Biochar Bricks from Waste Material: Preparation, Analysis and Applications

Abhishek Kumar Singh*, Ayush Mittal**, Nitin Kumar Shukla***, Asit Singh****
* Department of Civil Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, India.
**-*** Department of Civil Engineering, Rajkiya Engineering College, Uttar Pradesh, India.
**** Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Periodicity:September - November'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.11.4.18417

Abstract

The use of biomass as a renewable energy source as well as by using it as a new construction material has attracted global attention over the decades. While works had been conducted on deploying biochar for road construction, there is an emerging trend of using biochar as concrete admixture. In comparison, using biochar in this way will reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than if carbon is captured and sequestered through mineralization and deployment in construction. The use of biochar containing construction materials to capture and then lock atmospheric carbon dioxide in buildings and structures can potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 25%. The results from this project are indicative of a promising future for biochar bricks as a building material. Based on the above results it concludes that biochar bricks would make good veneer because it will easily manipulate shape and surface during molding and are very good insulators, have more compressive strength, and are quite light compared to classic bricks.

Keywords

Biochar, Pyrolysis, Construction Material, Activation, Adsorption, Updraught K iln etc.

How to Cite this Article?

Singh, A. K., Mittal, A., Shukla, N. K., and Singh, A. (2021). Biochar Bricks from Waste Material: Preparation, Analysis and Applications. i-manager’s Journal on Civil Engineering, 11(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.11.4.18417

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