Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete

palm oil industry in Malaysia is well known as the most important agricultural industry. Million tonnes of palm oil fuel ash (POF A) is being generated every year without any profitable return. POF A has the potential to be used as recycle materials due to their pozzolanic behaviour. Thus, this rese...

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Main Author:	Lau, Jeffrey Yong Lian
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.103772023-05-02T03:04:29Z Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete 2014 Lau, Jeffrey Yong Lian TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery palm oil industry in Malaysia is well known as the most important agricultural industry. Million tonnes of palm oil fuel ash (POF A) is being generated every year without any profitable return. POF A has the potential to be used as recycle materials due to their pozzolanic behaviour. Thus, this research project presents the effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) on the mechanical properties of concrete In this research project, POF A was used as supplementary cementing material to replace cement in concrete production. This is because POF A contains siliceous composition which produces a stronger and denser concrete. Three different fineness of POFA (passing through 38j.Ull, 63j.Ull and 75j.Ull) were used to replace ordinary portland cement at 15% by weight of cement throughout this research project. In the mix proportion, a mix design ratio of 1: 1.15:2.95 (Cement: Fine Aggregate: Coarse Aggregate) in term of weight of the components was constant for all mixtures. In this research project, three laboratory experimentai tests were carried out namely slump test, compressive strength test and splitting tensile strength test. The strength of POF A concrete are tested and determined at 3, 7 and 28 days. Workability in terms of slump and strength properties of POF A concrete were studied and compared with control specimen as well. The study revealed that POF A fmeness had significant effect on the workability and strength of concrete. The test results indicated th~, higher slump with higher fineness than those with lower fineness. Compressive strength and splitting tensile strength was found to increase with the increase of POFA fineness. Consequently, it was found that POFA concrete produces lower strength than OPC concrete Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10377/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10377/1/Effect%20of%20Palm%20Oil%20Fuel%20Ash%20%28POFA%29%20Fineness%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20of%20Concrete%20%2824pgs%29.pdf text en public http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10377/10/Effect%20of%20Palm%20Oil%20Fuel%20Ash%20%28POFA%29%20Fineness%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20of%20Concrete%20%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS Faculty of Engineering.
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Lau, Jeffrey Yong Lian Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
description	palm oil industry in Malaysia is well known as the most important agricultural industry. Million tonnes of palm oil fuel ash (POF A) is being generated every year without any profitable return. POF A has the potential to be used as recycle materials due to their pozzolanic behaviour. Thus, this research project presents the effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) on the mechanical properties of concrete In this research project, POF A was used as supplementary cementing material to replace cement in concrete production. This is because POF A contains siliceous composition which produces a stronger and denser concrete. Three different fineness of POFA (passing through 38j.Ull, 63j.Ull and 75j.Ull) were used to replace ordinary portland cement at 15% by weight of cement throughout this research project. In the mix proportion, a mix design ratio of 1: 1.15:2.95 (Cement: Fine Aggregate: Coarse Aggregate) in term of weight of the components was constant for all mixtures. In this research project, three laboratory experimentai tests were carried out namely slump test, compressive strength test and splitting tensile strength test. The strength of POF A concrete are tested and determined at 3, 7 and 28 days. Workability in terms of slump and strength properties of POF A concrete were studied and compared with control specimen as well. The study revealed that POF A fmeness had significant effect on the workability and strength of concrete. The test results indicated th~, higher slump with higher fineness than those with lower fineness. Compressive strength and splitting tensile strength was found to increase with the increase of POFA fineness. Consequently, it was found that POFA concrete produces lower strength than OPC concrete
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lau, Jeffrey Yong Lian
author_facet	Lau, Jeffrey Yong Lian
author_sort	Lau, Jeffrey Yong Lian
title	Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
title_short	Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
title_full	Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
title_fullStr	Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
title_sort	effect of palm oil fuel ash (pofa) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
granting_department	Faculty of Engineering.
publishDate	2014
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10377/1/Effect%20of%20Palm%20Oil%20Fuel%20Ash%20%28POFA%29%20Fineness%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20of%20Concrete%20%2824pgs%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10377/10/Effect%20of%20Palm%20Oil%20Fuel%20Ash%20%28POFA%29%20Fineness%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20of%20Concrete%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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Effect of palm oil fuel ash (POFA) fineness on the mechanical properties of concrete

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