Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2024, 26(2):D27-D37 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2024.019

The Use of Recycled Concrete Powder as Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Manufacturing Concrete

Oussama Douidi ORCID...1, *, Ahmed Tafraoui ORCID...1, Abdelkadir Makani ORCID...1, Pedro Serna ORCID...2
1 Laboratory Eco-Materials Innovations and Applications EMIA (ex LFGM), University TAHRI Mohamed Bechar, Bechar, Algeria
2 Institute of Concrete Science and Technology ICITECH, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Construction development is inevitable, while despite its advantages and its benefits, it may lead to several problems related to landfill and its storage, referring to the high volumes of concrete waste currently generated annually, almost 2.0 ton/per capita according to Eurostat. In Algeria, the government has integrated waste management strategy [3] provision to recovering 60 % of construction waste by 2035, which can translate to an urgent need to find innovative ways to recycle concrete waste. One is using those wastes to produce aggregates; however, around 20 % of those aggregates represent fines, wich can lead to several issues if not considered in the concrete mixture. This work is an investigation that allows for using this fine fraction as partial replacement of cement. The result confirms the feasibility of using this material efficiently by applying an optimization process, ensuring an optimal cement replacement percentage.

Keywords: recycle concrete powder, characterisation, mortar, concrete
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The authors wish to thank the Directorate General for Scientific Research and Technological Development (D.G.R.S.D.T., Algeria) for financial support of this work. Thanks to the professors and students, members of Laboratory of Eco-Materials: Innovations and Applications (EMIA ex. LFGM). Thanks to Erasmus+ KA107 for the scholarship opportunity. Thanks to the professors and students, members of Institute of Concrete Science and Technology ICITECH.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: October 17, 2023; Accepted: January 22, 2024; Prepublished online: February 6, 2024; Published: April 2, 2024  Show citation

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Douidi, O., Tafraoui, A., Makani, A., & Serna, P. (2024). The Use of Recycled Concrete Powder as Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Manufacturing Concrete. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 26(2), D27-37. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2024.019
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