COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FOAM GLASS GRAVEL TYPES EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED BY MICROWAVE IRRADIATION

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FELICIA COSMULESCU
LUCIAN PAUNESCU
MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU
SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE

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The paper presents an unconventional technique for manufacturing foam glass gravel. The numerous experimental results obtained by the authors in the last year using various manufacturing recipes common in the world industrial production by conventional techniques were selected and subjected to a qualitative and energy efficiency comparative analysis, aiming to determine the best foam glass gravel manufacturing procedure under the conditions of the use of the microwave energy. The optimum recipe was composed of 83% glass waste, 1 % glycerol, 8 % sodium silicate and 8 % water. The maximum heating temperature reached 823 ºC with a very economical energy consumption of 0.88 kWh/kg. The sample characteristics were apparent density-0.24 g/cm3, porosity-89.1% with pore size between 0.3 - 0.6 mm, thermal conductivity-0.063 W/m·K and compressive strength - 5.9 MPa, almost similar to those industrially obtained.

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COSMULESCU, F., PAUNESCU, L., DRAGOESCU, M. F., & AXINTE, S. M. (2020). COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FOAM GLASS GRAVEL TYPES EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED BY MICROWAVE IRRADIATION. Journal of Engineering Studies and Research, 26(3), 58-68. https://doi.org/10.29081/jesr.v26i3.207
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FELICIA COSMULESCU

Cosfel Actual SRL, 95-97 Calea Grivitei, sector 1, Bucharest 010705, Romania

LUCIAN PAUNESCU

Daily Sourcing & Research SRL, 95-97 Calea Grivitei, sector 1, Bucharest 010705, Romania

MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU

Daily Sourcing & Research SRL, 95-97 Calea Grivitei, sector 1, Bucharest 010705, Romania

SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE

Daily Sourcing & Research SRL, 95-97 Calea Grivitei, sector 1, Bucharest 010705, Romania

University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, 1-7 Gh. Polizu street, sector 1, Bucharest 011061, Romania