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Environmental Impact and Sustainability of Calcium Aluminate Cements

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  • John F. Zapata

    (Faculty of Engineering, Institución Universitaria de Envigado, Envigado 055422, Colombia)

  • Afonso Azevedo

    (Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, State University of the Northern Rio de Janeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes 28013-602, Brazil)

  • Carlos Fontes

    (Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes 28013-602, Brazil)

  • Sergio Neves Monteiro

    (Department of Materials Science, Military Institute of Engineering—IME, Praça General Tibúrcio 80, Urca, Rio de Janeiro 22290-270, Brazil)

  • Henry A. Colorado

    (Composites Laboratory, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Medellín 050010, Colombia
    Current address: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia, Bloque 20, Calle 67 No. 53–108, Medellín 050010, Colombia.)

Abstract

This investigation presents a critical analysis of calcium aluminate cements (CAC), specifically associated with sustainability and environmental impact, and the potential of these cements to help solve certain worldwide problems. Areas of research include cements as recycling holding materials, sustainability, circular economy, production costs, and energy. This investigation summarizes the current trends, perspectives, and the main concerns regarding CAC. Detailed information about the materials and processes involved in CAC is also presented. First, a general search was made using the Carrot2 Workbench metasearch engine to identify possible thematic groups correlated with CAC, then a more in-depth and specialized search was done using the Scopus database. The results revealed that these materials have a lot of potential to help solve problems in the circular economy and suggest several exciting areas for conducting future research.

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  • John F. Zapata & Afonso Azevedo & Carlos Fontes & Sergio Neves Monteiro & Henry A. Colorado, 2022. "Environmental Impact and Sustainability of Calcium Aluminate Cements," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-17, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:5:p:2751-:d:759296
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    1. Erans, María & Jeremias, Michal & Zheng, Liya & Yao, Joseph G. & Blamey, John & Manovic, Vasilije & Fennell, Paul S. & Anthony, Edward J., 2018. "Pilot testing of enhanced sorbents for calcium looping with cement production," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 225(C), pages 392-401.
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    1. Guilliana Agudelo & Carlos A. Palacio & Sergio Neves Monteiro & Henry A. Colorado, 2022. "Foundry Sand Waste and Residual Aggregate Evaluated as Pozzolans for Concrete," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-25, July.
    2. Hairuo Wang & Yexin Liu & Junxue Zhang & He Zhang & Li Huang & Dan Xu & Chunxia Zhang, 2022. "Sustainability Investigation in the Building Cement Production System Based on the LCA-Emergy Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-22, December.
    3. Henry A. Colorado & Andrea Muñoz & Sergio Neves Monteiro, 2022. "Circular Economy of Construction and Demolition Waste: A Case Study of Colombia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-18, June.

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