Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the utilization of blast furnace slag (BFS) in the production of briquettes as a replacement of soil (S). To achieve this first, some physical properties of the materials used were determined. Thermal properties of the materials were examined by using differential thermal analysis- thermo gravimetric analysis (DTA-TG). Following the characterization of the materials, the samples of briquettes made with BFS. Its replacement ratios with soil were 0, 2, 5, 10, 20% in mass basis (w/w). The mixtures were prepared and sintered at 900C in the furnace. Compressive strength tests results were presented. It can be said that BFS affected sintering behavior of the briquettes. Compressive strength results of the briquette samples indicated that BFS containing briquettes with 39.4MPa compressive strength (No#2), which was higher than the requirements of Turkish Standard Specification (TS EN 771-1) and it was also higher reference mixture’s (No#1).

• Publication Date: 08-Jun-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-020-0-22
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Abstract: The building environmental assessment systems and tools used over the world were the base of new system development for Slovak conditions. The proposed fields are site selection and project planning; building construction; indoor environment; energy performance; water management and waste management. The fields and indicators were proposed on the bases of available information analysis from particular fields of building environmental assessment and also on the base of our experimental experiences. The aim of this paper is presentation of Slovak building environmental assessment system and determination of assessment criteria of environmental indicators such as embodied energy (EE), embodied CO2eq emissions (ECO2) and embodied SO2eq emissions (ESO2) for the purpose of their implementation to BEAS.

• Publication Date: 08-Jun-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-020-0-23
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