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http://dx.doi.org/10.14190/JRCR.2016.4.4.388

Sensitivity of NOx Removal on Recycled TiO2 in Cement Mortar  

Rhee, Inkyu (Department of Civil Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Jin-Hee (Bio-housing Institute, Chonnam National University)
Kim, Jong-Ho (School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University)
Roh, Young-Sook (School of Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute / v.4, no.4, 2016 , pp. 388-395 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper explores the photocatalytic sensitivity of cement mortar incorporated with recycled $TiO_2$ from waste water sludge. Basically, $TiO_2$ cluster sank down slowly to the bottom of cement mortar specimen before setting and hardening process. This leads the mismatch of $TiO_2$ concentration on the top and the bottom faces of a specimen. This poorly dispersed $TiO_2$-cement mortar naturally exhibits poor NOx removal efficiency especially on the top of cementitious structure. In architectural engineering application such as building or housing structures, one can simply filp over from the bottom so that more $TiO_2$ concentrated surface can be placed outward into the air. However, in highway pavement case, this could not be applicable due to in-situ installation of concrete pavement. Hence, the dispersion of $TiO_2$ cluster inside the cementitous material is getting important issue onto road construction application. To elaborate this issue, according to our results, silica fume, high-ranged water reducer, viscosity agent, blast furnace slag were not enhanced much of dispersion characteristics of $TiO_2$ cluster. The combination of foaming agent and accelerator of hardening with viscosity agent and small grain size of fine aggregate may help the dispersion of $TiO_2$ inside cementitious materials. Even though the enhanced dispersion were applied to the specimen, NOx removal efficiency doest not change much for the top surface of the specimen. This concurrently affected by the presence of tiny air voids and the dispersion of $TiO_2$ in that these voids could easily adsorbed NOx gas with the aid of large surface area.
Keywords
Recycled $TiO_2$; Cement mortar; NOx removal; Sludge; Recycling;
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