Biopolymers and Biotech Admixtures for Eco-Efficient Construction Materials
- 1st Edition - January 11, 2016
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Volodymyr Ivanov, Niranjan Karak, Henk Jonkers
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 2 1 4 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 2 0 9 - 4
Since 1930 more than 100,000 new chemical compounds have been developed and insufficient information exists on the health assessment of 95 percent of these chemicals in which a re… Read more
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Request a sales quoteSince 1930 more than 100,000 new chemical compounds have been developed and insufficient information exists on the health assessment of 95 percent of these chemicals in which a relevant percentage are used in construction products. For instance Portland cement concrete, the most used material on the Planet (10.000 million tons/year that in the next 40 years will increase around 100 %) currently used in around 15% of total concrete production contains chemicals used to modify their properties, either in the fresh or hardened state.
Biopolymers are materials that are developed from natural resources. They reduce dependence on fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There is a worldwide demand to replace petroleum-based materials with renewable resources.
Currently bio-admixtures represent just a small fraction of the chemical admixtures market (around 20%) but with environmental awareness for constituents in construction materials generally growing (the Construction Products Regulation is being enforced in Europe since 2013), the trend towards bio-admixtures is expected to continue.
This book provides an updated state-of-the-art review on biopolymers and their influence and use as admixtures in the development of eco-efficient construction materials.
- Provides essential knowledge for researchers and producers working on the development of biopolymer-modified construction materials
- Discusses the various types of biopolymers currently available, their different production techniques, their use as bio-admixtures in concretes and mortars and applications in other areas of civil engineering such as soil stability, wood preservation, adhesives and coatings
- All contributions are made from leading researchers, who have intensive involvement in the design and use of biopolymers in construction materials
Civil and construction engineers, architects and materials scientists, producers of biopolymer modified cement-based materials.
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- Foreword
- 1. Introduction to biopolymers and biotech admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Biopolymers and biotech admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
- 1.3. Outline of the book
- Section One. Production of biopolymers for eco-efficient construction materials
- 2. Basic concepts on biopolymers and biotechnological admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
- 2.1. Construction biotechnology
- 2.2. The types of biopolymers
- 2.3. Microbial polysaccharides and their applications in civil engineering
- 2.4. Bioclogging of soil using in situ production of microbial polysaccharides
- 2.5. Microbial plastics for civil engineering
- 2.6. Biocements and biogrouts
- 2.7. Conclusions
- 3. Biotechnological production of biopolymers and admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
- 3.1. Biotechnology for the production of construction materials
- 3.2. Biotechnological production of bioplastics for construction
- 3.3. Biotechnological production of polysaccharide admixtures
- 3.4. Biotechnological production of biocements and biogrouts
- 3.5. Conclusions
- 4. Life cycle assessment of biopolymers
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Biopolymers
- 4.3. Life cycle assessment (LCA) method and models
- 4.4. LCA of biopolymers
- 4.5. Future research trends and conclusion
- 2. Basic concepts on biopolymers and biotechnological admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
- Section Two. Biopolymers and biotech admixtures in cement and mortars
- 5. Biotech admixtures for enhancing portland cement hydration
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Portland cement hydration
- 5.3. Biotech admixtures
- 5.4. Summary and future trends
- 6. Black liquor waste as a cement admixture or cement and concrete admixtures
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Air-entraining admixtures
- 6.3. Plasticizers
- 6.4. Superplasticizers
- 6.5. Retarders
- 6.6. Accelerators
- 6.7. Black liquor waste
- 6.8. Water-resisting admixtures
- 6.9. Conclusion
- 6.10. Future trends
- Cement notation
- 7. High-performance superplasticizer based on chitosan
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Structure and properties of chitosan
- 7.3. High-performance superplasticizer based on chitosan
- 7.4. Dispersion capacity characterization of the chitosan superplasticizer
- 7.5. Adsorption properties of SCS on the cement surface
- 7.6. The application results of SCS in concrete
- 7.7. Microstructure characterization of hardened cement paste
- 7.8. Working mechanism of SCS
- 7.9. Conclusion and future research trends
- 8. Microorganism-based bioplasticizer for cementitious materials
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Efficient microorganisms and their use in construction
- 8.3. EM characterization
- 8.4. EM as plasticizer in cement
- 8.5. EM as plasticizer in concrete
- 8.6. Assessment of the impact of EM on the microstructure of concrete
- 8.7. EM as viscosity modifier in concrete
- 8.8. Conclusions
- 9. Fly ash-based geopolymer with kappa-carrageenan biopolymer
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Experimental study
- 9.3. Results
- 9.4. Discussion
- 9.5. Conclusions and suggestions for future work
- 5. Biotech admixtures for enhancing portland cement hydration
- Section Three. Biopolymers and biotech admixtures in concrete
- 10. Biopolymers with superplasticizer properties for concrete
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Biopolymers with superplasticizer properties
- 10.3. Use of biopolymers in concrete: case studies
- 10.4. Final considerations
- 11. Biopolymers with viscosity-enhancing properties for concrete
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Basic concepts of rheology and viscosity-enhancing admixtures
- 11.3. Biopolymers currently used as viscosity-enhancing admixtures
- 11.4. Biopolymers with potential for future use as viscosity-enhancing admixtures
- 11.5. Future trends
- 12. Biotech solutions for concrete repair with enhanced durability
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Biotechnological strategies for durable repair of concrete structures
- 12.3. Bacterial production of limestone in alkaline environments
- 12.4. Liquid bacteria-based system for durable repair of porous concrete structures
- 12.5. Biobased mortar systems for structural repair of concrete defects
- 12.6. Conclusions and future trends
- 10. Biopolymers with superplasticizer properties for concrete
- Section Four. Other biopolymer applications
- 13. Rigid biofoam composites as eco-efficient construction materials
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Rigid foams
- 13.3. Foam processing
- 13.4. Foam morphology and characterisation
- 13.5. Rigid foam composites
- 13.6. Environmental impact
- 13.7. Application case studies
- 13.8. Conclusions and future trends
- 14. Biopolymers for wood preservation
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Wood preservation mechanisms
- 14.3. Examples of biopolymer wood preservatives
- 14.4. Conclusions and future trends
- 15. Biopolymers for paints and surface coatings
- 15.1. Introduction
- 15.2. Concept of biopolymers in paints and coatings
- 15.3. Naturally obtained biopolymers used in paints and coatings
- 15.4. Background and importance of biobased polymers
- 15.5. Biobased polymers used for paintings and coatings
- 15.6. Manufacturing of paints and coatings from biobased polymers
- 15.7. Conclusions and future trends
- 16. Bio-based adhesives
- 16.1. Introduction
- 16.2. Testing bioadhesives
- 16.3. Bioadhesive species
- 16.4. Discussion and conclusions
- 17. Biopolymers as biofilters and biobarriers
- 17.1. Introduction
- 17.2. Mechanism
- 17.3. Schematic view of contaminant removal by biobarrier
- 17.4. Monitoring the performance of a biofilter/biobarrier
- 17.5. Characterization of biopolymers as a supporter
- 17.6. Removal of contaminants from wastewater
- 17.7. Future trends
- 18. Biopolymers for superhydrophobic photocatalytic coatings
- 18.1. Introduction
- 18.2. Survey of approaches to biopolymers from renewable resources
- 18.3. Development of biopolymer from renewable resources
- 18.4. Service life of biopolymers
- 18.5. Modification of biopolymers using fillers
- 18.6. Titanium dioxide as polymer stabilization and photocatalysis agent
- 18.7. Biopolymers as superhydrophobic photocatalytic coatings
- 18.8. Conclusions and future trends
- 13. Rigid biofoam composites as eco-efficient construction materials
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 11, 2016
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780081002148
- eBook ISBN: 9780081002094
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Fernando Pacheco-Torgal
Dr. F. Pacheco-Torgal is a principal investigator at the University of Minho, in Portugal. He currently holds the title of Counsellor from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has authored more than 300 publications. He is a member of the editorial boards for 9 international journals. He has acted as a foreign expert in the evaluation of 30 PhD theses. In the last 10 years he has been a Member of the Scientific Committee for almost 60 conferences most of them in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. He has also been an invited reviewer for 125 international journals and has reviewed almost 1200 papers and has been the lead editor of 27 books.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Investigator, CTAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal.VI
Volodymyr Ivanov
Dr. Volodymyr Ivanov has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience on Environmental, Industrial, and Construction Microbiology and Biotechnology in the universities of Europe, Asia, and USA. He has authored 200 papers, patents, book chapters and 8 monographs. His textbook “Environmental Microbiology for Engineers”, Francis & Taylor, 1st (2010) and 2nd (2015) editions, has been adopted for graduate and post-graduate courses in many universities. His research experience includes the supervision and participation in numerous projects on biotechnologies with biofilms and biogranules, microbial transformations of iron, biocementation, bioclogging, bioremediation of soil, and microbiological monitoring of water quality.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeNK
Niranjan Karak
Niranjan Karak is Professor of Polymer Science and Technology and Head of the Chemical Sciences Department at Tezpur University, India. He has published over 87 research papers, two books and two chapters in two edited books, and also regularly acts as a reviewer for many international polymer journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Advanced Polymer and Nanomaterial Laboratory (APNL), Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, IndiaHJ
Henk Jonkers
Henk Jonkers is a leading researcher and expert on self-healing bio-concrete and the sustainability Chair Leader of the Materials and Environment section in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Structural Engineering, Section of Materials & Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NLRead Biopolymers and Biotech Admixtures for Eco-Efficient Construction Materials on ScienceDirect