The Environmental Impacts of Foamed Concrete Production and Exploitation
IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 2017
Elvija Namsone, Aleksandrs Korjakins, Genādijs Šahmenko, Māris Šinka

This paper presents a study focusing on the environmental impacts of foamed concrete production and exploitation.CO2 emissions are very important factor for describing durability and sustainability of any building material and its life cycle.The building sector is one of the largest energy-consuming sectors in the world. In this studyCO2emissions are evaluated with regard to three types of energy resources (gas, coal and eco-friendly fuel). The related savings on raw materials are up to 120 t of water per 1000 t of traditionally mixed foamed concrete and up to 350 t of sand per 1000 t of foamed concrete produced with intensive mixing technology. In addition, total reduction of CO2 emissions(up to 60 t per 1000 m3 of material) and total energy saving from introduction of foamed concrete production(depending on the type of fuel) were calculated.In order to analyze the conditions of exploitation, both thermal conductivity and thickness of wall was determined. All obtained and calculated results were compared to those of the commercially produced autoclaved aerated concrete.


Keywords
foamed concrete, intensive mixing, traditional mixing, CO2 emissions
DOI
10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012029
Hyperlink
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012029

Namsone, E., Korjakins, A., Šahmenko, G., Šinka, M. The Environmental Impacts of Foamed Concrete Production and Exploitation. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2017, Vol.251: 3rd International Conference on Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies (IMST 2017), pp.20-29. ISSN 1757-8981. e-ISSN 1757-899X. Available from: doi:10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012029

Publication language
English (en)
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