Faculty of Water and Land Management, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Studentu st. 11, LT-53361 Akademija, Lithuania.
Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu st. 48, LT-51367 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Molecules. 2020 Jul 3;25(13):3053. doi: 10.3390/molecules25133053.
This study aims to investigate the effects of ammonium-bearing zeolitic waste (FCC) on alkali-activated biomass bottom ash (BBA). FCC was obtained from the oil-cracking process in petroleum plants. In this study, two types of production waste were used: biomass bottom ash and ammonium-bearing zeolitic waste. These binary alkali-activated FCC/BBA blends were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) methods. The compressive strength of the hardened samples was evaluated. The results show that the samples made from alkali-activated BBA biomass bottom ash had low (8.5 MPa) compressive strength, which could be explained with low reactive BBA and insufficient quantities of silicon and aluminum compounds. The reactivity of BBA was improved with incorporating zeolitic waste as an aluminosilicate material. This zeolitic waste was first used for ammonium sorption; then, it was incorporated in alkali-activated samples. Additional amounts of hydrated products formed, such as calcium silicate hydrate, calcium aluminum silicate hydrate and calcium sodium aluminum silicate hydrate. The silicon and aluminum compound, which varied in zeolitic waste, changed the mineral composition and microstructure of alkali-activated binder systems. NHCl, which was incorporated in the zeolitic waste, did not negatively affect the compressive strength of the alkali-activated BBA samples. This investigation proved that waste materials can be reused by producing alkali-activated binders.
本研究旨在探讨含铵沸石废料(FCC)对堿激活生物质底灰(BBA)的影响。FCC 是从石油工厂的裂化过程中获得的。在本研究中,使用了两种类型的生产废料:生物质底灰和含铵沸石废料。使用 X 射线衍射(XRD)、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)方法研究了这些二元堿激活 FCC/BBA 混合物。评估了硬化样品的抗压强度。结果表明,由堿激活 BBA 生物质底灰制成的样品抗压强度较低(8.5 MPa),这可以用低反应性 BBA 和硅铝化合物的含量不足来解释。通过将沸石废料作为硅铝酸盐材料掺入,提高了 BBA 的反应性。这种沸石废料首先用于铵吸附,然后掺入堿激活样品中。形成了更多的水合产物,如硅酸钙水合物、铝硅酸钙水合物和钙钠铝硅酸钠水合物。沸石废料中硅和铝化合物的变化改变了堿激活粘结剂体系的矿物组成和微观结构。掺入沸石废料中的 NHCl 并没有对堿激活 BBA 样品的抗压强度产生负面影响。这项研究证明了可以通过生产堿激活粘结剂来再利用废料。