Mellado Romero, Ana María; Catalan, C; Bouzón, N.; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014)
[EN] CO2 emissions associated with geopolymeric mortar prepared using spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst (FCC) were compared to those calculated for plain ordinary Portland cement (OPC) mortar. Commercial waterglass ...
Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Velazquez Rodriguez, Sergio(Elsevier, 2013-05)
Fluid catalytic cracking catalyst residue (FC3R) is a waste material that can be used as a Portland cement replacement in pastes, mortars, and concrete. The flow table results show that FC3R is a water demanding addition; ...
Mas, María A.; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Reig Cerdá, Lucía; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria(Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing), 2016-04)
The pozzolanic reactivity of real ceramic waste from different tile manufacturing companies was evaluated and its suitability as a partial Portland cement replacement was analysed. The raw material was finely ground and ...
Sierra, Oscar M.; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Soriano Martinez, Lourdes; Quiñonez, Javier(MDPI AG, 2022-11)
[EN] The possibility of using pozzolanic materials as a partial substitute for Portland cement (PC) to develop mortars and concretes promotes environmental and economic benefits. The present paper includes an in-depth ...
Reig, L.; Sanz, M.A.; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Soriano Martínez, Lourdes; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] The present work investigated alkali-activated mortars with high ceramic waste contents. Tile ceramic waste (TCW) was used as both a recycled aggregate (TCWA) and a precursor (TCWP) to obtain a binding matrix by the ...
Viera, Paulina; Pachala, Jose; Rosero, Hernan; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Caiza, Pablo(Medwell, 2019)
[EN] This study begins by describing how our team chose an area in the Ecuadorian Andean Region where a prototype single-family home using load bearing straw-bale-walls could be successfully built. The criteria used in ...
Fernández Iglesias, María Esther; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Soriano Martínez, Lourdes; Mellado Romero, Ana María; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017)
[EN] The degradation of synthetic fibers derived from postconsumer wastes and used in fiber-reinforced cement mortars was studied.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene postconsumer bottles were ...
Font-Pérez, Alba; Soriano Martinez, Lourdes; Pinheiro, Sayonara Maria de Moraes; Tashima, Mauro M.; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan(Elsevier, 2020-01-10)
[EN] Alkali-activated cements (AACs) technology is being widely investigated as a replacement for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) for environmental benefits. Blast furnace slag (BFS) is one of the most well known precursors ...
Lalinde, Luis Felipe; Mellado Romero, Ana María; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan(MDPI AG, 2022-04)
[EN] Glass fiber reinforced cement (GRC) is an excellent composite for architects and engineers because it can be molded to produce laminar panels or to create complicated designs. GRC is a fine concrete reinforced with ...
Eiras Fernández, Jesús Nuño(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-11-15)
Este trabajo estudia la influencia que ejercen en la durabilidad de morteros GRC, tanto el tratamiento previo al amasado de impregnación de las fibras con una lechada de ceniza volante molida, como la sustitución de cemento ...
Rodríguez Martínez, Erich David(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-10-05)
La presente tesis evalúa la efectividad de diferentes materiales activos basados en SIO2 para su utilización como materiales suplementarios en sistemas tradicionales de cemento Portland o como fuente adicional de sílice ...
Eiras Fernández, Jesús Nuño; Kundu, Tribikram; Popovics, John Sandor; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan(Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2016)
[EN] Carbonation causes a physicochemical alteration of cement-based materials, leading to a decrease of porosity and an increase of material hardness and strength. However, carbonation will decrease the pH of the internal ...
Mitsuuchi Tashima, Mauro; Soriano Martínez, Lourdes; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2013-04)
The aim of this paper is to study the influence of curing time on the microstructure and mechanical strength development of alkali activated binders based on vitreous calcium aluminosilicate (VCAS). Mechanical strength of ...
Rodriguez Martinez, Erich David; Bernal, Susan A.; Provis, John L.; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria(Elsevier, 2013-01)
This paper assesses the effect of the use of an alternative activator based on nanosilica/MOH (M = K+ or Na+) blended solutions on the performance of alkali-activated fly ash binders. Binders produced with commercial ...
[EN] This paper explored the effect of sewage sludge ash (SSA) on the mechanical and microstructural properties of geopolymers based on metakaolin (MK) involving two different SiO2/Na2O molar ratios (0.8 and 1.6), two ...
Soriano Martínez, Lourdes; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Bonilla Salvador, María Mercedes; Tashima, Mauro M.; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria(Elsevier, 2013-09)
The aim of this paper is to study hydration processes in cement pastes and mortars, blended with either metakaolin (MK) or a catalyst used in catalytic cracking (FCC), and cured at low temperature. The amounts of hydrates ...
Martínez Velandia, Diego Alfonso; Paya Bernabeu, Jorge Juan; Monzó Balbuena, José Mª; Borrachero Rosado, María Victoria(Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing), 2011)
Currently, the use of silica fume for the production of mortars and high-performance concrete is of great importance
to the construction materials sector. Different applications of silica fume have generated extensive ...
[EN] Alkali-activated materials (AAM) comprise one of the solutions to diminish the use of Portland cement in building construction and, consequently, a reduction in the environmental problems related to CO2 emissions and ...
Rodríguez Martínez, Erich David(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-12-02)
Se evaluó el comportamiento mecánico y características microestructurales de morteros geopoliméricos, obtenidos con una ceniza volante. Se determinaron condiciones óptimas de diseño, tales como contenido de agua, sílice y ...