Investigation of the Potential of Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash for Production of Ceramic Material (Wall Tiles)
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2019-07-09
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Utilization of sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) waste as a value added material in industrial process
is interested from both environmental and economic perspectives. Hence, this thesis work focused
on partial replacement of quartz/silica sand by SCBA which is composed of 72.02% SiO2, 7.96%
fluxing compounds (K2O, Na2O and MgO) and other minor components has been investigated to
produce ceramic wall tiles, where ceramic raw materials (feldspar, kaolin and clay) have been
remained constant. The compositional and mineralogical analysis of materials (SCBA and silica
sand) have been performed by using atomic absorption (AA) method and x-ray diffraction (XRD)
respectively. This result revealed the suitability of replacement of quartz by SCBA. The
experiments have been conducted by replacing quartz with SCBA (20, 35 and 50 wt.%).
Correspondingly the effects of pressing pressure at 15, 17, 19MPa and firing temperature at
1000℃, 1100℃, 1200℃ have been investigated. The physico-mechanical properties like: green,
dry and fired strength, linear shrinkage, water absorption, LOI and crazing test (for glazed) of the
products have been analysed. The experimental results showed that at 1100℃ firing temperature,
replacement of quartz by 35% SCBA and at17MPa pressing pressure found the best for ceramic
wall tiles production. Thus, from the experimental results, it was concluded that SCBA can be
utilized for production of ceramic wall tiles as partial replacement for silica sand/quartz. Hence,
minimization of the SCBA environmental impacts and its economic advantages have been
realized.
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SCBA, Silica sand/quartz, firing temperature, Ceramic wall Tiles