Manufacturing of Artificial Lightweight Aggregate using Stone-Dust and Bottom Ash

석분토와 바텀애쉬를 이용한 인공경량골재 제조

The artificial lightweight aggregate was manufactured using stone-dust(SD) and bottom ash(BA) from crushed aggregate manufacture process and thermoelectric power plant respectively. The properties of artificial lightweight aggregate according to mixing ratio of SD and BA was that the density was decreased and the absorption was increased with increasing BA content, because bottom ash was contained many unburned carbon and $Fe_2O_3$ which generates gas by oxidation during a sintering process. The appropriate mixing ratio of SD and BA was estimated at about 5:5. The properties of artificial lightweight aggregate according to addition flux admixture was that it had lower density with increasing of $Na_2SO_4$ content. In this study, we could developed the artificial lightweight aggregate as the bulk density was $1.52g/cm^3$ and water absorption 7.3% under the condition that mixing ratio of SD:BA was 5:5, $Na_2SO_4$, $Fe_2O_3$ 1%, sintering temperature $1,150^{\circ}C$ and sintering time 15mins.

부순골재 생산과정에서 발생하는 석분토와 화력발전소에서 발생하는 Bottom ash를 이용한 인공경량골재의 물리 화학적 특성을 분석하여 콘크리트용 인공경량골재의 사용여부를 검토하였는데, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 석분토(이하 SD)와 Bottom ash(이하 BA)의 혼입비율에 따른 인공경량골재의 특성으로는 BA의 혼입비율이 커질수록 미연탄소와 $Fe_2O_3$의 함량 증가로 인해 소성 시 가스 발생량이 증가하여 밀도는 낮아지고 흡수율은 증가하는 것으로 나타났는데, 화학조성상 적절한 혼합비율은 SD : BA = 5:5 내외일 것으로 판단된다. Flux제 첨가에 따른 인공경량골재의 특성으로는 $Na_2SO_4$ 첨가율이 증가할수록 밀도는 낮아졌다. 이에 본 연구범위내에서는 SD: BA = 5:5, $Na_2SO_4$ 2%, $Fe_2O_3$ 1%, 소성 온도 $1,150^{\circ}C$, 소성시간 15분에서 밀도 $1.52g/cm^3$, 흡수율 7.3%의 인공경량골재를 개발할 수 있었다.