Incorporation of sugarcane bagasse ash waste as an alternative raw material for red ceramic

Abstract

The sugarcane industry generates huge amounts of sugarcane bagasse ashes (SCBA). This work investigates the incorporation of a SCBA waste as an alternative raw material into a clay body, replacing natural clay material by up to 20 wt.%. Clay ceramic pieces were produced by uniaxial pressing and fired at temperatures varying from 700 to 1100 ºC. The technological properties of the clay ceramic pieces (linear shrinkage, apparent density, water absorption, and tensile strength) as function of the firing temperature and waste addition are investigated. The phase evolution during firing was followed by X-ray diffraction. The results showed that the SCBA waste could be incorporated into red ceramics (bricks and roofing tiles) in partial replacement for natural clay material. These results confirm the feasibility of valorisation of SCBA waste to produce red ceramic. This use of SCBA can also contribute greatly to reducing the environmental problems of the sugarcane industry, and also save the sources of natural raw materials used in the ceramic industry.

Recycling of Steelmaking Plant Wastes in Clay Bricks

“…Several researches have reported on the state of the art of using various wastes to red clay-based ceramic products, such as red mud of Bayer process [7], fluorescent lamp glass waste [8], granite waste [9], effluent sludge from paper industry [10], blast furnace sludge [11], and sugarcane bagasse ash [12], among others. This potential is based on basically two particularities of this industrial sector, the characteristics of the raw material and the high production volume [4].…”

Produção mais limpa: contributos teórico-práticos para a sustentabilidade da cerâmica vermelha

“…Sendo assim, os resultados demonstraram a possibilidade de incorporação de vidro de lâmpadas fluorescentes descontaminadas no processo de fabricação de cerâmica vermelha, atuando como uma alternativa para minimizar o impacto ambiental gerado pelo acúmulo desse resíduo [58]. Em [56] concluiuse que a incorporação de até 10% de cinzas de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar à massa argilosa atende aos padrões das normas técnicas para a fabricação de blocos e telhas de cerâmi-ca vermelha, o que pode contribuir para reduzir os impactos ambientais causados pela indústria da cana. Em [67] foram incorporados resíduos (pós) de basalto à massa argilosa e concluiu-se que tal resíduo contribui para redução das retrações nos processos de secagem e queima.…”

Sustainable blends of LDPE/NR and sugarcane bagasse ashes with PE-g-MA thermomechanical relationships

“…The cane bagasse produced is combusted to generate power for use in the industry itself, while the resulting ashes are discarded to landfills or utilized as fertilizer in sugarcane plantations, leading to a serious environmental problem [10]. The main component of SCBA is silica [12][13][14], which allows the potential use of this waste as reinforcement in different elastomer materials or thermoplastics [15][16][17]. As an additional feature to improve the dispersion and interaction between the SCBA and the matrix [18,19] polyethylene-grafted with maleic anhydride (PE-g-AM) can be used as a "coupling agent [20,21].…”