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Kaoline whitness improvement by mechano-chemical treatment
Uher, Samuel ; Bartoníčková, Eva (referee) ; Šoukal, František (advisor)
The thesis deals with the issue of increasing the whiteness of kaolin by acid leaching simultaneously with milling. Kaolin was prepared from kaolin raw material from the Otovice quarry (Sedlecký kaolin a.s.), which was subsequently grined in suspension with oxalic acid, tartaric acid or citric acid in a ball planetary mill. We had been observing the influence of the type and concentration of acid and grinding time on many aspects, such as: the whiteness index, the amount of leached Fe and Ti, the distribution of Fe and Ti in kaolin, and the kaolin structure order.
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Characterization of portland cement hydration products by thermal dilatometric analysis
Dvořáková, Tereza ; Švec, Jiří (referee) ; Šoukal, František (advisor)
The paper presents the results of thermal dilatometric analysis of cement pastes during the heating at high temperatures. Volume changes were observed in samples of cement paste at selected time intervals during the hydration. Based on the measured data the dTDAc urves course has been described and the results have been compared with the curves of differential thermal analysis. To characterize the microstructure of the cement paste during the considerable shrinkage at higher temperatures the images by scanning electron microscope have been acquired.
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Utilization of basalt fibers in alkali activated materials
Hrubý, Petr ; Šoukal, František (referee) ; Kalina, Lukáš (advisor)
Alkali activated materials (AAMs) represent construction materials with a huge potential especially because of environmental and economic aspects but sufficient mechanical properties as well. A fibre or fabric reinforcement of the AAMs could support more widespread application potential due to the mechanical properties, fracture toughness or composite durability improvement. Various alkaline activators were used for a blast furnace slag (BFS) activation to produce a suitable matrix for basalt fibres (BF) implementation in this thesis. The BFs represent applicable reinforcing material because of its favourable mechanical and thermal properties. Still, the utilization of BFs in the AAMs is quite limited due to the fibres low chemical stability under the alkaline conditions. Accelerated leaching tests with a determination of basalt fibres chemical composition same as tensile strength change using various analytical techniques (XRD, XPS, SEM-EDX, ICP-OES) have confirmed these assumptions. An influence of basalt fabric reinforcement in one or more layers on the mechanical properties was determined with the meaning of the compressive and flexural strengths. The fibre/matrix adhesion and transition zone properties were studied using SEM-EDX and pull-out tests as well because they are crucial parameters for the composite material reinforcement efficiency.
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Optimization of kaoline flocculation process
Kurťák, Marek ; Švec, Jiří (referee) ; Šoukal, František (advisor)
The bachelor thesis deals with flocculation of Karlove Vary area kaolin raw materials, their sedimentation rate and correlation of the flocculation, and sedimentation properties with composition of a particular material. The research was composed of sedimentation rate monitoring, execution of COD test, and subjecting the materials emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma, ion chromatography and roentgen diffraction.
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Utilizazion possibilities of bricks grinding waste in alkali activated systems
Dzurov, Matej ; Kalina, Lukáš (referee) ; Šoukal, František (advisor)
The bachelor’s thesis deals with usage of brick grinding waste, arising from the grinding process of modern bricks, as a constituent of alkali activated binders. The aim of the thesis is to verify the properties of brick grinding waste and to test mechanical properties of mixtures with different proportions of brick grinding waste and ground-granulated blast furnace slag, activated by commonly available hydroxides and combinations of hydroxides and water glasses. Furthermore, the effects of temperature increase on properties of prepared test samples were investigated and formation of carbonate effluent was observed.
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Study on the possibilities of separation of chlorides from by-pass dust
Havelka, Jaroslav ; Šoukal, František (referee) ; Opravil, Tomáš (advisor)
The thesis deals with the study and the characterization of bypass dusts from the cement plants. The aim of the thesis is to search for the possibilities of the usage of that secondary product by means of the cement production. The thesis focuses mainly on the determination of the amount of soluble substances in the dusts, the dependence of dissolution of the soluble share on water – dust ratio, the dependence of dissolution time on the yield of the soluble share and the influence of the temperature on the yield. The physical and chemical properties of the investigated samples taken from several cement plants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia were found out by using the following methods: by TG/DTA analysis, particles size by laser diffraction, phase composition of raw materials, treated raw materials and evaporation residues by X-ray diffraction. It was further investigated whether there was a link between finesse of the particles and the content of soluble substances (chlorides). This was accomplished by classification of the bypass dusts as fine and coarse fraction on the air cassifier with the target parameter X50 1 m. The aim of the classification was to find out whether some of the fractions carry majority share of some of components.
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Increasing the whiteness of kaoline
Bartošík, Jan ; Ptáček, Petr (referee) ; Šoukal, František (advisor)
The thesis deals with the issue of increasing the whiteness index of kaolin raw material. The research was focused on floating the kaolin suspension and the subsequent processes related to increasing the whiteness index. Increasing the whiteness of the kaolin raw material took place on the basis of acid leaching. The eluents were based on sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, oxalic acid and sodium bisulfite. The leaching process was influenced by the temperature and concentration of the leaching agent. Floated and leached kaolin samples were characterized by several methods. The XRD method investigated the mineralogical composition and the kaolinite structure order. The distribution of chromogenic components was monitored by SEM-EDS. Residues of organic matter was determined by COD test and the concentration of chromogenic components in the extract was monitored by the ICP-OES method. Last but not least, the index of whiteness was measured, the increase of which is the aim of the diploma thesis, using a UV-VIS spectrometer with reflective extension.
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Application of fly ashes from fluid bed coal combustion within refractory materials
Kotrla, Jan ; Bartoníčková, Eva (referee) ; Šoukal, František (advisor)
The thesis deals with the possibility of utilization of fluid ash in refractory materials and its influence on resulting properties. This work studies the effect of bed and filter ash addition on properties of the droplet and resulting mechanical properties, bulk density, shrinkage and firing temperature of stove fireclay. The subject of this thesis is also reduction of SO2 emissions evolved burning of fireclay containing fluid ash rich of anhydrite. Emissions of SO2 were observed by TG-TDA-EGA method. Characterization of prepared samples and study of heat treatment processes was based on XRD, TG-DTA-EGA, TDA, SEM–EDS, heating microscope and isothermal calorimetry.
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Reduction of hexavalent chromium in cement binders
Hrubý, Petr ; Šoukal, František (referee) ; Kalina, Lukáš (advisor)
The issue of hexavalent chromium contained in cement binders and the possibilities of its reduction are very current, due to the toxicity of Cr (VI) and constantly stricter regulations of the EU. The effort of achieving a cement binder with Cr (VI) concentration lower than 2 ppm and keeping this concentration unchanged during the long term storage is a frequently studied issue which needs to be solved. Requirements are put on the low cost for industrial use and without inducing changes of final properties of cement binders. A reducing agents based on iron (II) sulphate monohydrate potentially combined with some additives were studied in this study. The efficiency of reducing agents was analysed by commonly used UV-VIS spectrophotometry technique which uses 1,5-diphenylcarbazide as an indicator. The influence of added reducing agent on the mechanical properties was noticed by compressive strength test.
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