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    Palm Oil Fuel Ash (POFA)

    Palm Oil Fuel Ash is the product of burning palm oil husk and palm kernel shell in the palm
    oil mill. POFA obtained from Oil Palm India Limited, Kottayam in Kerala was used in the
    investigation. The specific gravity of Palm oil fuel ash was 1.65.The chemical composition of
    POFA was tested at Department of Mining & Geology, Thiruvananthapuram and the results is
    given in Table 2. Figure 2 and 3 shows the Palm Oil Residues and palm Oil Fuel Ash.
    Results And Discussions

    The various aspects studied include the effect on compressive, flexural and splitting tensile
    strength using palm oil fuel ash in varying percentages as a partial replacement of cement.
    The results are given below:

    A. Compressive Strength

    Compressive strength of concrete mixes made with and without palm oil fuel ash was
    determined at 7 and 28 days. The test results are given in Table 4 and are represented in
    Figure 6. The compressive strength decreases as the percentage of ash increases.
    However, for 10% ash added, the compressive-strength development at 7 days was
    greater than the control samples, and the 28 day compressive strength was nearer to the
    control samples. As shown in Fig. 4.4, the 28-day compressive strengths for concrete
    cubes with 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40% replacement of cement with ash decrease from 36.89
    MPa to 35.63 MPa, 32.7 MPa, 28.44 MPa, and 23.48 MPa, respectively. As per IS 456 :
    2000, the specified characteristic Compressive strength of 150 mm cube at 28 days for a
    M30 grade concrete is 30N/mm2 . From the results it can be observed that upto 20%
    replacement of cement by POFA, a compressive strength of 30N/mm2 can be obtained.
    When more than 20% is replacing, the compressive strength goes below than targeted
    strength of 30N/mm2 .

    Table 4: Compression behaviour of Palm Oil Fuel Ash Concrete


    B. Splitting Tensile Strength

    The results of splitting tensile strength of concrete mixes with and without palm oil fuel ash
    measured at 28 days are given in Table 5. Test results.indicate that the tensile splitting
    strength increases as the percentage of the POFA increases from 0% to 10%. However, for
    20% ash added, the tensile-strength development was the same as the control samples. When
    the replacement of POFA is increased to 30%, strength goes on decreasing. These results are
    represented graphically below in Figure 8. It is observed that mixes P1 and P2 containing
    10% and 20% POFA respectively performed similar to control mixes. Also, it can be inferred
    that mix P1 contribute to the improvement of tensile splitting strength than others.

    Table 5: Splitting tensile behaviour of Palm Oil Fuel Ash concrete

    C. Flexural Strength

    The flexural strength test results of palm oil fuel ash concrete are given in Table 6 and shown
    in Figure 10 respectively. From the results it is well understood that P2 mix achieved the
    highest flexural strength. It is seen that 28 day flexural strength of 10% replacement of
    cement with POFA is similar to that of the control mix. When the replacement proportion is
    increased to 20%, the flexural strength also increases. But, further increase in proportion of
    POFA causes a reduction of Flexural Strength.
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     Shetty, M. S.”Concrete Technology”,S. Chand & Company Ltd., 2005, New Delhi.

     Abdul Awal A.S.M & Shehu Abubakar., “Properties of concrete containing high
    volume palm oil Fuel ash: A short-term investigation”, Malaysian Journal of Civil
    Engineering Vol. 23(2), 2011, pp. 54-66.

     Abdul Awal A.S.M & Warid Hussin M., “Effect of Palm Oil Fuel Ash in Controlling
    Heat of Hydration of Concrete”, Procedia Engineering, Vol.14 , 2011,pp. 2650–2657.

     Ahmad M. H., Omar R. C., Malek M. A., Noor N & Thiruselvam S., “Compressive
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    Muthusamy., “Durability of high strength concrete containing palm oil fuel ash
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     Rezaul Karim., Zain M.F.M., Jamil M. & Nazrul Islam., “Strength of Concrete as
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