Open AccessResidue from coal combustion for plastic soil improvement
Author(s) -
Romel Jesús Gallardo Amaya,
J Coronel Rojas,
N J Cely-Calixto
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2163/1/012008
Subject(s) - california bearing ratio , coal , environmental science , combustion , subgrade , soil water , compaction , residue (chemistry) , waste management , bottom ash , geotechnical engineering , soil science , geology , chemistry , engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The combustion of coal in Hoffman-type furnaces generates ash as one of the process residues. This research seeks to make use of this residue to improve plastic subgrade soils in tertiary roads, considering that in Colombia a large percentage of these are not paved. A soil with high plasticity has been selected to make mixtures with ash dosages that vary from 0% to 15% with respect to the dry weight of the soil. To determine the variation of the physical and mechanical properties of the soil-ash mixtures tests of consistency limits, compaction tests, and California bearing ratio were carried out. The results showed that the mixture in which 12% of the coal combustion residue is added to the soil, as a percentage for the dry weight of the soil, has a better physical behavior and bearing capacity than the soil in its natural state. obtaining an increase of up to 75% in the California bearing ratio.