I-Corps: Smart Materials for Next Generation Wastewater Infrastructure Resilience

I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力源于新一代水泥配方，该配方将使关键废水输送系统的维护、操作和（重新）设计比目前可用的更具成本效益。I-Corps项目利用工业副产品的成功再利用来修复腐蚀的公用管道，并创建新一代抗腐蚀废水基础设施。工业副产品，否则作为低价值或危险废物丢弃，回收的方式，同时加强混凝土，同时大大提高其耐腐蚀性。这个I-Corps项目研究了一种有竞争力的商业方法，以减少与更换大量混凝土相关的资源消耗和污染，包括但不限于地下公用事业网络。这使得腐蚀控制战略具有可持续性，并与关键废水基础设施为环境健康提供的保护协同作用。这个I-Corps项目利用普通木炭和钢渣赋予胶凝材料抗菌性能的能力。推广新一代廉价的抗菌建筑材料是I-Corps项目的核心。通过加入少量颗粒工业废料，通过探索新的混凝土外加剂的工程应用来实现知识价值，这些外加剂可以有效地抗腐蚀，同时赋予更高的强度。虽然大多数混凝土管道修复工作都使用耐酸树脂来保护（损坏的）混凝土管道，但I-Corps项目利用了一种预防性材料方法，可以抑制导致混凝土腐蚀过程的微生物。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project stems from a new generation of cement formulations that will enable more cost effective maintenance, operation and (re)design of critical wastewater transport systems than are currently available. This I-Corps project leverages successful reuse of industrial byproducts for rehabilitating corroding utility conduits in place, as well as creating a new generation of corrosion resistant wastewater infrastructure. Industrial by-products that are otherwise discarded as low value, or hazardous wastes, are recycled in a way that concurrently strengthens concrete while substantially increasing its corrosion resistance. This I-Corps project investigates a competitive commercial approach to reduce resource consumption and pollution associated with replacing large masses of concrete, including, but not limited to subterranean utility networks. This enables a corrosion control strategy that is sustainable and synergistic with the protections that critical wastewater infrastructure provides for environmental health.This I-Corps project exploits the ability of common charcoals and steel slags to confer antimicrobial properties into cementitious materials. Forwarding a new generation of inexpensive antimicrobial building materials is the heart of this I-Corps project. By incorporating small amounts of granulated industrial wastes, intellectual merit is realized by exploring engineering applications for new concrete admixtures that are effective against corrosion while conferring increased strength. While most concrete pipe rehabilitation efforts employ acid resistant resins to protect (damaged) concrete pipe, this I-Corps project leverages a preventative materials approach that inhibits the microbes responsible for the concrete corrosion process.