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    Carbon dioxide sequestration in concrete provides benefits but also presents challenges. Concrete production is a major source of CO2 emissions. Modern approaches to concrete carbonation can accelerate curing and incorporate CO2 into stable calcium carbonate, reducing the carbon footprint. Research in concrete carbonation is still developing but shows promise as a way to reuse industrial waste and CO2 at large scales.

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    Carbon dioxide sequestration in concrete provides benefits but also presents challenges. Concrete production is a major source of CO2 emissions. Modern approaches to concrete carbonation can accelerate curing and incorporate CO2 into stable calcium carbonate, reducing the carbon footprint. Research in concrete carbonation is still developing but shows promise as a way to reuse industrial waste and CO2 at large scales.

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    Carbon dioxide sequestration in concrete:

    A positive future outlook

    Suraj Shrestha
    073/BCE/178
    • What is the second most consumed substance
    after water??

    CONCRETE
    A CIVIL ENGINEER’S GO TO MATERIAL

    BUT
    2
    • One of the major anthropogenic carbon-dioxide emitter

    • While producing 1 kg of concrete 0.88 kg of carbon- dioxide is


    released
    An enemy to the environment??
    Only cement used in concrete contributes total of 7 percent of total
    carbon-dioxide emission.

    • 38 billion tons per year of carbon dioxide are emitted per year

    3
    Co2 : a major proponent of global warming
    • absorbs long wave radiation and re-emit them towards earth surface
    Global warming: a big deal

    Fig: Jakarta, indonesia


    fig: Chho Rolpa Lake

    Fig: a recent bush fire in


    australia
    Carbonation in concrete
    Methods
    • Conventional
      to reduce CO2 production
    approach
    • reaction between calcium hydroxide and carbon dioxide
    Because of concrete
    • A negative trait for reinforcement concrete as reinforcing steel is corroded

    • CO2 + H2O H2CO3 2H+ + CO3-2


    BUT FIRST………..
    H2O + CaO Ca(OH)2 2(OH)-2 +Ca+2
    Ca+2 + CO3-2 3

    • To study the extent of carbonation various studies like X-ray diffraction technique, thermal
    gravimetric analysis to measure the amount of carbon in sample
     
    Modern approach to carbonation:

    • Accelerated curing of carbon dioxide concrete

    • Involves following two reactions


    3 CaO.SiO (s) + 3CO2(aq) SiO2(s) + 3CaCO3(s)
    2 CaO.SiO (s) + 2CO2 (aq) SiO2(s) + 2CaCO3 (s)

    • cement rich in calcium specially dicalcium silicate and tricalcium silicate

    • CO2 reacts with cement minerals


    CO2
    Advantages
    • Viable alternative to steam curing, useful for water scarce countries

    • Rapid strength gain of concrete

    • Thermodynamically stable calcium carbonate formation thus preventing


    CO2 to reach to atmosphere again, reduces carbon footprint

    • Reduced porosity and permeability


    Uses
    Uses:

    Fig: concrete masonary Fig: concrete paving Fig: concrete fiberglass


    unit stones reinforced mesh

    Fig: concrete pipes


    Fig: cellulose board
    An airport made with carbonated cured concrete
    Carbonation in development of carbonated aggregated using iron
    and steel slags
    • Reusability limited mainly due to expansive nature of Mgo and Cao
    found in slag
    • High reactivity to CO2 in comparision to virgin minerals
    • Rich in C2S , reacts to from C-S-H and CaCO3
    • Carbonation also gets rid of this expansive behavior
    • CO2 activating strength and stability in otherwise landfill waste
    • Enhancing physical property of slag
    Concrete ways of solving concrete problems
    • Carbonation in concrete still in an infancy stage

    • Still not tried on large scale,

    • CO2 produced from cement industry can be used directly

    • Cost of buying CO2 is compensated by having to use less cement which is the most
    expensive material in concrete

    • Companies like solidia, carbon cure, calera e.t.c are working on this matter

    • Great scope for future research


    The world is changing its view on the way it sees

    construction and environment

    When will we??


    Thank you for listening!!!

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