Effect of Fluidized Bed Ash on the Thermodynamic Stability of Hydraulic Binders

Abstract

Fluidized bed ash, which is the youngest industrial waste can be considered on the basis of research, a high-quality secondary raw material base which can be easily used in the production of Portland cements and, in general, other hydraulic binders. Regarding the direct effect of anhydrite on the course of hydrating mixed cement with the fluidized fly ash and the consequent behaviour of the originated cement stone, its reaction with clinker materials on the mentioned Aft (Al₂O₃–Fe₂O₃-–tri) phase is clear. The creation of AFt phases, if they originate additionally, due to their morphology, is accompanied by significant volume changes which may lead to deformation up to the destruction of the cement stone. Some foreign publications show the possibility of the transformation of this thermo-dynamically unstable mineral into the further mineral from the group AFt phase, which is thaumasite, Ca₃Si (CO₃)(SO₄)(OH)₆^.12H₂O.