FOAM GLASS GRAVEL MADE OF RECYCLED GLASS WASTE AND SILICON CARBIDE BY MICROWAVE HEATING

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LUCIAN PAUNESCU
MARIUS FLORIN DRAGOESCU
SORIN MIRCEA AXINTE

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The paper presents recent achievements in the microwave use for manufacturing foam glass gravel from recycled glass waste and silicon carbide. The aim was to obtain a product with physical and mechanical characteristics almost similar to those of industrially manufactured materials by conventional heating techniques, but with a higher energy efficiency. A foam glass with the thermal conductivity of 0.075 W/m·K and the compressive strength of 7.5 MPa was experimentally obtained. The specific energy consumption was of 1.0 kWh/kg comparable with the industrial processes and it could reach values up to 25% lower by using a high power industrial microwave equipment.

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PAUNESCU, L., DRAGOESCU, M. F., & AXINTE, S. M. (2020). FOAM GLASS GRAVEL MADE OF RECYCLED GLASS WASTE AND SILICON CARBIDE BY MICROWAVE HEATING . Journal of Engineering Studies and Research, 26(3), 173-180. https://doi.org/10.29081/jesr.v26i3.221
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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