Energy efficient industrial and textile waste for the fabrication of cementitious composites: a review

Abstract

Emission of greenhouse gases and increasing global warming have posed serious threats to the environment and survival of mankind. Construction industry is amongst the leading polluters and currently traditional materials are being used at large scale to meet the increasing demand to construct new facilities. Concrete is a widely used material in construction industry and steel bars are often used as reinforcement. Cement being the main constituent of concrete and steel bars used in it require greater amount of energy. During the fabrication of concrete, an intensive amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) is emitted to the environment. The utilization of industrial waste (by-products) as a replacement of cement and textile waste as a reinforcement for cementitious composites represent one of the promising solutions. Use of industrial by-products not only address the waste disposal problem but also help in reducing energy demand for concrete production. This paper describes an over review on the efforts done in reducing dependence of traditional materials used in cementitious composites.

Keywords:

• Concrete
• cementitious composites
• Fly ash
• textile fibrous waste

Acknowledgement

This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic and the European Union in the transport sector and Information Technology in the frames of the project “Adaptation of 21st century technologies for non-conventional low-emission vehicles based on composite materials”, Reg. No. NFP313010BXF3 by OPII - VA/DP/2021/9.3 - 01. This work was also supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and the European Union (European Structural and Investment Funds—Operational Programme Research, Development and Education) in the frames of the project “Modular platform for autonomous chassis of specialized electric vehicles for freight and equipment transportation”, Reg. No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007293.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Funding

This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic and the European Union in the transport sector and Information Technology in the frames of the project “Adaptation of 21st century technologies for non-conventional low-emission vehicles based on composite materials”, Reg. No. NFP313010BXF3 by OPII - VA/DP/2021/9.3 - 01. This work was also supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and the European Union (European Structural and Investment Funds—Operational Programme Research, Development and Education) in the frames of the project “Modular platform for autonomous chassis of specialized electric vehicles for freight and equipment transportation”, Reg. No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_025/0007293.