Cow Dung ash is obtained by drying and burning of dried cow dung pats and has large content of

Nitrogen, Potassium, Calcium, Carbon and Phosphorous

Incorporation of coconut fiber and cow dung ash in certain amount in concrete proves to
improve the strength of concrete. But increase in amount of either coconut fiber or cow dung ash above
a certain value may decrease the strength of concrete conversely. So, it is necessary to find out the
optimum value of these materials to be added in the concrete which maintains the strength with
reduction in cement content. This project deals with the replacement of cement in concrete using cow
dung ash and coconut fiber to achieve reduction in cement content with optimum amount of inclusion
of these two materials for better strength performance of concrete. This may, in future can lead to use
of waste as a construction materials at large scale after various research works carried out at various
scales.

.2.3 Cow Dung Ash

Cow dung ash that has been obtained from villages are dried under sunlight, burnt at a
temperature of 450 to 500 degree Celsius and cooled. After cooling it was crushed to powder form,
sieved under 300 micron sieve was stored in an air tight container preventing moisture ingress. Its
properties were specific gravtity of ash -2.55, pH value -9.5, Loss on ignition -12.28%, Blain’s fineness
-338.

6. Conclusion

At present, the process of manufacturing of cement involves a larger emission of harmful gases
which poses a threat to environment in many ways. Many research works are being carried out to
replace either partially or wholly, the fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, and cement in concrete. In this
project, an attempt has been made to use cow dung ash and coconut fiber as a replacement material of
cement. The addition of these materials marginally improved the structural properties of concrete. It
also lead to reduction of environmental impact caused by land filling or dumping of these materials.
Replacement using these materials can bring down the original cost of production of concrete and it also
led to reuse of waste materials. The above tested methods for production of concrete can be applied in
the construction of compound walls, non-load bearing partition walls,lightly loaded precast members-
shelf slabs, sill slabs, cut lintels and sunshades, kerb walls and medians of road.

Cow Dung Ash as a replacement to cement has advantages of being low cost,
eco-friendly, low heat conduction, light weight and having high strength when used in
concrete. Cow Dung Ash is abstracted from raw Cow Dung Cakes though thorough
drying and sieving under IS sieve. 
A mechanical study of Cow Dung Ash modified concrete shows that strength of
concrete decreases with increase in Cow Dung Ash percentage with no change in
tensile strength with best percentage being 10% (Aishwarya Suresh 2018). Use of glass
fiber and Cow Dung Ash in concrete showed that upto 0.5% and 8% respectively the
compressive strength increases (Sruthy B 2017).

It has been found that the use of waste products in mortars and even in
concrete significantly increases its strength capabilities, its workability and its
durability among other properties.
Cow Dung Ash: It is the rejection of herbivorous substances by
symbiotic bacteria living in animal digestive tract composed of fibrous waste.
The process of Cow Dung Ash is such that it is dried for 12 days after which it
is burnt at 500°c. After cooling it is sieved under IS400µ to get the resulting
product

“Cow dung ash as substitute to sand as a fine aggregates in concrete”

References:
https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112324.pdf