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6.00
 2%
 3%
 3%
                                                                     5.00
 5.00
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 5.00
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             5.00
 Tensile strength (Mpa)
 4.00
                                                                                                                              4.00
                                                                     4.00
 4.00
 13%
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             4.00
 3.00
                                                                                                                              3.00
 Concrete
 2.00
                                                                                                                              2.00
                                                                     3.00
 3.00
 Bricks
                                                   Bricks
             3.00
                                                                                                                                                                                       3.00
 28d
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 28d
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                                                                                                                              1.00
 1.00
                                                   Asphalt
 Asphalt
                                                         28d
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 56d
                                                                                                                 56d
 56d
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 2.00
                                                                     2.00
 0.00
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             2.00
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                                                   Tiles
 Tiles
                                                         56d
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 91d
                                                                                                                 91d
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 91d
 Others
                                                   Others
                                                                                                                                                                                       1.00
             1.00
                                79%
 79%
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 1.00
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             0.00
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 0.00
                                                                                                                                                                                                               50RCA2NS 50RCA10UFFA
                                     50RCA2NS 50RCA10UFFA
                   Control
                                                                                             50RCA50FA50RCA50Slag
 Control
 50RCA
 50RCA50FA50RCA50Slag
 Mix types  7d  Tensile strength (Mpa)  6.00  Mix types  7d  Tensile strength (Mpa)  6.00  13%  3%  3%  2% 50RCA Mix types  Concrete 7d  Tensile strength (Mpa)  6.00  Control  50RCA Mix types  7d  Tensile strength (Mpa)  6.00  Mix types  7d  Tensile strength (Mpa)  6.00  Control  50RCA Mix types  7d
            TECHNICAL PAPER
 70  2%     6.00                                                seen in the table that the CO 2 emission of RCA is slightly higher
             70
                                                                     70
                                                                    Compressive strength (Mpa)
             450
                                                                                                                              70
                                                                    6.00
 60  70  70  3%  3%  60                                         than the NCA and can be attributed to the additional energy   6.00                                                     450
                                                                    Tensile strength (Mpa)
 60
                                                                     60
                                                                                                                              60
 60
             400
                                                                                                                                                                                       400
 Compressive strength (Mpa)  40  7d  Compressive strength (Mpa)  40  7d  Compressive strength (Mpa)  40  13%  Concrete  7d  Tensile strength (Mpa) CO2 emission (Kg CO2e) 5.00  7d  6 shows the total CO 2 emission of control concrete and the   7d 7d  Tensile strength (Mpa) Compressive strength (Mpa)  4.00  7d  CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  300
            Compressive strength (Mpa)
                                                                    5.00
                                                                required for crushing, grinding, separation and cleaning. Figure
                                                                                                                             5.00
 50
                                                                     50
                                                                                                                              50
 50
             50
 50
                                                                                                                                                                                       350
             350
                                                                    4.00
            4.00
                                                                     40
                                                                                                                              40
             300
                                                                    3.00
             40
                                                                recycled aggregates concretes containing SCMs and nano silica.
                                                        7d
                                                                     30
 30
                                                                                                                              30
 30
                                                                    2.00
             250
                                                                                                                                                                          7d
            3.00
                                                                                                                                                                                       250
                                                                Due to unavailability of emission data for UFFA the concrete
                                                                                                                             3.00
                                                                     20
 Bricks
 28d
 20
                                                        28d
 28d
                                                                                                                  28d
                                                                                                                              20
 20
                                                        28d
             30
 30
                                                                                                                 28d
                                                                    1.00
                                                                                                                                                                          28d
 Asphalt
             200
                                                                                                                                                                                       200
 28d
                                                                     10
                                                                                                                  56d
                                                                containing UFFA is not considered in the analysis. However, its
 56d
                                                                                                                                                                          28d
 10
                                                                                                                              10
                                                        56d
 10
 56d
                                                        56d
                                                                                                                 56d
            2.00
                                                                    0.00
                                                                                                                             2.00
 Tiles
 91d
                                                                                                                  91d
             20
 20
 56d
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             150
                                                                                                                                                                          56d
                                                                                                                                                                                       150
                                                                      0
 0
 0
                                                                                                                               0
 91d
                                                        91d
 Others
            1.00
 79%
                                                                to energy required for additional grinding. It can be seen in
             100
 10
             10
                                                                Figure 6a that the addition of 50% RCA as partial replacement
                                                                                                                                                                                       50
             50                                         91d     CO 2 emission value will be much higher than the fly ash due  91d  1.00                                                100
                                                                                                                             0.00
 0          0.00 0                                              of NCA did not increase the CO 2 emission value above the           Control  50RCA    50RCA2NS 50RCA10UFFA
                            50RCA
                                   50RCA50FA50RCA50Slag
                  Control
 Control  50RCA  50RCA50FA50RCA50Slag  Mix types  0  Control  50RCA  50RCA50FA50RCA50Slag  Mix types                                                                                    0
                                                                                         Mix types
 Mix types         Control    50 RCA  50 RCA+50 Slag  50 RCA+50 Fly ash  control concrete containing 100% NCA. However, significant              Mix types                                   Control    50 RCA  50 RCA+50 Slag  50 RCA+50 Fly ash
                                                                                                                                                 Mix types
                                Mix types
 Mix types                     Mix types                                                                                                                                                                   Types of mixes
                                  Types of mixes
                                                                reduction of about 38% and 48% CO 2 emission is observed
                                  (a)                           when 50% slag and 50% fly ash are used to partially replace the
                                                                OPC. The effects of addition of various SF contents in the above
 500                                                            two fly ash and slag concretes are shown in Figure 6b, where it
                                                                      500
 450  450  70  70 450                                           can be seen that slight reduction in CO 2 emission of recycled   450
                                                                      450
 CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  350  CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  350  Compressive strength (Mpa)  50  7d  Compressive strength (Mpa) CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  50 350  7d  addition of SF. However, the scenario is different in the case of   CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  400
                                                                     70
                                                                    Compressive strength (Mpa)
             400
 400
 60
                                                                aggregate concrete containing 50% slag and 50% fly ash due to
                                                                      400
 400
            60
                                                                     CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)
                                                                     60
                                                                      350
                                                                     50
 300
             300
                                                                                                                             350
                                                                recycled aggregate concrete containing 2% NS shown in Figure
            40
                                                                     40
             250
 250
                                                                      300
 300
                                                                                                                             300
 40
                                                                6c, where about 15% increase in CO 2 emission is observed
             200
            30
 200
                                                                     30
 250
                                                                      250
                                                                                                                7d
                                                                                                                             250
 150
                                                                     20
                                                                      200
                                                                                                                28d
 100
            10
             100
                                                         56d
                                                                the significantly higher CO 2 emission of NS listed in Table 7 due
 56d
                                                                     10
                                                                      150
 150
 20
                                                         91d
 50  200  30  28d  20 0 150                              28d    compared to concrete containing 50% RCA. This can be due to   200
              50
                                                                                                                56d
                                                                                                                             150
                                                                      0
                                                                to its energy intensive manufacturing technique. However, if the
 91d
                                                                      100
 0  100       0                                                 nano silica is used together with higher volume fraction of slag   100
 50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50  10  50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50
 RCA  RCA+50   RCA+50  RCA+50  RCA+50   RCA+50   RCA+50   RCA+50  RCA+50   RCA  RCA+50   RCA+50  RCA+50  RCA+50   RCA+50   RCA+50   RCA+50  RCA+50   or fly ash this negative impact in carbon footprint in concrete   50
 Slag  Slag+5 SF Slag+10  Slag+15   Fly ash  Fly ash+5   Fly ash   Fly ash   0  0  Slag  Slag+5 SF Slag+10  Slag+15   Fly ash  Fly ash+5   Fly ash   Fly ash   0
 SF  SF  SF  +10 SF  +15 SF     SF   SF        SF  +10 SF  +15 SF  can be avoided as very small quantity of nano silica is actually   0
 Control  50 RCA  50 RCA+2 NS  Control  50RCA  50RCA50FA50RCA50Slag  Mix types  Control      50 RCA       50 RCA+2 NS
 Types of mixes                   Types of mixes                                        Mix types                                   Control    50 RCA  50 RCA+50 Slag  50 RCA+50 Fly ash
                                                                                           Types of mixes
 Types of mixes                                                 required to improve the properties of concrete.
 Mix types                                                                                                                                        Types of mixes
                                  (b)
                                                                This analysis shows that the use of recycled aggregates in
                                                                concrete alone is not environmentally beneficial as far as CO 2
             500                                                emission is concern, but this will help divert this material from
 450         450                                                landfilling which might cause other environmental issues.
 CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  350  CO2 emission (Kg CO2e)  350       partial replacement of natural aggregates and OPC in concrete
 400
                                                                However, if recycled aggregates are used together with SCMs as
             400
 300
                                                                the overall CO 2 emission of concrete can be significantly
 250
             300
                                                                reduced while maintaining comparable properties and in some
 200
             250
                                                                instances better to the control concrete.
 150
 100
             150
 50          200                                                8. coNclUsIoNs
 0           100
 50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50   50                This study presents the results on effects of SCMs and nano- and
 RCA  RCA+50   RCA+50  RCA+50  RCA+50   RCA+50   RCA+50   RCA+50  RCA+50
 Slag  Slag+5 SF Slag+10  Slag+15   Fly ash  Fly ash+5   Fly ash   Fly ash   0  ultrafine materials on properties and CO 2 emission of recycled
 SF  SF  SF  +10 SF  +15 SF  Control  50 RCA     50 RCA+2 NS    aggregates concretes. The following conclusions can be made
 Types of mixes
                                  Types of mixes
                                                                based on this study:
                                  (c)
                                                                1.  The addition of high volume slag and fly ash at 50%
                   Figure 6: CO2 emission analysis of concretes.    reduced the compressive strength of recycled aggregate
         table 6: co 2  emission values of various ingredients of concrete
                              oPc     fly Ash    slAg       ns       UffA       sf       ncA       rcA      sAnD
          Emission (kg CO 2e)  0.971   0.0189     0.214     8.3       N/A     0.00315   0.00477   0.00563   0.00310
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