Waste and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete Characterisation, Properties and Applicat

Waste and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete

Characterisation, Properties and Applications

A volume in Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering, 2018

16 – MSW ash

• Pages 513–557

• Regina M. Barros

• Natural Resources Institute, Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, MG, Brazil

Available online 15 June 2018

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102156-9.00016-X

Abstract

This chapter introduces the municipal solid waste (MSW) ashes as a waste from the thermochemical process of MSW treatment and its potential intend to reuse them for in substitution of cement fraction or aggregate fraction in the construction industry. It starts by presenting physical–chemical properties along with the characterization of MSW ashes and explains their potential for recycling and recovery material processes. It then explains the main characteristics of concretes with MSW ashes, some significant case studies with cost–benefit analysis of using them, in addition to the role of MSW ashes in green and sustainable construction. By the end of the chapter, the codes and standards and some studies regarding leachate analysis are explained. As a result of this discussion, the final conclusions regarding MSW ashes and their potential and limitations of utilization as material in a civil construction are presented.

Keywords

• Municipal solid waste ashes;

• hazardous waste;

• concrete;

• cement