Porous Building Ceramic Materials Containing Industrial Sewage Sludge
2012
Ineta Rozenštrauha, Linda Krāģe, Askolds Jarutis, Edmunds Lodiņš, Viktors Filipenkovs, Laila Pētersone

Porous and ceramic materials were produced from industrial waste – glass as by-products from glass fibre production and sewage sludge, and mineral raw material – clay from the deposit Nicgale. The chemical and mineralogical analysis of sewage sludge was performed. Sewage sludge contains material “Organiosorb” (bentonite), 50% of organic matter, phosphorous, nitrogen and some trace elements: Cr, Zn, Cd, Ni, Pb, Cu. The waste glass contains mainly SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, B2O3, MgO, K2O, TiO2 and Fe2O3. The mineral raw material - Latvian clay from deposit Nicgale contains mainly SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, Fe2O3, K2O, MgO, TiO2, Na2O and SO3 and particularly high content of carbonate compounds - 21,66 wt% CaCO3+MgCO3. The mentioned clay could be used as a raw material for porous ceramic composite due to the high content (73.3%) of particles having size < 5 μm. The raw materials were investigated by differential-thermal analysis (DTA) as well as thermal treatment. According to the studies of the composition of raw materials several mixtures were produced from the clay (45 – 55 wt%) as a matrix material and sewage sludge (25 – 35 wt%) as well as waste glass (20 wt%) in order to manufacture a lightweight aggregate during the thermal treatment. The conditions of sintering of porous ceramic were established after various experiments: heating rate until 700oC – 3o/min and subsequent heating until maximum temperature with heating rate 12o/min. Three compositions showing optimal Functional properties: thermal shrinkage – 0.5 - 7%, bulk density 1.5 – 2,1 g/cm3 at the temperature interval 1120 – 1130oC, porosity - 34 – 48%, and relatively high breaking stress in compression – 51.1±1.1 – 51.5±1.0 MPa. According to the functional properties detected, the obtained materials could be used as fillers for building materials and porous building ceramic materials for specific purposes (e.g. thermoinsulation).


Keywords
porous building ceramics, sewage sludge, industrial waste, recycling

Rozenštrauha, I., Krāģe, L., Jarutis, A., Lodiņš, E., Fiļipenkovs, V., Pētersone, L. Porous Building Ceramic Materials Containing Industrial Sewage Sludge. Materials Sciences and Applied Chemistry. Vol.26, 2012, pp.64-68. ISSN 1407-7329. e-ISSN 2255-8713.

Publication language
Latvian (lv)
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