Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
Vol. 15, No. 4 (2020) 2361 - 2378
© School of Engineering, Taylor’s University
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FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PALM BOILER ASH
AS CEMENT AND SAND REPLACEMENT IN CONCRETE
AZMI ROSLAN
1,
*, MOHAMED KHATIF TAWAF MOHAMED YUSOF
2
,
SITI SHAHIDAH SHARIPUDIN
2
, ZENO MICHAEL
3
,
ILYA IZYAN SHARUL AZHAR
3
1
Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA,
Pasir Gudang Campus, Jalan Purnama, Bandar Seri Alam, 81750, Masai, Johor, Malaysia
2
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA,
Pasir Gudang Campus, Jalan Purnama, Bandar Seri Alam, 81750, Masai, Johor, Malaysia
3
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA,
Pasir Gudang Campus, Jalan Purnama, Bandar Seri Alam, 81750, Masai, Johor, Malaysia
*Corresponding Author: azmiroslan@uitm.edu.my
Abstract
In this paper study the properties of Palm Boiler Ash (POBA) as sand and cement
replacement in concrete and identify optimum level of replacement. Besides that,
pozzolanic activity of the POBA to OPC also has been assessed. Samples were
tested to measure its compressive strength, ultra-pulse velocity (UPV), and
thermal conductivity of blended concrete. Three replacement level of sand and
cement has been employed which are 5%, 10%, and 15%. It is found that,
increased in the POBA replacement level in the cement mixture will linearly
reduce the compressive strength of concrete mixture. From perspectives of
pozzolanic activity, it is increases as amount of POBA replacement increases.
For UPV values, it is decreases as POBA replacement increases. Among those
three percentage of sand and cement replacement, 5% POBA replacement is the
most optimum quantity of the POBA replacement in the concrete as it shows a
high compressive strength when tested for compression strength, good quality of
concrete grade and thermal conductivity of 1.54 W/m.K.
Keywords: Cement replacement, Concrete, Palm oil boiler ash (POBA), Sand
replacement.