In Taiwan, the major gravel source is from river and the gravel will be exhausted by over-extraction. In order to repress the exploration of nature aggregates, artificial aggregates are synthesized from industrial waste such as sewage sludge and reservoir sludge. In this study, lightweight aggregates were synthesized from sewage sludge by low temperature co-melting technology and Na(subscript 2)CO(subscript 3) was added as flux. Water adsorption, apparent porosity, bulk density, compressive strength, soundness loss and ignition loss of aggregates were tested. The adequate dosage of Na(subscript 2)CO(subscript 3) was 16wt% of sludge, and the aggregates of higher compressive strength were sintered at 400℃ for 0.5h and 900℃ for 1h. The results of tests mentioned above were 1.36%, 1.7%, 1.26g/cm3, 27.7MPa, and soundness loss and ignition loss were less than 0.1% and 0.64%. As a result, lightweight aggregates were synthesized from sewage sludge and Na2CO3 was added as a flux to lower the sintering temperature to 900℃. The soundness loss and ignition loss of the aggregates were lower than regulative standards and met the requirement of constructionmaterial.
In Taiwan, the major gravel source is from river and the gravel will be exhausted by over-extraction. In order to repress the exploration of nature aggregates, artificial aggregates are synthesized from industrial waste such as sewage sludge and reservoir sludge. In this study, lightweight aggregates were synthesized from sewage sludge by low temperature co-melting technology and Na(subscript 2)CO(subscript 3) was added as flux. Water adsorption, apparent porosity, bulk density, compressive strength, soundness loss and ignition loss of aggregates were tested. The adequate dosage of Na(subscript 2)CO(subscript 3) was 16wt% of sludge, and the aggregates of higher compressive strength were sintered at 400℃ for 0.5h and 900℃ for 1h. The results of tests mentioned above were 1.36%, 1.7%, 1.26g/cm3, 27.7MPa, and soundness loss and ignition loss were less than 0.1% and 0.64%. As a result, lightweight aggregates were synthesized from sewage sludge and Na2CO3 was added as a flux to lower the sintering temperature to 900℃. The soundness loss and ignition loss of the aggregates were lower than regulative standards and met the requirement of constructionmaterial.