Ultracomposite lightweight aggregates – ecological and usefull management mineral and plastic waste

openaccess, Vol. 598 (6) 2022 / czwartek, 23 czerwca, 2022

(Open Access)

DOI: 10.15199/33.2022.06.08

Górak Piotr, Postawa Przemysław. 2022. Ultracomposite lightweight aggregates – ecological and usefull management mineral and plastic waste. Volume 598. Issue 6. Pages 56-59. Article in PDF file

Accepted for publication: 07.06.2022 r.

The paper presents the results of design and research work aimed at producing ultracomposite lightweight aggregate (UCLA) as a result of combining waste from different sources. The developed production technology allowed to utilize waste from thermoplastic polymers (PET) with mineral waste from combustion processes, and to produce a lightweight aggregate that can be widely used in construction. During the development of the technology to produce a new, ecological aggregate, the physical properties of thermoplastics and their high viscosity in the molten state were used. As a result of a properly conducted thermal treatment in specially designed conditions, a composite in the form of granules corresponding to an aggregate fraction of 2 – 8 mm was produced. Different types of lightweight aggregates made with various fine-grained mineral fillers – by-products of combustion – were obtained, the basic properties of which were studied and presented.
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mgr inż. Piotr Górak, Politechnika Częstochowska; Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Informatyki ORCID: 0000-0003-3479-7647
dr hab. inż. Przemysław Postawa, prof. PCz, Politechnika Częstochowska; Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Informatyki ORCID: 0000-0001-7654-2963

mgr inż. Piotr Górak, Politechnika Częstochowska; Wydział Inżynierii Mechanicznej i Informatyki ORCID: 0000-0003-3479-7647

 piotr.gorak@pcz.pl

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DOI: 10.15199/33.2022.06.08

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