Table 5 Embodied energy for GPC and OPC.
From: Resilient and green structural potential of steel fiber reinforced geopolymer concrete
Ingredient of concrete | Cost Rs/kg | GPC | OPC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unit content kg/m3 | EE MJ/ m3 | ECO2e kgCo2e/m3 | Cost Rs/m3 | Cost/fc28 Rs/MPa | Unit content kg/m3 | EE MJ/ m3 | ECO2e kgCo2e/m3 | Cost Rs/m3 | Cost/fc28 Rs/MPa | ||
FA | 1 | 260 | 136 | 14 | 260 | 6.5 | – | – | – | – | – |
GGBS | 2 | 173.94 | 136 | 14 | 347.88 | 8.697 | – | – | – | – | |
SH | 29 | 23.4 | 475 | 44 | 678.6 | 16.97 | – | – | – | – | – |
SS | 20 | 161 | 252 | 57 | 3220 | 80.5 | – | – | – | – | – |
Cement | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 416 | 2499 | 328 | 2912 | 72.8 |
CA | 1.5 | 1043 | 424 | 10 | 1564.5 | 39.1125 | 1235 | 424 | 10 | 1852.5 | 46.3 |
M-Sand | 1.2 | 696 | 120 | 6 | 835.2 | 20.88 | 648 | 120 | 6 | 777.6 | 19.44 |
Steel fiber | 36 | 4.34 | 9 | 1.37 | 156.22 | 3.91 | 4.16 | 9 | 1.37 | 149.76 | 3.744 |
Water | 0.01 | – | – | – | – | – | 142 | 10 | – | 1.42 | 0.0355 |
DW | 1 | 41 | 45 | – | 41 | 1.025 | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | – | – | 1597 | 146.37 | 7103.42 | 177.59 | – | 3062 | 345.37 | 5693.28 | 142.32 |
