Abstract
The concrete industry confronts a pressing global challenge of resource depletion and a significant environmental impact linked to greenhouse gas emissions and water usage. Despite numerous studies on using waste materials as a partial cement substitute for concrete production, an efficient and sustainable conversion mechanism has not yet been investigated. This work studies the sugarcane bagasse ash synthesized from microwave pyrolysis (M-SCBA) and the cogeneration system (C-SCBA) as cement replacement materials and their effect on the concrete’s mechanical and permeability properties. The 10% C-SCBA concrete reached the highest compressive strength, achieving 11% higher performance than the Control sample. Partial replacement with 10% of M-SCBA in cement mortar produced a 14% higher relative strength index than the ashes generated by the cogeneration system (10% C-SCBA). Significant changes were observed in the concrete’s resistance to chloride-ion penetration when the cement was replaced by 30% M-SCBA, achieving 23% higher chloride ion resistance than the conventional cement concrete.
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The authors are grateful to Paul Trayner, Wilmar Sugar Townsville, Australia for supplying the sugarcane bagasse. The authors acknowledge the support of Kalvin Wurzinger, Liam H. Dent, and Dyllan James Abood for preparing the concrete samples and obtaining some of the experimental data presented in this work.
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S. Allende received James Cook University Postgraduate Research Scholarship and Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia top-up scholarship (Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre Program, CRCP).
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Allende, S., Tuladhar, R. & Jacob, M.V. Sugarcane Bagasse-Derived Carbon for Partial Replacement of Cementitious Material in Concrete. Mater Circ Econ 6, 3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-023-00096-4
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