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The Use of Alternative Sources in the Building Industry
Dvořák, Jakub ; Vymazal, Tomáš (referee) ; Žižková, Nikol (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the use of waste as alternative raw materials in construction industry. The first part is dedicated to the historical development of waste management, to the valid legislation in the Czech Republic in 2017 and outlines the distribution of waste according to various criteria. The information about waste production and waste management is processed in the form of tables and graphs. The more extensive second part of the thesis uses theoretical knowledge in the field of waste management and on the base of the Waste Separation Catalog is composed a list of waste materials which can be used in construction industry. Further are described the possibilities of suitable waste utilization at production and also mentioned some particular construction products with their features.
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Biodegradable Waste: School Project for Lower Secondary School
Dvořáková, Kateřina ; Pavlasová, Lenka (advisor) ; Skýbová, Jana (referee)
The proper way to manage biological waste has only recently become a topic of discussion and the public still does not have enough information about it and does not have a comprehensive opinion. In order for bio-waste to be properly managed, knowledge of this topic and positive attitude towards it is necessary, in class this could be achieved by activating pupils through project based education. Teaching in projects is a great way to understand the issue, which can influence pupils' attitudes towards bio-waste management. The aim of this diploma thesis is to create a project on the topic of biodegradable waste, and then to find out how the knowledge and opinions of students about bio-waste have changed. The created project was verified at the lower secondary school, for which it is primarily intended. A total of 54 6th-year pupils was involved in this project. They were given a pretest before the start of the project, finding out the initial knowledge about bio-waste and their opinion on the classification of bio-waste. After the project, the pupils completed a posttest and by comparing the individual answers, it was determined whether and how the knowledge of the tested pupils and their attitude towards the topic changed. The answers of individual pupils in the pretest and posttest were evaluated...
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Bio-based composites from agricultural residues and other waste materials
Klímek, Petr
The main goal of the dissertation is to suggest several types of bio-based composites, notably particleboards, made from alternative materials (bio-waste, waste, plants´ residues) as an alternative to the currently produced wooden particleboards. The thesis provides a review and synthesis of the state-of-the-art literature. In the first part the literature is summarized and basic economical and ecological aspects of wood replacements for particleboards by using alternative materials are discussed. Further, mechanical properties data of suggested alternative particleboards are compiled, to give state-of-art insights in alternative particleboards developments. In the state-of-art, the compiled literature data are analysed through Ashby plots and give suggestions on what particleboards properties should be optimized. This evauationhave also proved that particleboards made from plants stalks, wood prunings and other wastes eg. waste tea leaves, peanut hulls, walnut shells could be economically viable alternative for the industry. The second part of this dissertation is concerned with designing and developing particleboards from the alternative resources available in Central Europe: (1) In total, 16 types of particleboards were produced from stalks coming from cup plants, Miscanthus, sunflower and topinambour. These particleboards are specified by standard mechanical tests and the effects of resin content and resin type were studied. Also chemical analysis were performed to determine the cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin contents. Structure of the Miscanthus particleboard were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (2) Particleboards were also made and evaluated with different wastes. Particleboard made from BSG (Brewer´s spent grain) were characterized by their mechanical properties, chemical comosition and microscopic structure (SEM). Further, polyethylene terephtalate (PET) waste was added to wooden particleboards. Here, in addition to mechanical properties also microscopic structure and bond failures were analysed using SEM, with air-plasma treated PET particles studied by chemiluminescence and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for their altered surface chemistry. The final section presents eight particleboard types made from recovered painted wood, as reclaimed from window frames. The effect of painted particles on the physical and mechanical properties were evaluated. With respect to possible applications the most important finding is that all particleboards from plants stalks fulfilled minimal requirements of class P1 in EN 312, which is for general purposes in dry conditions. Furthermore, a three-layer particleboard with spruce surface layers, and a core-layer made from cup-plant would provide a regular appearance of the panel surfaces. Particleboards having 10 % BSG also fulfilled the P1 requirements of EN 312. The particle-particle bonding was found to be a weak point in a entire internal bonding systém. To improve internal bonding experiments with plasma-treated beech wood particles bonded by PVAc was performed. Results have shown a significant improvment of internal bonding due to the plasma treatment. Consequently, the identical plasma treatment was applied to PET particles, which were mixed with wood in the particleboards. Bonding was here improved as well, with the IB higher compared to the untreated control. It was shown that plasma treatment has potential to compensate for declined IB of particleboards using alternative sources. In final part of this thesis, particleboards from reclaimed wood from painted window frames were produced. Results have shown that particleboards using painted-reclaimed wood as well as cleaned reclaimed wood deliver a performance comparable with regular wooden particleboards, as well as reduced thickness swelling.
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The Use of Alternative Sources in the Building Industry
Dvořák, Jakub ; Vymazal, Tomáš (referee) ; Žižková, Nikol (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the use of waste as alternative raw materials in construction industry. The first part is dedicated to the historical development of waste management, to the valid legislation in the Czech Republic in 2017 and outlines the distribution of waste according to various criteria. The information about waste production and waste management is processed in the form of tables and graphs. The more extensive second part of the thesis uses theoretical knowledge in the field of waste management and on the base of the Waste Separation Catalog is composed a list of waste materials which can be used in construction industry. Further are described the possibilities of suitable waste utilization at production and also mentioned some particular construction products with their features.
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