TY - CONF A1 - Brigzinsky, Maria A1 - Hünger, Klaus-Jürgen T1 - Durable Extruded and Self-Hardening Loam Bricks Based on Fly Ash from Lignite T2 - Proceedings, 23rd Czech Concrete Day 2016 N2 - The basis of the primary energy supply in the Czech Republic is mainly lignite combustion. Power plants are for example Chvaletice, Melnik, Pocerady, Porici, Prunerov, Ledvice, Tusimice, Tisova and Hodonin [1,2]. Accordingly, there is a large amount of fly ash with its latent hydraulic and puzzolanic properties, depending on the composition. In terms of sustainability, such industrial residues offer huge potential for conversation of resources and often connected with it, a CO2-reduction. Especially lime-rich fly ashes offer a variety of possibilities in the high quality production of self-hardening loam-bricks, having an improved durability. Different clays/loams were mixed with fly ashes (10 to 30 wt-%) and homogenized by addition of water. Out of these mixtures, samples were moulded in different dimensions by using an extruding press. After curing under different humidity conditions at room temperature, the samples were tested for their strength and their durability. The investigations showed, that the choice of the starting materials has significant impact to the workability and the development of the strength. Furthermore, there is an optimal amount for the ash in the recipes to prevent a rapid destruction by capillary water absorption. The modified clay bricks could make a decisive contribution to the improvement of weather resistance e.g. in tropical areas with sudden rain showers. KW - Waste materials KW - Fly ash KW - CO2-reduction KW - Resource conservation KW - Durability Y1 - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-UBICO/frontdoor/index/index/docId/21347 UR - https://www-docs.b-tu.de/fg-baustoffe/public/P37-Brigzinsky.pdf SN - 978-80-906097-6-1 ER -