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Evaluation of concrete production with solid residues obtained from fluidized-bed incineration of MSW-derived solid recovered fuel (SRF)

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The aim of this work was to evaluate the use of solid residues derived from municipal solid waste-derived solid recovered fuel incinerated in a circulating fluidized-bed boiler for concrete production. The concrete mixtures casted by partially replacing the natural aggregates with bottom ash (27 %) and exhausted sand (13 %), according to the European standards for concrete, may be classified in the C16/20 class. The leaching tests performed on monolithic concrete samples showed that the concentrations measured in the leachates were lower than limit values for waste recovery, with the only exception of nickel for the mixture made with the exhausted sand.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank: Megazzini s.r.l. in Bressana Bottarone (Pavia) for the precasting of the concrete specimens; Lomellina Energia s.r.l. company in Parona (Pavia) for the supply of residues; the Laboratory of Department of Structural Mechanics at the University of Pavia (especially Giorgio Sforzini) for the mechanical tests performed.

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    Maria Cristina Collivignarelli & Alessandro Abbà

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Land, Environment and Mathematics, University of Brescia, via Branze 43, 25123, Brescia, Italy

    Sabrina Sorlini

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133, Milano, Italy

    Matteo Bruggi

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Collivignarelli, M.C., Abbà, A., Sorlini, S. et al. Evaluation of concrete production with solid residues obtained from fluidized-bed incineration of MSW-derived solid recovered fuel (SRF). J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 19, 1374–1383 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-016-0523-y

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