Pollution and Purification Study of the Pervious Concrete Pavement Material
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 26, Issue 8
Abstract
In this research, the ability of pervious concrete pavement material to reduce pollutant concentrations and purify water was investigated. This project mainly aims to study the ability of pervious concrete pavement material to reduce pollutant concentrations such as those in diluted sulfuric acid, seawater, and motor oil. The results demonstrated that the ability of pervious concrete pavement material to reduce pollutant concentrations and purify water was effective in diluted sulfuric acid, artificial seawater, and motor oil tests. After flowing through pervious concrete pavement, a diluted sulfuric acid solution (pH value 2.0) could dramatically increase its pH value to approximately 7.0. A pervious concrete pavement system could greatly decrease the content of an artificial seawater solution (salinity 36%) to about 1%, and the oil content of motor oil combined with certain types of water could also be significantly decreased to 1%. The study demonstrates that pervious concrete pavement holds potential for environment conservation and hydrologic consideration.
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Acknowledgments
This study was supported by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan (Contract No. NSC-99-2221-E-324-035) and the financial support of the Ministry of Transportation & Communications under grant no. MOTC-IOT-99-H1DB005.
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 26 • Issue 8 • August 2014
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© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 11, 2013
Accepted: Aug 5, 2013
Published online: Aug 7, 2013
Published in print: Aug 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Sep 25, 2014
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