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2022 Vol.13, Issue 2

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Self-compacting concrete containing high volume palm oil fuel ash: cost, sustainability, and applications
Belal Alsubari12*
,
Payam Shafigh3
,
Mohd Zamin Jumaat2
,
Haider Hamad Ghayeb2
,
Shagea Alqawzai4
1Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Miami College of Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
2Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3Associate Professor, Center for Building, Construction & Tropical Architecture (BuCTA), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya
4Ph.D. Candidate, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
*Corresponding Author
30 June 2022. pp. 148-154
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Abstract

This work conducted laboratory studies to assess the utilization of treated palm oil fuel ash to produce self-compacting concrete (SCC) in terms of its cost and sustainability. Two types of palm oil fuel ash namely treated palm oil fuel ash (T-POFA) and modified palm oil fuel ash (MT-POFA), were used as cement replacements. The SCC specimens were prepared with 0%, 50%, and 70% replacement (by mass) of OPC with T-POFA and MT-POA at a constant W/B ratio of 0.35. Fresh properties and compressive strength tests of SCC were performed and investigated. In addition, the cost and sustainability of SCC including high volumes of T-POFA and MT-POFA were assessed. The results demonstrate that replacing OPC with T-POFA and MT-POFA slightly improved the fresh properties of SCC as well as increased the compressive strength at later ages. In addition, the concrete specimens incorporated in 50% treated POFAs have significantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) approximately 32% for SCC with 50% T-POFA and 41% for SCC with 50% MT-POFA as well as lowered costs. The results suggest that T-POFA and MT-POFA can be successfully used as cement substitutions up to 70% to develop sustainable and cost-effective concrete.

Keywords
cost
self-compacting concrete
sustainability
treated palm oil fuel ash
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  • Publisher :Sustainable Building Research Center (ERC) Innovative Durable Building and Infrastructure Research Center
  • Publisher(Ko) :건설구조물 내구성혁신 연구센터
  • Journal Title :International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development
  • Volume : 13
  • No :2
  • Pages :148-154
  • Received Date : 2022-01-26
  • Accepted Date : 2022-04-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.22712/susb.20220012
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