Research Articles | Challenge Journal of Concrete Research Letters

Properties of sand cement brick containing ground palm oil fuel ash as fine aggregate replacement

Khairunisa Muthusamy, Muhammad Azreen Ibrahim, Nor Hazurina Othman, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir Budiea, Saffuan Wan Ahmad


DOI: https://doi.org/10.20528/cjcrl.2018.03.001
View Counter: Abstract | 1033 times | ‒ Full Article | 360 times |

Full Text:

PDF

Abstract


The prosperous palm oil industry continues to generate increasing amount of palm oil fuel ash which disposed as environmental polluting waste. Thus, research was conducted to investigate the effect of ground palm oil fuel ash as partial fine aggregate replacement towards properties of sand cement brick. Series of mixes were prepared with 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% ground palm oil fuel ash partially substituting the river sand. Two types of curing methods were applied namely water and air curing. The bricks were subjected to compressive strength, flexural strength and water absorption test at 28 days. The results show that utilization of 15% ground palm oil fuel ash as fine aggregate replacement increases the brick strength. The pozzolanic reaction and filler effect of the finely ground ash makes the concrete internal structure denser resulting in strength enhancement. The use of ground palm oil fuel ash in brick production would reduce amount of palm oil waste disposed, save the use of land for dumping purpose and decrease quantity of river sand mined.


Keywords


ground palm oil fuel ash; fine aggregate replacement; sand cement brick; air curing; material properties

References


Abdul Awal ASM (1998). A Study of Strength and Durability Performances of Concrete Containing Palm Oil Fuel Ash. Ph.D thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia.

Abdul Awal ASM, Hussin MW (1997). The effectiveness of palm oil fuel ash in preventing expansion due to alkali silica reaction. Cement and Concrete Composites, 19(4), 367-372.

Abdul Awal ASM, Shehu I (2015). Performance evaluation of concrete containing high volume palm oil fuel ash exposed to elevated temperature. Journal of Construction and Building Materials, 76, 214-220.

Alsubari B, Shafigh P, Ibrahim Z, Alnahhal MF, Jumaat MZ (2018). Properties of eco-friendly self-compacting concrete containing modified treated palm oil fuel ash. Construction and Building Materials, 158(15), 742-754.

Aprianti E (2017). A huge number of artificial waste material can be supplementary cementitious material (SCM) for concrete production – a review part II. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142(4), 4178-4194.

ASTM C55 (2017). Standard specification for concrete building brick. ASTM Internationals, West Conshohocken, Philadelphia.

Chindaprasirt P, Homwuttiwong, S and Jaturapittakul C (2007). Strength and water permeability of concrete containing palm oil fuel ash and rice husk-bark ash. Construction and Building Materials, 21, 1492–1499.

Ismail MA, Budiea AMA, Hussin MW, Muthusamy K, (2010). Effect of POFA fineness on high strength POFA concrete. Indian Concrete Journal, 84, 21-27.

Khusairi A, Loh SK, Azman I, Hishamuddin E, Ong-Abdullah M, Mohd Noor Izzuddin ZB, Razmah G, Sundram S, Ahmad Parveez GK (2018). Oil palm economic performance in Malaysia and R & D progress in 2017. Journal of Oil Palm Research, 30(2), 163–195.

Mat Yahaya F, Muthusamy K, Hussin M W (2016). Long term investigation on sulphate resistance of aerated concrete containing palm oil fuel ash. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11(4), 2406-2411.

Megat Johari MA, Zeyad AM, Muhammad Bunnori N, Ariffin KS (2012). Engineering and transport properties of high-strength green concrete containing high volume of ultrafine palm oil fuel ash. Construction and Building Materials, 30, 281–288.

Muthusamy K, Zamri NA, Kusbiantoro A (2018). Effect of palm oil fuel ash on compressive strength of palm oil boiler stone lightweight aggregate concrete. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 342, 1-5

Muthusamy K, Zamri NA, Zubir MA, Kusbiantoro A, Wan Ahmad S, (2015). Effect of mixing ingredient on compressive strength of oil palm shell lightweight aggregate concrete containing palm oil fuel ash. Procedia Engineering, 125, 804-810.

Salami BA, Megat Johari MA, Ahmad ZA, Maslehuddin M (2017). Performance of palm oil fuel ash-based engineered alkaline-activated cementitious composite (POFA-EACC) mortar in sulfate environment. Construction and Building Materials, 131, 229-244.

Sathiparan N, De Zoysa HTSM (2018). The effects of using agricultural waste as partial substitute for sand in cement blocks. Journal of Building Engineering, 19, 216-227.

Shafigh, P, Mohd Zamin J, Hilmi M, Alengaram UJ (2013). Oil palm shell lightweight concrete containing high volume ground granulated blast furnace slag. Construction and Building Materials, 40, 231-238.

Ul Islam MM, Mo KH, Alengaram UJ, Jumaat MZ (2016). Durability properties of sustainable concrete containing high volume palm oil waste materials. Journal of Cleaner Production, 137, 167–177.

Wan Ahmad S, Muthusamy K, Hashim H, Yaacob MA (2017). Properties of concrete containing unground palm oil fuel ash as partial sand replacement. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 854, 278-283.

Zeyad AM, Megat Johari MA, Muhammad Bunnori N, Ariffin K S, Altwair N M (2013). Characteristics of treated palm oil fuel ash and its effects on properties of high strength Concrete. Advanced Material Research, 626, 152-156.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.