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SpaceNut

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Re: Thermal Energy Storage

Here is another brick Energy-smart bricks keep waste out of landfill

make bricks with a minimum of 15% waste glass and 20% combusted solid waste (ash), as substitutes for clay.

More information: Yuecheng Xin et al, Utilizing rejected contaminants from the paper recycling process in fired clay brick production, Construction and Building Materials (2023).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.134031

Yuecheng Xin et al, Energy efficiency of waste reformed fired clay bricks-from manufacturing to post application, Energy (2023).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.128755

Yuecheng Xin et al, A Viable Solution for Industrial Waste Ash: Recycling in Fired Clay Bricks, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering (2023).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-15165

Yuecheng Xin et al, Transformation of waste-contaminated glass dust in sustainable fired clay bricks, Case Studies in Construction Materials (2022).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e01717