Oil contaminated sand: an emerging and sustainable construction material
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Paper/Presentation Title | Oil contaminated sand: an emerging and sustainable construction material |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Abousnina, Rajab M. (Author), Manalo, Allan (Author), Lokuge, Weena (Author) and Shiau, Jim (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Procedia Engineering |
Journal Citation | 118, pp. 1119-1126 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1877-7058 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.453 |
Conference/Event | 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction |
Event Details | 2015 International Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering and Construction Event Date 10 to end of 13 May 2015 Event Location Chicago, United States |
Abstract | Crude oil spillage severely impacts the environment and affects the physical and chemical properties of the surrounding soil. Due to prohibitive cost of cleaning and disposing oil contaminated sand, mixing and stabilizing them with cement and using them in construction is now considered as an alternative and cheap remediation method. In this paper, the effect of o il contamination on the mechanical properties of sand and its concrete were reviewed . In addition, the results of the on-going research and development on the effects of light crude oil contamination on the properties of fine sand and the produced mortar are presented. For fine sand contaminated with light crude oil, it was found that the cohesion increased significantly up to 1% of oil contamination and then decreased with increasing percentage of crude oil while a slight reduction in frictional angle was observed with oil contamination. The highest compressive strength was obtained for mortar with 1% oil contamination and with only a 18% decrease in strength of mortar with 10% oil contamination compared to the uncontaminated samples. More importantly, the compressive strength of mortar with oil contaminated sand was found suitable for some engineering applications indicating their high potential and beneficial use as an emerging and sustainable material in building and construction. |
Keywords | crude oil, contamination, remediation, sustainable |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400502. Civil geotechnical engineering |
401102. Environmentally sustainable engineering | |
Byline Affiliations | School of Civil Engineering and Surveying |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3wv3/oil-contaminated-sand-an-emerging-and-sustainable-construction-material
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