High Strength Concrete Containing High Volume Ground Bagasse Ash Blended with Calcium Carbonate Powder

Authors

  • Tawich Klathae Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.
  • Trinh Nhat Ho Tran Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.
  • Sambath Men Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.
  • Weerachart Tangchirapat Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.
  • Chai Jaturapitakkul Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Keywords:

High volume bagasse ash, Calcium carbonate, High strength concrete

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the superplasticizer (SP) requirement, porosity, compressive strength and environmental impact of high strength concrete (HS-C) containing high volume ground bagasse ash (GB) at 65, 70, 75 and 80 wt% of binder blended with calcium carbonate powder (CC) at 15, 10, 5 and 0 wt% of binder while containing Portland cement type I (OPC) at 20 wt% of binder (65GB15CC, 70GB10CC, 75GB5CC and 80GB, respectively). The results indicated that the HS-C containing high volume GB required SP more than HS-C made with OPC 100 wt% of binder (CON). However, the use of CC could reduce SP requirement about 25-50 % as compared with 80GB concrete. With the rise in GB content, the porosity of HS-C increased. The compressive strengths at 28 days and the 80GB, 75GB5CC, 70GB10CC and 65GB15CC concretes had the compressive strengths of 56.8, 58.2, 65.2 and 55.5 MPa, respectively which were higher than 55 MPa and could be classified as HS-C. For environmental impacts, GB blended with CC concretes showed a reduction in carbon dioxide emission of 60-61% as compared with CON concrete. It is suggested that GB was a good pozzolanic material and incorporating of CC could replace OPC up to 80 wt% of binder for producing green HS-C.

Author Biographies

Tawich Klathae, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mot, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

Trinh Nhat Ho Tran, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mot, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

Sambath Men, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mot, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

Weerachart Tangchirapat, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mot, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

Chai Jaturapitakkul, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi.

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Pracha Uthit Road, Bang Mot, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

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2023-04-29

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Klathae, T., Ho Tran, T. . N., Men, S., Tangchirapat, W., & Jaturapitakkul, C. (2023). High Strength Concrete Containing High Volume Ground Bagasse Ash Blended with Calcium Carbonate Powder. Recent Science and Technology, 15(1), 105–120. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rmutsvrj/article/view/251669

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