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  • Eco-Efficient Concrete: A sustainable reutilization of Ceramic Tile Waste Powder (CTWP) as a partial replacement for cementitious material in a recycled fine aggregate concrete
  • S. Janania, G.S. Rampradheepb, P. Kulanthaivelc and P.C. Murugand

  • a,b,cDepartment of Civil Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, India
    dDepartment of Automobile Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, India

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Abstract

The waste generated from the construction will not only leads to environmental crisis but also project overrun. The environmental problems results in increase of pollution that leads society to unfit for living organisms. Many investigations have been carried out on the area of Construction Waste (CW). At the end of 2025, the volume of CW generated will nearly double to 2.2 billion tons worldwide. Construction waste contributing 40% depletes earth’s environment. The research comprised of two phases. Phase one focuses on the reduction of material waste generated from the construction that can be reutilized as fine aggregate in concrete of different proportions 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. Phase two aims to decrease the amount of CO2 emission from the cement and that can be achieved by utilization of CW material - Ceramic Tile Waste Powder (CTWP) as a substitute for cement in varying proportions 0%, 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%. The research showed the performance of Eco-Efficient Concrete with different proportions of CTWP and Recycled Fine Aggregate (RCFA) through measured properties. The use 30% CTWP & 100% RCFA replacement level adequate for compressive strength improvement at 28 days is 24.8 N/mm2. The simultaneous use of increased percentage of CTWP & RCFA at different replacement levels enhances the durability Properties


Keywords: Construction waste, Ceramic tile waste powder, Recycled fine aggregate, Eco-friendly, Sustainable development

This Article

  • 2022; 23(6): 884-891

    Published on Dec 31, 2022

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2022.23.6.884
  • Received on Jun 28, 2022
  • Revised on Oct 1, 2022
  • Accepted on Oct 26, 2022

Correspondence to

  • S. Janani
  • Department of Civil Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, India
    Tel : + 919688551995

  • E-mail: janani.civil@kongu.edu