Reuse or disposal of waste foundry sand: an insight into environmental aspects

F Cioli, A Abbà, C Alias, S Sorlini - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
From a circular economy perspective, the recovery and reuse of waste plays a fundamental
role. Foundries purchase hundreds of millions of siliceous sands every year to create molds …

Development of sustainable, high strength slag based alkali activated pavement quality concrete using agro-industrial wastes: properties and life cycle analysis

A Sheshadri, S Marathe, Ł Sadowski - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Alkali-activated binder-based composites offer a sustainable alternative to cement-based
systems, giving a conservational approach. This research incorporated rice-husk ash (RHA) …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review on the use of waste foundry sand as a partial replacement of natural sand in concrete

G García, R Cabrera, J Rolón, R Pichardo… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Waste foundry sand (WFS) is a by-product of the metal casting process, which constitutes a
sustainable solution as a replacement for natural sand (NS) in the production of concrete …

Recycling of brass chips by sustainable friction stir extrusion

P Asadi, M Akbari, A Armani, MRM Aliha… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the high economic and environmental benefits, researchers have considered
recycling metal chips, especially for the more valuable alloys of copper, brass, aluminium …

Sustainable utilization of industrial by-products spent foundry sand and cement kiln dust in controlled low strength materials (CLSM)

J Aggarwal, S Goyal, M Kumar - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In the present study, industrial by-products, spent foundry sand (SFS) and cement kiln dust
(CKD) were used for develo** controlled low strength materials (CLSM) and their various …

Preparation of a coagulant of polysilicate aluminum ferric from foundry dust and its coagulation performance in treatment of swine wastewater

J Yi, Z Chen, D Xu, D Wu, A Howard - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Polysilicate aluminum ferric (FD-PSAF) was prepared from foundry dust under
polymerization temperature of 50° C, polymerization time of 2 h and pH 2, to produce its …

Use of Foundry sands in the production of ceramic and geopolymers for sustainable construction materials

C Sgarlata, MC Ariza-Tarazona, E Paradisi… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The aim of this research was to evaluate the possibility of reusing waste foundry sands
derived from the production of cast iron as a secondary raw material for the production of …

Experimental and numerical study for the bending behaviour of UHPC beams with waste foundry sand

S Liu, W Zheng - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste foundry sand (WFS) is a waste material inevitably generated during the casting
process, the resourceful recycling of which has received much attention in recent years …

Feasibility of waste foundry sand in high-strength self-compacting concrete and the effects of elevated temperatures

R Zheng, Y Wang, D Luo, J Bao, P Zhang, L Qin… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The disposal and recycling of waste foundry sand (WFS) as industrial solid waste can
effectively solve potential environmental pollution problems. This paper conducted an …

Evaluating cement treated aggregate base containing steel slag: mechanical properties, volume stability and environmental impacts

Y Huang, X Yang, S Wang, Z Liu, L Liu, B Xu - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Steel slag has been commonly used in road engineering as cementitious material; however,
its application in base course is not widely reported. Four contents of steel slag (0%, 30 …