Manufacture of fired clay bricks containing an industrial waste (bottom ash)

Bottom ash is an industrial waste produced by the combustion of coal in industrial plants. These wastes are still under discussion as an environmental issue because of the very restricted field of use. Therefore, numerous studies have been getting performed to reduce the amount of wastes and to reuse the current residues produced by the coal-powered plants. It is a known fact that, there are hopeful developments on usability of industrial wastes in construction technology. In this study, use of bottom ash-obtained at Bor Sugar Factory as by-product, Niğde-Turkey, which contains unburned carbon by about 20% in production of brick as an additive was investigated. The results showed that bottom ash could be used as an additive in producing bricks and this process was found to be a good alternative for recycling such wastes.