Mechanical,expansion and rheological properties of circulating fluidized bed fly ash based ecological cement:A critical review

Circulating fluidized bed fly ash(CFBFA)is a solid waste product from circulating fluidized bed(CFB)boilers in power plants,and the storage of CFBFA is increasingly become an environmental problem.Previous scholars have made contributions to improve the resource utilization of CFBFA.Especially,ecological cement is prepared by CFBFA,which is more conducive to its large-scale utilization.In recent years,a lot of effort has been paid to improve the properties of ecological cement containing CFBFA.In this work,the physicochemical properties of CFBFA are introduced,and recent research progress on the mechanical,expansion,and rheological properties of CFBFA based ecological cement(CEC)is extensively reviewed.The problem of over-expansion of f-CaO is summarized,which limits the scale application of CFBFA in ecological cement.Hence,the challenge for f-CaO in CFBFA to compensate for cement volume shrinkage is proposed,which is beneficial to the utilization of CFBFA in ecological cement,and the reduction of CO_(2) emissions from the cement industry.In addition,the environmental performance,durability,and economy of CEC should be valued in future research,especially the environmental performance,because the CFBFA contains heavy metals,such as Cr,As,which may pollute groundwater.

Development of Soda Residue Concrete Expansion Agent

A new type of concrete expansion agent has been successfully developed for the first time in the world by utilizing an industrial waste residue soda residue and an industrial wasteliquor.Adding 3%-6% of the agent into Portland cement enables a shrinkage compensating concrete to be prepared.Mortar and concrete containing this expansion agent have better shrinkage compensating and mechanical properties.The raw materials component,production process,technical properties,micro analysis of mortar made with this expansion agent,mechanism of expansion and research results are described in this article.The experimental results show that the new type of concrete expansion agent accords with the standard and its main mineral component is xCaO ySO 3 zAl 2O 3.

Stretch Bending of Z-section Stainless Steel Profile

The stretch bending properties of a new Z-section stainless steel profile were investigated by simulation.The causes of the forming defects,such as section distortions and poor contour precision,were analyzed,and the corresponding controlling methods were proposed.The results show that the main forming defects for the stretch bending of the Z-section profile were the flange sagging,the sidewall obliquing inward,the bottom surface upwarping,and the bad contour accuracy;the cross-section distortions were mainly induced by the shrinkage of the sidewall,which could be eliminated by increasing the sidewall height of the profile reasonably;the poor contour precision was mainly due to springback,which could be controlled by modifying the die surface based on the springback amount;for the investigated bending beam,the proper sidewall height compensation was 2mm,and the suitable die surface modification amount was 1.2times of the springback amount,when the elongation was 10% of the initial profile length.Stretch bending tests were conducted on a new type of die with adjustable bending surfaces,and high quality components were achieved,which verified the effectiveness of the defect controlling measures.