AN ECOFRIENDLY THOUGHT

Presented By:
Shakti prasad Guru
Civil Engineering Dept
 CONTENTS
★ Abstract
★Introduction
★Need of Self Cleaning Concrete
★Luigi Cassar (the innovative inventorinventor)
★Nitrogen Oxide (the foreignintruder)
★Effects of Nox
★The Mix design
★The operation of Self Cleaning Concrete
★After the Process
★Merits of Self Cleaning Concrete
 Abstrac
t
• Sustainability is not only a word, it must be
an attitude of the civil engineer.

• To achieve the sustainability self cleaning

concrete paves the way for the modern civil
engineers.
 Introduction
• Self cleaning or depolluting photo catalytic
concrete,by the name itself it shows its
affordability.
• The name that it looks like futuristic ideas and
some of us may think that it is impossible.
• But it is practical now,many foreign countries are
stick to the concrete for its unbelievable beneficial
results.
Need for the self cleaning
concrete
• Now a days other than any thing pollution plays
main role in the mass destruction of environment.
• Mainly air pollution
• so as a civil engineer we need to make the
solution.
• self cleaning concrete with its massive reaction it
makes the pollutant to be inactive.
Luigi cassar (the innovative inventor)
•Luigi cassar(italian chemist) invented the self cleaning
concrete in
2013
• european inventor award at 2013.
•He invented this fabulous concrete in italicementi .
Nitrogen oxide(the foreign intruder)

• Nitrogen oxide NOx is the air pollutant which presents in

the atmosphere more amount due to smog,smoke ,vehicle
emission,etc.

0.03Composition of dry air in the

0.02%
atmosphere
0.93%
Nox Oxygen
Argon Trace
20.95%
gases
Carbon di oxide
78%
Effects of NOx

• NOx mainly impacts on respiratory conditions.

• causing inflammation.
• Long term exposure can decrease lung function
• And it causes the building to deteriorate also.
• causes lakes and streams to become acidic.
Why titanium
dioxide(Tio2)?
•Titanium dioxide is the only component which makes the
building effectively non polluted.
•Tio2 through its process of oxidizing the N0x into NO and
NO2 in powdered form it makes the building depolluted.
The mix design

• similar to m20 grade concrete.

• Addition of 3.5% to 4% of Tio2 to the
96.5% of cement.
• without any other chemical admixtures
•Requires on
How it works?
• Firstly, a self cleaning effect due to oxidation
promoted by sunlight.
• Secondly,photo induced hydrophilicity makes it looks.
• Since the pollutant is organic it causing dirt over the
surface
• It is easily removed by rain fall or manual rinsing.
Procedure to be followed

• Light and heat are the main source

• Make sure these hits the concrete
• Automatically the reaction takes place
• Then the gaseous particle break down into dust
particle
• Rinse it with water to make it clean.
Process of self cleaning
• This self cleaning process can be done by oxidizing the NOx gases
into powdered or dust like particle by using the UV rays from the
sun as resource by titanium dioxide (Tio2).
The operation of self cleaning
concrete
• Once the sunlight is falls on the building the UV rays of
certain range will allowed to fall on the building

• Photocatalytic process Tio2+Nox+sunlight.

• the hazardous gas becomes powdery particle & stays over the
building like a dust.
After the process
• Water plays main role as a source of rain fall or manual
cleaning
• so clean the concrete with the water
• Or otherwise it was self cleaned by rainfall and makes
the building non polluted.

Water droplets rinsing the NOx

dust.
Before and after
Tunnels and pavements

• Tunnels are most denser atmosphere

• Due to this larger air pollution occurs by vehicles
• UV lamps are used here as source
• As well as pavements also provided by self
cleaning concrete.
Some of the tunnels and pavements

A Pavement in france followed by A Tunnel in belgium having UV

self lamps and followed by self cleaning
cleaning concrete. concrete.
 Buildings in the concept of self cleaning concrete

The Jubilee Church, formally known as Hotel de policia, Police station in

Chiesa di Dio bordeaux,paris.
PadreMisericordioso,rome.
Merits ofself cleaning concrete

• Reduces NOx content in atmosphere

• Keeps the concrete young
• Depollute other pollutants
• Eco friendly
• Reduces depletion of ozone layer
• Reduces corrosion and patch formation
in the concrete
conclusion

• photocatalytic concrete materials have been used in

horizontal and vertical applications
• Inventors are the one who invents and engineers are the
one who makes it comfortable to the environment
• Using the articles like self cleaning concrete it is possible.
• It is preferable to use self cleaning concrete as an
ecofriendly approach.
The god creates the world the engineer build the
rest

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