GREEN CONCRETE

BY
P.VARDHAN
ROLL NO: 127R1A0123
DEPT OF CIVIL ENGG

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
FLYASH AND MICROSILICA
GREEN LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATES
GREEN CEMENT WITH REDUCED ENV. IMPACT
PRODUCTION OF GREEN CONCRETE
SUITABILITY OF GREEN CONCRETE IN STRUCTURES
ADVANTAGES
APPLICATION OF GREEN CONCRETE
LIMITATIONS
SCOPE IN INDIA
CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
The concrete is made with concrete wastes which is eco-friendly
so called as Green concrete.
The other name for green concrete is resource saving structures with
reduced environmental impact for e.g. Energy saving ,co2
emissions, waste water.
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SLAG

SINTERED FLYASH LIGHT

WEIGHT AGGREGATE

FLYASH

MINING WASTES

When fly ash is added to concrete.

it reduces separation
increases the workability and
reduces permeability.
Fly ash cement has greater
corrosion resistance, substantially
higher fire resistance (up to 2400F)
high compressive and tensile
strengths, a rapid strength gain, and
lower shrinkage. This translates to
higher durability.

FLYASH

 Micro silica is a super pozzolan

MICROSILICA

- a finely powdered material

which is added to the
cementitious matter to increase
durability .It has reactive silica
content of over 90%.
ADVANTAGES
Higher compressive strength by
10-20 %
Lower permeability resistance
to penetration of water, chloride
& other chemicals
Controls bleeding in fresh
concrete
Lower Heat of Hydration, which
prevents formation of cracks.

Green lightweight aggregates

Synthetic lightweight aggregate produced from environmental

waste is a viable new source of structural aggregate material.

The uses of structural grade lightweight concrete reduce

considerably the self-load of a structure and permit larger

precast units to be handled.
Water absorption of the green aggregate is large but the crushing

strength of the resulting concrete can be high.

Recycled aggregates

Section of light aggregates

Highly workable fresh concrete

fig. shows bonding between steel bars and lightweight concrete

GREEN CEMENT WITH REDUCED ENV. IMPACT

The cement industry contributes about 5% to global CO2

emissions, making the cement industry an important sector
for CO2-emission mitigation strategies.

By replacing cement with fly ash, micro silica in larger

amounts the emission is substantially reduced

PRODUCTION OF GREEN CONCRETE

Concrete with inorganic residual products (stone dust, crushed

concrete as aggregate.)
ceramic wastes used as green aggregates.
By replacing cement with fly ash, micro silica in larger amounts.
To use residual products from the concrete industry, i.e. stone dust

and concrete slurry

To use new types of cement with reduced environmental impact.

(mineralized cement, limestone addition, waste-derived fuels).

SUITABILITY OF GREEN CONCRETE IN STRUCTURES

Reduce the dead weight of a facade from 5 tons to about 3.5 tons.
It allow handling, lifting flexibility with lighter weight.
Good thermal and fire resistance, sound insulation than the traditional granite rock.
Improve damping resistance of building.
speed of construction, shorten overall construction period.

ADVANTAGES
Reduction of the concrete industry's CO2-emmision by 30 %.
Increased concrete industry's use of waste products by 20%.
NO environmental pollution and sustainable development.
Green concrete requires less maintenance and repairs.
Green concrete having better workability than conventional

concrete.
Good thermal resistant and fire resistant.
Compressive strength behavior of concrete with water cement
ratio is similar to conventional concrete.
Flexural strength of green concrete is almost equal to that of
conventional concrete.

APPLICATION OF GREEN CONCRETE

Green concrete dam

Green concrete building

Green concrete bridge

Green concrete platform

Green concrete columns

Green concrete hut

LIMITATIONS
By using stainless steel, cost of reinforcement increases.
Structures constructed with green concrete have comparatively

less life than structures with conventional concrete.

Split tension of green concrete is less than that of conventional

concrete.

SCOPE IN INDIA
Green concrete is a revolutionary topic in the history of

concrete industry.
As green concrete is made with concrete wastes it does take

more time to come in India because industries having problem to

dispose wastes.
Also having reduced environmental impact with reduction in

CO2 emission.

CONCLUSION
Green concrete having reduced environmental impact with

reduction of the concrete industries co2 emissions by 30%.

Green concrete is having good thermal and fire resistant.
In this concrete recycling use of waste material such as ceramic

wastes, aggregates, so increased concrete industrys use of waste

products by 20% . hence green concrete consumes less energy
and becomes economical.

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