Experimental Study of Manufacturing of Cement Concrete Pavement Tiles by Partial Replacement of Cement with Bagasse Ash

Ordinary Portland cement is recognized as a major construction material throughout the world. A huge shortage is created in most of the construction materials especially cement, resulting in steady increase of price. Moreover cement industry creating environmental problem by emission of CO2 during manufacturing of cement. There are lots of environmental impacts of cement on our ecology. With increasing demand and consumption of cement, researchers and scientist are in search of developing alternate binders that are ecofriendly and contribute towards waste management. The utilization of industrial and agricultural waste produced by industrial processes has been the focus of waste reduction research for economical, environmental, and technical reasons. One of the agro waste sugar cane bagasse ash (SCBA) which is a fibrous waste product obtained from sugar mills as byproduct. Sugar-cane bagasse is a fibrous waste-product of the sugar refining industry, along with ethanol vapour. On the other side Sugar cane bagasse ash generated in sugar mill creating environment issue as most of the part is used as a land fill. Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) is partially replaced with finely sugarcane bagasse ash. It mainly contains aluminum ion and silica. Sugarcane Bagasse Ash was obtained by burning of Sugarcane at 600 to 800 degree Centigrade and the Bagasse Ash were then ground until the particles passing the 150 micron. This waste, utilization would not only be economical, but may also result in foreign exchange earnings and environmental pollution control as industrial wastes, such as blast furnace slag, fly ash and silica fume are being used as supplementary cementing materials (SCMs). In this, Bagasse ash has been chemically and physically characterized, and partially replaced in the ratio of 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% by weight of cement were prepared for M30 grade Concrete pavement tiles. The tests to be conducted on tiles like such as compression strength, water absorption and abrasion.