Calcined Clay for Sustainable Concrete

19 June 2022

The conference topics include

  • Clay exploration and methods of clay characterization.
  • Clay processing - drying, grinding, calcining, storage.
  • Rheology, hydration, mechanical properties and durability: Portland calcined clay -limestone systems, Portland calcined clay systems and calcined clay - alkali systems.
  • Feasibility study for calcining clay on an industrial scale.
  • Life cycle analysis, economics and environmental impact of using calcined clays in cement and concrete.
  • Field applications, clay in general construction
    Calcined clay - new mixtures

Aktuelles

Panoramabar for the State Garden Show

The Practical Applicability of Calcined Clays—From the Clay Pit to the Final Structure—Using the Panoramabar at the 2028 State Garden Show in Neustadt an der Weinstraße as an Example

State Legislators from Bündnis 90/Die Grünen visit IWB

State legislators from Alliance 90/The Greens visit the IWB to learn about current research projects

Materials and Structures: The Most Downloaded Article in 2022

The article "Clay calcination technology: state-of-the-art review by the RILEM TC 282-CCL" Mater Struct (2022) 55:3 is the most downloaded article in 2022 in Material and Structures.

New office and laboratory

BetonTage Ulm

Timo Haller reports on the results of a research project. The title of his presentation is: "Mechanically and thermally optimized building envelope made of no-fines lightweight concrete".

Presentation at the ACI conference in Milan

Ricarda Sposito will present "Feasibility study on PCE based superplasticizers in calcined clay blended cements with focus on the type of phyllosilicate"