{"title":"Development of Coupon Level Flyash-Polymer based Paver blocks through Powder Metallurgy Processing Technique","authors":"Premkumar Ramalingam, Vaira Vignesh Ramalingam, Govindaraju Myilsamy","doi":"10.1680/jwarm.21.00050","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, polymer-based materials are extensively used for domestic applications because of their ease in economic production and comparable strength. However, most of the polymer materials are non-biodegradable materials. Hence, conservational environmental policies mandate the replacement or recycling of polymer-based domestic products and components. Besides, discarding flyash in the dumpsites produced from coal-fired thermal power plants aggravates environmental pollution (including groundwater resources). Hence, devising effective waste-management strategies or developing technologies for recycling wastes (polymers and flyash) is the need of the hour. This research focuses on the development of sintering technology to fabricate pavement blocks using polymer wastes and flyash. The coupon-level specimens were fabricated by varying the sintering process parameters, and the following properties were evaluated: macrostructure, hardness, density, wear rate, friction coefficient, and water absorption. The influence of sintering process parameters (temperature and time) on the properties of the developed specimen was analyzed using hybrid polynomial – radial basis function models.","PeriodicalId":45077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Waste and Resource Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.21.00050","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Nowadays, polymer-based materials are extensively used for domestic applications because of their ease in economic production and comparable strength. However, most of the polymer materials are non-biodegradable materials. Hence, conservational environmental policies mandate the replacement or recycling of polymer-based domestic products and components. Besides, discarding flyash in the dumpsites produced from coal-fired thermal power plants aggravates environmental pollution (including groundwater resources). Hence, devising effective waste-management strategies or developing technologies for recycling wastes (polymers and flyash) is the need of the hour. This research focuses on the development of sintering technology to fabricate pavement blocks using polymer wastes and flyash. The coupon-level specimens were fabricated by varying the sintering process parameters, and the following properties were evaluated: macrostructure, hardness, density, wear rate, friction coefficient, and water absorption. The influence of sintering process parameters (temperature and time) on the properties of the developed specimen was analyzed using hybrid polynomial – radial basis function models.
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Waste and Resource Management publishes original research and practice papers on all civil engineering and construction related aspects of the resource management cycle, from the minimization of waste, through the re-use and recycling, to the management and disposal of residual wastes. Associated legislation, standards, socio-economic considerations and links with sustainable consumption and production are included. The range of subjects covered encompasses, but is not restricted to, strategies for reducing construction waste through better design, improved recovery and re-use, more efficient resource management, the performance of materials recovered from wastes, and, the procurement, planning, design, construction, operation and logistics of waste and resource management facilities.