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dredged harbour sediment. The different combinations Keywords – Synthetic aggregate, quarry waste, waste-paper
were extruded and fired in the kiln to produce a material sludge, contaminated dredgings, concrete, rotary kiln,
leaching, wmr 392–4
suitable for natural aggregate replacement. Two of the
synthetic aggregates produced were tested by incorpora-
tion in to concrete as coarse aggregate replacement. The
concrete 28-day compressive strengths achieved were
above 40 N mm–2 and compared favourably with control
concretes made with natural aggregates and a commer-
Corresponding author: P. J. Wainwright, School of Civil
cially available lightweight aggregate (Lytag). Leaching Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2
tests have also been carried out to assess the potential 9JT, United Kingdom
environmental impact of utilisation. Although not Received 27 March 2000, accepted in revised form 03 December
finalised, these tests have also given favourable results. 2001
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P. J. Wainwright, D. J. F. Cresswell, H. A. van der Sloot
Volumes arising well have increased in the last 5 years, but there are still
Quarry and mining waste large volumes in stockpiles and lagoons.
The total volume of quarry and mining wastes produced in
Europe in 1995 according to the European Environment Dredged material
Agency (EEA) (1998), was estimated at 700 million The potential for the re-use of dredged material is very
tonnes (mt). In the UK the 1996 figure was estimated to much dependant on its particle size, as any contaminants
be 74 mt, with 30 mt of this arising from the quarrying of present tend to adhere to the clay sized fraction.
hard rock, sand and gravel (DETR, 1998). A number of physical processing technologies exist (see for
example Köthe 1995) to separate the coarser size fractions
Dredged material (ie. above 200 microns). Such material has been re-used
The volumes of dredged materials, although somewhat (albeit in small quantities) for example, as a fine aggregate
smaller than the quarrying and mining wastes, are still sig- in concrete, mortar and for other construction purposes.
nificant. For the five EU nations of Belgium, France, Unfortunately, often less than 30% (van Gemert et al.
Germany, Netherlands and the UK the volume of dredged 1988) of the dredged material is of this size range. The
material when added together is in excess of 130 million finer (potentially more heavily contaminated) fraction
tonnes per annum (OECD 1997, DETR 1997, DETR is dumped in sites where the risk of water resource conta-
1998, BMV 1991, AKN 1990, Dearnaley et al. 1995). mination is reduced, or is used for land reclamation
purposes.
Current disposal and management methods
Quarry and mining waste The use of wastes and the production of synthetic
The current management of quarry and mining waste is aggregates
relatively simple in that a large proportion of it is used on The utilisation, in construction (or other industries), of
site for the production of embankments to decrease the quarry and mining wastes, and river/harbour dredgings etc.
visual intrusion associated with the extraction industries. is important to allow for the most efficient use and preser-
Other disposal methods include: the filling of voids left by vation of mineral resources. Products that can incorporate
extraction processes and the creation of above ground tips wastes to produce high quality construction materials will
(spoil heaps) and tailings ponds (settling lagoons) that are have the largest impact upon reducing resource depletion.
then landscaped (DoE 1995). The DoE (1995) also esti- The production of lightweight (or synthetic) aggregates
mates that only about 5% of quarry and mining waste was from certain waste streams and virgin materials is a well-
used for purposes other than on site use, this figure may established process (Owens 1993). For example, sintered
Table 1. Some commercially available lightweight aggregates (UK) {adapted from Owens 1993}
Commercial Raw material Manufacturing process Shape Typical dry Typical concrete strength
name loose bulk (N mm–2)
density (kg m–3)
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pulverised fuel ash (pfa) and expanded clay/shale are used Table 3. Particle size distribution of Glensanda granite washings
to produce aggregates sold in North Western Europe under
Sieve size (microns) Cumulative % passing
the trade names of ‘Lytag’ and ‘Fibo’ respectively.
Examples of other commercially available lightweight 300 99.5
(synthetic) aggregates are shown in Table 1. The use of 150 96.0
lightweight aggregates is highlighted by Price (1995) who
75 82.8
described the use of one such aggregate, Lytag, to produce
a high quality concrete used in the construction of oil field
base tanks for operation in the North Sea. Much research Glensanda granite washings filter cake
has also been carried out into the production of synthetic This material arises from the washing of crushed stone
aggregates from other waste streams. For example Osada coarse aggregate and sand from the Glensanda super quar-
(1997) studied the melting and crushing of municipal solid ry off the West Coast of Scotland. The quarry produces
waste incinerator (MSWI) bottom ash. Yasuda (1991) car- upto 10 million tonnes of aggregate per year and 1 million
ried out similar work on incinerated sewage sludge ash. tonnes (dry weight) of the washings cake. At present this
Wainwright and Boni (1981, 1983) and Wainwright and material is either stored in a lagoon on site or stockpiled at
Robery (1991) reported on the use of MSWI bottom ash an off site processing plant in the south east of England.
to produce a synthetic aggregate by grinding, pelletising The major oxide composition of the washings is shown in
and firing in a rotary kiln. The aggregate produced was Table 2 and the grain size distribution in Table 3.
incorporated into concrete. This concrete was tested over
a 4 1/2 year period with satisfactory results and compres- Dutch sourced river dredgings
sive strengths upto 50 N mm–2. This dredged material arises due to the removal of
There has been little published work concerning the contaminated sediment from a river harbour in the
utilisation of quarry and mining wastes or dredgings as syn- Netherlands. The material is fine grained with more than
thetic aggregates. This paper reports on the initial stages of 90% passing 100 microns, Table 4 shows the major ele-
research into the production of aggregate from a granitic mental analysis and the concentration of the contaminat-
quarry waste, using a number of different wastes and low- ing elements. The sediment has been well characterised as
grade materials as a binder. it poses a large disposal problem due to heavy metal cont-
amination. The dredgings are thermally treated to a point
where they undergo partial melting and are then cooled
Experimental work rapidly. This will incorporate some of the contaminating
Materials elements into a silicate matrix, making them less available
The following materials were used in the study. to pollute the immediate environment.
The extent to which this incorporation of contaminants
Table 2. Major element composition (as oxide) of Glensanda granite
occurs can be measured by conducting leaching tests on
washings
the aggregate. This has been undertaken on a number of
Oxide % different aggregates including Dutch sourced harbour
Silicon SiO2 66 dredgings (van der Sloot et al. 2000). Results show that a
Aluminium Al2O3 17 number of elements are incorporated into the silicate
Iron Fe2O3 3 matrix. The mobility of Elements such as Cr, V, Mo may
Magnesium MgO 1 however be increased.
Calcium CaO 2
Sodium Na2O 3 Binders
Potassium K2O 5
• Paper sludge from a paper de-inking plant, this materi-
al is contaminated with heavy metals such as As, Cd,
Phosphorous P2O5 0.2
Cr, Cu, Mo, V and Zn.
Titanium TiO2 0.5
• Low-grade clay, a carbon rich material obtained from a
Manganese MnO 0.1
‘ball clay’ quarry.
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• Dutch sourced river dredgings. The fine-grained nature described by Parks and Sherwen (1986) as, "a significant
of this sediment means that it is cohesive and as such advance in rotary kiln technology". The kiln compresses a
makes a good binder. ceramic fibre insulation between a thin steel alloy hot face
and a tensioned thin mild steel cold face to form a car-
Aggregate production tridge with a triple-lobed cross section (see Fig. 1) to
The Trefoil Kiln achieve the following:
This project is specifically aimed at using the innovative • remarkable thermal efficiency (an inner kiln tempera-
design of the Trefoil kiln, which is much more thermally ture of 1200°C and an outer temperature of 60°C);
efficient than traditional rotary kilns. Traditional kilns are • a much smaller and lighter structure which does not
composed of a thick steel drum lined with heavy manual- need costly maintenance or relining and which is easier
ly laid fire-bricks, which have a limited life and which need to manufacture, transport, install, remove and replace;
regular maintenance. They are extremely thermally • much faster heat-up and cool-down periods (50 times
inefficient and very slow to respond to firing adjustments, quicker than conventional kilns);
which can make it difficult to fire material either consis- • vastly improved responsiveness (operating temperatures
tently or quickly. By contrast, the Trefoil kiln has been can be increased or decreased in minutes);
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• higher load factors; and material in the pellet begins to sinter. From previous expe-
• greater bed-load mixing allowing reduced thermal rience it was known that this stage can take between 5 and
gradient in the bed and improved firing consistency. 40 minutes and occurs between 700°C and 800°C,
depending on the amount and type of carbon (organic
Although a traditional rotary kiln could be used to pro- material) present and the internal structure of the pellet.
duce the synthetic aggregates used here, the benefits of the The carbon content of a lightweight aggregate produced
Trefoil Kiln are clear and as such are much more likely to from pfa needs to be below 4% to conform to BS 3797 (BSI
make an impact on the treatment of mineral by-products 1990) and it was considered appropriate to adopt this fig-
to produce a consistent and economically viable product. ure in this study. To ensure that this 4% level was reached
before the sintering stage begins, samples of the aggregate
Extrusion and ‘balling’ were taken at various times during burnout and analysed
The first stage in the aggregate production process was to for the carbon content. It was assumed that the remaining
blend the quarry waste with a binder to enable the mixture carbon would be burnt during further firing, providing a
to be extruded and balled (pelletised). In this study the volatile material for the production of gases during sinter-
binders used were clay, river dredgings and paper sludge. ing, this may form voids helping to give a lightweight struc-
The proportions of the different materials used are shown ture to the pellet. The second stage is the sintering of the
in Table 5. Once blended the mixtures were extruded and green pellets at temperatures between 1200°C and
pelletised by means of a rotary drum pelletiser that also 1230°C, to fuse the particles of the granitic filter cake into
incorporated a burner/drier. The combined action of the a single mass. All aggregates produced were tested for
drier and the rolling motion of the drum produced a skin relative density and water absorption in accordance with
on the pellets that aided green pellet strength and created BS 812 (BSI 1975).
a thin denser outer skin on the fired pellet. The
production of aggregate from the contaminated Dutch Casting
sourced river dredgings was also investigated. However, Two of the aggregates (Glen 3 and Glen 6) were produced
the large clay content meant that this material was in larger quantities and were cast in concrete as a 100%
difficult to pelletise using the machinery that was avail- replacement of the coarse natural aggregate. The concrete
able. It was therefore used only as a binder. Hand-rolling mix designs (Table 6) were altered on a saturated surface
was used to produce a small sample of green pellets from dried loose bulk density basis to keep equal volume ratios
the dredgings, with no binder or additives, to establish the of coarse aggregate, fine aggregate and Portland cement
firing characteristics of the dredgings and the potential (PC). The synthetic aggregates were soaked in water and
physical characteristics of the aggregate produced. drained prior to casting to ensure they were in a saturated
surface dried condition before mixing. Once mixed, the
Aggregate firing concrete was cast in 100 mm cubes and kept at 20°C and
Firing of the synthetic aggregate consisted of two stages; 100% relative humidity for compressive strength testing.
the first is known as the ‘burnout’ stage where the carbon Concrete was also cast using natural coarse and 8–12 mm
content of the ash/binder mix is allowed to combust Lytag. These were used to compare the performance of the
(burnout) at a temperature below that where the inert synthetic aggregate concrete.
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Table 7. Physical properties of synthetic aggregates made using the Trefoil kiln
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lightweight aggregate the loose bulk density of the materi- porous and open textured. These results are encouraging
al needs to be below 1000 kg m–3 and the results show that when bearing in mind the good track record that Lytag has
the majority of the aggregates produced in this study just when used as an aggregate in concrete. The reason for the
fail to meet this requirement. decrease in density of the Glensanda 6 aggregate is due to
The only difference between aggregate types Glensanda the ‘bloating’ (Riley 1951) nature of the dredgings.
1 to 5 is the percentage clay, which ranges from 0% The Dutch river dredgings that were pelletised by
(Glensanda 1) to 17% (Glensanda 5). The results show no ‘hand-rolling’ were also fired and the relative density and
clear trend between clay content and any of the three water absorption results are also shown in Table 7. The
aggregate properties measured. Where water absorption is reason for this reduced density is the bloating characteris-
concerned the results would indicate optimum clay con- tics of the Dutch sourced harbour sediments and is
tent for a maximum value of water absorption. Ideally suspected of having little to do with being ‘hand rolled’.
however one is looking for a minimum value of water The limited data show very high water absorption for this
absorption, which in this case occurs at the maximum clay aggregate. If this water absorption can be decreased and
content but is only just below the figure of 1.58% for zero the relative density maintained, then the Dutch sourced
clay content. harbour dredgings are potentially an ideal candidate for
By comparing Glensanda aggregates 3, 6 and 8, all of lightweight aggregate production.
which have a 10% binder content, the influence of binder It must be remembered that all the tests so far report-
type can be seen. The difference between clay and paper ed on the aggregates were performed on only small samples
sludge appears to be limited, the aggregates have the same (no more than 4 kg for each aggregate type – 12 kg for
water absorption figures of 2.9% and slightly different rel- samples 3 and 6). It would be preferable to use larger sam-
ative density values (1.8 cf 2.21 respectively). Using the ples for testing, and the results presented here may not
Dutch sourced river dredgings as the binder (Glensanda 6) therefore be truly representative of the aggregate proper-
produces a significant increase in water absorption (6.37% ties. However, the Glensanda material is very homoge-
cf 2.9%) but a reduction in relative density (1.63 cf 1.8 neous and the firing conditions are well established and
and 2.21). This suggests that the pore structure in repeatable.
Glensanda 6 is more open than in the other two, particu- The two synthetic aggregates chosen for larger scale
larly that at or near the surface of the aggregate particles. production for subsequent use in concrete were Glensanda
Ideally an aggregate with low water absorption and low rel- 3 and 6 made with 10% clay and 10% river dredgings
ative density would be desirable which is the case with respectively (see Table 5).
both clay and paper sludge as the binder. Increasing the
content of paper sludge from 5% through to 15% Concrete workability
(Glensanda 7,8,9) results in an increase in water absorp- The workabilities of all four mixes made to nominally the
tion and a corresponding reduction in relative density. same water/cement ratios of 0.53 are shown in Table 6. All
When comparing all the synthetic aggregates produced mixes, with the exception of the control mix, had similar
in this study with Lytag it can be seen that although the densities and it is reasonable therefore to make compar-
majority of them have higher relative and loose bulk den- isons between the Lytag mix and those two mixes made
sities the differences are only small, yet at the same time with the synthetic aggregates manufactured in this study.
they all have significantly lower water absorption figures. It can be seen that using either of the synthetic aggregates
The highest value of water absorption was recorded with as a coarse aggregate replacement leads to a significant
Glensanda 6 (90% granite fines, 10% river dredgings) but increase in workability when compared with Lytag (140
even this figure of 6.37% is almost 50% lower than the fig- and 150 mm cf. 10 mm). This is due not only to the
ure of 12.3% for Lytag. At the same time the bulk density smoother more closed surface texture of these aggregates
and relative density of this aggregate (Glensanda 6) are referred to above but also to their particle shape which is
slightly lower than those of Lytag (724 cf 875 and 1.63 cf much more rounded than Lytag.
1.80 respectively). The lower values of water absorption
are most likely due to the smooth closed surface texture of Compressive strength
the synthetic aggregates compared to Lytag which is more It is only possible at this stage to present strength results
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Leaching
A brief review of the data obtained from the waste mater-
ial by characterisation leaching tests are given, followed by
a comparison of the produced aggregate and the starting
materials The pH dependence test is used mainly for this
purposes, as it allows important changes in materials
leaching behaviour to be identified, which are not obvious Fig. 3c. Molybdenum leaching data obtained from pH-stat test of the
paper de-inking sludge
from dynamic leaching tests, such as a column or a tank
leach test. The methods allows to identify potentially crit- – – Dashed lines show Dutch limits for building materials, class 1 and 2
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Paper sludge
The paper de-inking sludge is characterised by a very high
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) content (approximately
10,000 mg kg–1) and a relatively high Total Inorganic
Carbon (TIC) content (approximately 1,000 mg kg–1 at
neutral pH) as compared to other starting materials, these
are shown in Figs. 3a and 3b respectively. The elements
Se, Mo, Ba and Cu only exceed critical limits as given by Fig. 5a. Strontium leaching obtained by pH-stat from Glensanda
the Dutch Building Materials Decree (1995) at pH’s washings (labelled washings) and Glensanda 8 aggregate (labelled
Glensanda)
greater than 10, Fig. 3c shows this for Mo. The material
has a strong buffering capacity, as 2 mmol g–1 of acid was
needed to increase the pH by one unit.
Leached (L/S=10, 24 hrs, mg kg–1)
Fig. 4. Nickel leaching data (Ni) from pH-stat test. Duplicate (Duplo) The leaching data set obtained allows a comparison to be
data confirms the test results made between the produced aggregate (coded Glensanda
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ures obtained from the pH-stat test data shown in Fig. 6a.
This suggests a fairly rapid exchange between interior
particle surfaces and the bulk solution and implies that
for environmental impact assessment size reduction is
adequate to complete a test in 24 hours. A longer leaching
time is needed if intact pellets are leached (van der Sloot
et al.. 2000). Further work is in progress on assessing the
behaviour of aggregate in a bound form.
Conclusions
The work presented in this paper is limited in scale but is
broad in scope, dealing with the processing of waste mate-
rials, the production of synthetic aggregates, and study of
Fig. 6a. Chromium leaching obtained by pH-stat test of the Glensanda
6 aggregate the physical and environmental performance of these
aggregates. The following conclusions cover the main
findings from the work and suggest areas for further
research:
• It was possible to process by extrusion and balling bina-
ry mixes made mainly from quarry waste, with smaller
volumes of clay, paper sludge, and harbour dredgings, to
act as a binder;
Leached (mg kg–1)
7) and the initial waste materials (Glensanda granite It is clear from these results that concretes with reason-
washings and paper de-inking sludge). Several elements – able strengths can be made with synthetic aggregates made
Li, Ca, K, Mn, Sr and Ba are incorporated in the silicate from the different waste streams investigated but more
matrix in the sintering process (see Fig. 5a for Sr leaching work is needed to obtain the optimum mix proportions (in
data). Most other metals such as Cr and V show little dif- terms of binder contents) and firing conditions to obtain
ference or are somewhat increased (see Fig. 5b for Cr) the optimum performance from the aggregates. Although
compared to the raw Glensanda washings. the strength results obtained to date are satisfactory, much
The column leaching test data undertaken on intact longer-term data are needed to determine whether or not
aggregate are similar, at a liquid to solid ratio of 10 there are any potentially deleterious reactions taking place
(L S–1=10) to the results of the pH-stat data (L S–1=10) between the aggregates and the cement paste. The work
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programme currently underway is designed to address aggregates. Future planned work will also look at other
these questions as well as providing more detailed infor- properties of concretes made with these aggregates such
mation on the leaching characteristics of the synthetic as: permeability, elasticity, shrinkage and creep.
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