ABSTRACT
Carbon dioxide sequestration is crucial so targets for limiting global warming can be achieved. That is why carbon sequestration constitutes one of the Grande Challenges of Engineering. Carbon capture and storage from the stream of concentrated CO2 at fossil fuel burning sites like power plants or steel plants is more efficient than geologic storage and thus less expensive than direct air capture. As a consequence it is important to study how CO2 generated by power plants and other facilities can be sequestrated in valuable products. This paper discloses results of an investigation concerning the mechanical performance and freeze-thaw resistance of fly ash/waste glass alkaline-based mortars with two additives and recycled aggregates exposed to accelerated carbon dioxide curing. Mechanical properties as well as water absorption, elastic modulus and drying shrinkage were studied on it. The results show that the mixtures with calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide concentration of 8M leads to the highest compressive strength (10 MPa) which is high enough for the production of masonry blocks. The results on freeze-thaw resistance show that mixtures based on. OPC have lower strength loss, than mixtures that are based on calcium hydroxide.
