Effect of Fly Ash and Silica Fume on Hydration Rate of Cement Pastes and Strength of Mortars

The effect of fly ash and silica fume on hydration rate and strength of cement in the early stage was studied. Contrast test was applied to the complex cementitious system to investigate the hydration rate. Combined with mechanical strength, the influence of fly ash and silica fume during the hydration process of complex binder was researched. The peak of the rate of hydration heat evolution and the mechanical strength decreased as the ratio of fly ash increased, however, as the ratio of silica fume increased, the peak of the rate of hydration heat evolution and the mechanical strength increased obviously. When the ratios of fly ash and silica fume are 10% and 5%, the peak of the rate of hydration heat evolution is the highest. At the same time 7 days of flexural and compressive strength are the highest as 8.89 MPa and 46.52 MPa, respectively. Fly ash and silica fume are the main factors affecting the hydration rate and the mechanical property.

Preparation of New Cementitious System using Fly Ash and Dehydrated Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

We experimentally studied the interaction between pozzolanic material（fly ash） and dehydrated autoclaved aerated concrete（DAAC）. The DAAC powder was obtained by grinding aerated concrete waste to particles fi ner than 75μm and was then heated to temperatures up to 900 ℃. New cementitious material was prepared by proportioning fly ash and DAAC, named as AF. X-ray diffraction（XRD） was employed to identify the crystalline phases of DAAC before and after rehydration. The hydration process of AF was analyzed by the heat of hydration and non-evaporable water content（Wn）. The experimental results show that the highest reactivity of DAAC can be obtained by calcining the powder at 700 ℃ and the dehydrated products are mainly β-C2 S and CaO. The cumulative heat of hydration and Wn was found to be strongly dependent on the replacement level of fl y ash, increasing the replacement level of fl y ash lowered them in AF. The strength contribution rates on pozzolanic effect of fl y ash in AF are always negative, showing a contrary tendency of that of cement-fl y ash system.

Experimental and modeling study of kinetics for methane hydrate formation in a crude oil-in-water emulsion

A low-viscosity emulsion of crude oil in water can be believed to be the bulk of a flow regime in a pipeline.To differentiate which crude oil would and which would not counter the blockage of flow due to gas hydrate formation in flow channels,varying amount of crude oil in water emulsion without any other extraneous additives has undergone methane gas hydrate formation in an autoclave cell.Crude oil was able to thermodynamically inhibit the gas hydrate formation as observed from its hydrate stability zone.The normalized rate of hydrate formation in the emulsion has been calculated from an illustrative chemical affinity model,which showed a decrease in the methane consumption（decreased normalized rate constant） with an increase in the oil content in the emulsion.Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR） of the emulsion and characteristic properties of the crude oil have been used to find the chemical component that could be pivotal in selfinhibitory characteristic of the crude oil collected from Ankleshwar,India,against a situation of clogged flow due to formation of gas hydrate and establish flow assurance.

Neural computing efforts for integrated simulation of ultrasound-assisted hydration kinetics of wheat

This study is dedicated to examine predictive ability of neural computing environments,based on artificial neural network(ANN)and adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system(ANFIS)strategies,for integrated simulation of ultrasound-assisted hydration kinetics of wheat kernel.Hydration process was accomplished at five hydration temperatures of 30,40,50,60 and 70
C in ultrasonication conditions named control(without ultrasound treatment),US1(25 kHz,360 W)and US2(40 kHz,480 W).The hydration temperature,ultrasonication condition,and hydration time were used as input variables and moisture content was taken as output variable in the neural computing simulation environments.On account of statistical performance criteria,the distinguished ANFIS simulation environment with coefficient of determination of 0.991,root mean square error of 2.478%d.b.,mean relative deviation modulus of 4.301%and average of absolute values of simulation residual errors of 1.863%d.b.was better performed than the distinguished ANN simulation environment.The ANFIS simulation results showed that individual or simultaneous increment of hydration temperature and hydration time caused nonlinear increment of moisture content at any given ultrasonication condition.Moreover,physical perception obtained from the integrated ANFIS simulation results indicated congruency effect(sponge and acoustic cavitation)of cutting-edge ultrasound technology on water absorption.The ANFIS simulation results improved the state of art in domain of studying ultrasoundassisted hydration process of wheat.Therefore,the distinguished ANFIS simulation environment is suggested to be served as an effective step towards management of ultrasound-assisted hydration process of wheat in seed priming,flour milling(tempering),making dough,and wet storage processes.