporated CEBs thermal properties still accomplish the minimums required by the standards and may also allow to reduce the heat transfer through building envelopes, which emphasize the sustainable feature of the blocks. |
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| Autores principais: | Gontijo, Guilherme Lopes |
| Assunto: | Compressed earth blocks Sustainable construction Organic wastes Fire resistance |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Biblioteca Digital do IPB |
| Resumo: | Construction sector is one of the largest consumers of natural resources among human activities. Over the last years, with the increasingly interest for sustainable practices, the use of earth as a raw construction material re-emerged as a feasible way to reduce environmental impacts. In this scenario, compressed earth blocks (CEBs) arose as a construction technique with large sustainable potential, once they do not require cooking processes on their manufacture and due to the possibility of incorporation of fibres and wastes. This work aims to evaluate the incorporation of the organic fraction of municipal waste on CEBs, through its thermal properties and behaviour when subjected to fire situations. For such, a preliminary characterization of the CEBs to determine their porosity and bulk density was held. Subsequently, an evaluation of chemical aspects of the CEBs and its components was performed through thermogravimetric analyses. Thermal properties of the blocks were also calculated using transient methods. Finally, a CEBs panel was tested experimentally to evaluate criteria of integrity and insulation, and numerical simulations were held to provide a better understanding towards this phenomenon. The obtained results indicate that the incorporation of organic waste does not affect the capability of CEBs walls to accomplish fire safety criteria. Furthermore, the incorporated CEBs thermal properties still accomplish the minimums required by the standards and may also allow to reduce the heat transfer through building envelopes, which emphasize the sustainable feature of the blocks. |
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