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Sugarcane vinasse wastewater (SVW) is one of the most voluminous waste generated in the ethanol industry and usually applied in fertigation. It is characterized by presenting high COD and BOD; thus, continued disposal of vinasse results in negative environmental impacts. In this paper, we investigated the potential of SVW in replacement of water in mortar, rethinking about reuse of effluent, reduction of pollutants in the environment, and water consumption in civil construction. Mortar composites with 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100% of water replaced by SVW were studied in order to determine the optimum content. Mortars with 60 to 100% of SVW result in improved workability and reduction in water demand. The mortars with 20, 40, and 60% SVW resulted in satisfactory mechanical properties, i.e., similar to the control mortar. However, XRD analysis of cement pastes showed that the SVW causes a delay in CH formation, reaching mechanical strength after 28 days. Durability tests results showed that SVW contributes to the mortar becoming more impermeable; therefore, less susceptible to weathering. This study provides an important evaluation of the potential of SVW for application in civil construction, indicating relevant results for replacement of water by liquid wastes in cementitious composites and reduction the use of natural resources.
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This work was supported by CAPES/PGMADRE/UNOESTE (Finance Code 001) for scholarship and to UNOESTE/LABCIVIL for technological tests. Angela Kinoshita thanks the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – CNPq (grant 309186/2020-0).
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Conceptualization: Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro, Lucas Henrique Pereira Silva, and Angela Kinoshita; methodology: Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro, Lucas Henrique Pereira Silva, and Angela Kinoshita; validation; Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro, Lucas Henrique Pereira Silva, Adela Pérez Galvín, Antonio López-Uceda, Karol Skowera, Angela Kinoshita; formal analysis: Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Luis Fernando dos Santos, Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro, Lucas Henrique Pereira Silva, Adela Pérez Galvín, Karol Skowera, Antonio López-Uceda, Silvio Rainho Teixeira, and Angela Kinoshita; investigation: Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Luis Fernando dos Santos, Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro, Lucas Henrique Pereira Silva, Adela Pérez Galvín, Antonio López-Uceda, and Angela Kinoshita; resources: Silvio Rainho Teixeira and Angela Kinoshita; writing original: Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro, Adela Pérez Galvín, Antonio López-Uceda, Lucas Henrique Pereira Silva, and Angela Kinoshita; writing review and editing: Fabio Friol Guedes de Paiva, Silvio Rainho Teixeira, Adela Pérez Galvín, and Angela Kinoshita; supervision: Adela Pérez Galvín and Angela Kinoshita; project administration: Angela Kinoshita.
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de Paiva, F.F.G., dos Santos, L.F., Tamashiro, J.R. et al. Environmental assessment and durability performance of cement mortar incorporating sugarcane vinasse in replacement of water. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31, 17690–17705 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28073-z
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