Grapevine Shoots for Improving Thermal Properties of Structural Fired Clay Bricks: New Method of Agricultural-Waste Valorization
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 8
Abstract
For decades the construction industry has been focused on developing new materials for minimizing environmental impact and improving the building insulation envelope. The use of certain wastes as additives for construction materials have been shown to be the best alternative. In particular, the fired clay brick industry has been highlighted as an optimal sector for incorporating such residues due to the large amount of mass flow and high temperatures involved in the manufacturing process. This paper assesses the feasibility of using wood chips from a pruned grapevine shoot as an additive for manufacturing fired clay bricks. Samples with different percentages of the additive were formed and tested. It is concluded that a maximum of 10% of wood chips can be added, which produces compressive strength values above . In spite of thermal conductivity being reduced up to 50%, water absorption is raised up to 30%. Thus, bricks must be coated to prevent masonry damage.
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Acknowledgments
Special thanks for their support go to the Universidad Autonoma de Chile through the Internal Research Program (project number DIP74-2016). Likewise, Ph.D. E. Galán and his team from University of Sevilla also deserve to be mentioned due to his invaluable cooperation with the mineral assays and their explanations.
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Received: Aug 29, 2016
Accepted: Nov 16, 2016
Published online: Apr 7, 2017
Published in print: Aug 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Sep 7, 2017
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