Developing advanced techniques to reclaim existing end of service life (EoSL) bricks - An assessment of reuse technical viability
Developing advanced techniques to reclaim existing end of service life (EoSL) bricks - An assessment of reuse technical viability
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开发先进技术来回收现有的使用寿命结束 (EoSL) 砖 - 评估再利用技术可行性
DOI:
10.1016/j.dibe.2020.100006
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
Zhou K
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作者:
Zhou K
Structural bricks are highly durable building products. However, brickwork is mostly demolished long before the end of its technical service life; the majority are crushed to form aggregate or else landfilled. Urban mining and circular economy are stimulating interest in the potential to recover structural products from end-of-service-life buildings for direct reuse. For brickwork, separating bricks from cement-based mortar, as opposed to lime-based mortar, without damage to bricks is a major barrier. This paper presents two advanced techniques based on saw-cutting and punching, to demonstrate the technical feasibility of brick reclamation. Compared to new bricks, reclaimed bricks have similar visual appearance and their compressive strength differs by −4.8% to +40%. Design formula for compressive strength of masonry in current codes can be applied to reclaimed bricks. The reclamation process achieves reclaim rate of over 95% and has significantly lower energy consumption, and carbon requirements (<1%) relative to new bricks.