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Adobe bricks reinforced with paper & pulp wastes improving thermal and mechanical properties
Muñoz, Pedro; Letelier, Viviana; Muñoz, Luis; Bustamante, M. A. (Construction and Building Materials, 09/2020)Soil-based building material has been used since ancient times but lately it has been mainly considered for restoration purposes of traditional architecture instead of an eco-friendly construction material for new buildings. ... -
Assessing technological properties and environmental impact of fired bricks made by partially adding bottom ash from an industrial approach
Muñoz, Pedro; Letelier, Viviana; Muñoz, Luis; Gencel, Osman; Sutcu, Mucahit; Vasić, Milica Vidak (Construction and Building Materials, 2023)Over the past few decades, the fired clay brick industry has searched for industrial wastes to substitute raw clay deposits and lessen their impact on the environment. Despite several investigations showing positive results, ... -
Assessment of anaerobic digestion of food waste at psychrophilic conditions and effluent post-treatment by microalgae cultivation
Muñoz, Pedro ; Cordero, Cecilia; Tapia, Ximena; Muñoz, Luis ; Candia, Oscar (Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 12/2019)Anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste (FW) has become of great interest in recent years due to the high organic removal rates and positive net energy balance. However, two key issues should be highlighted. On the one hand, ... -
Assessment of economical biogas production from chilean municipal solid waste in a decentralized off-grid strategy
Muñoz, Pedro ; Muñoz, Luis ; Cordero, C; Bibire, L; Morales, M P (Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2018)The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of biggest challenges that developing countries are currently facing. Despite several environmental friendly alternatives being available, in Chile 90 % of MSW is ... -
Assessment of mechanical, thermal, mineral and physical properties of fired clay brick made by mixing kaolinitic red clay and paper pulp residues
Muñoz, Pedro ; Letelier, Viviana; Bustamante, M. A.; Marcos Ortega, José; Sepulveda, J. G. (Applied Clay Science, 15/11/2020)Among the largest producers of waste, the paper industry stands out due to its impact on human health and ecological balance. However, these residues may also contribute to a more environmental friendly brick industry, ... -
Assessment of technological performance of extruded earth block by adding bottom biomass ashes
Muñoz, Pedro ; Letelier, Viviana; Muñoz, Luis ; Zamora, D. (Journal of building engineering, 2021)The search for more sustainable construction materials has led researchers to reconsider ancient techniques, such as earth-based construction materials (EBCMs). These have been lately highlighted as a feasible way of ... -
Choosing the Most Suitable Antiseismic Device Technology for High-Rise Buildings, by Considering the Mechanical Response and Environmental Impact
Dominguez, D.; Muñoz, Pedro; Muñoz, Luis (International Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023)In recent years, several earthquakes have drawn the attention of researchers to the effectiveness of antiseismic devices (AD) and structural designs. These elements certainly influence building safety, but they also impact ... -
Effects of expanded vermiculite on the properties of fired bricks from water treatment sludge
Gencel, Osman; Kizinievic, Olga; Sutcu, Mucahit; Erdogmus, Ertugrul; Muñoz, Pedro (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)In the present study, the suitability of using water treatment sludge (WTS) as the main raw material and expanded vermiculite (EV) as aggregate in the production of fired bricks was investigated. Mixtures containing between ... -
Evaluation of mortars with combined use of fine recycled aggregates and waste crumb rubber
Letelier, Viviana; Bustamante, Marion; Muñoz, Pedro ; Rivas, Sebastian; Ortega, Jose Marcos (Journal of building engineering, 2021)The use of secondary materials from waste or debris is a strategy that has been considered a starting point for the successful transition to the circular economy model. Globally, waste from concrete debris like disused ... -
Feasibility of using paper pulp residues into fired clay bricks
Muñoz, Pedro ; Letelier, Viviana; Zamora, D.; Morales, M P (Journal of Cleaner Production, 07/2020)In accordance with global estimations, approx. 15 million tons of residues are yearly generated from paper and pulp industry, which are traditionally used as biofuels or just disposed in landfills. However, residues ... -
Fired clay bricks made by adding wastes: Assessment of the impact on physical, mechanical and thermal properties
Muñoz, Pedro; Morales, M P ; Letelier, Viviana; Mendivil, M A (Construction and Building Materials, 10/2016)The addition of residues into clay matrix has been widely reported and reviewed during last decade. The heterogeneity of wastes and the lack of detailed information make difficult to provide an overall framework for comparing ... -
Grapevine Shoots for Improving Thermal Properties of Structural Fired Clay Bricks: New Method of Agricultural-Waste Valorization
Mendivil, M A; Muñoz, Pedro; Morales, M P ; Letelier, Viviana; Juárez, M C (Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 08/2017)For decades the construction industry has been focused on developing new materials for minimizing environmental impact and improving the building insulation envelope. The use of certain wastes as additives for construction ... -
Impact of using lightweight eco-bricks as enclosures for individual houses of one story on zones of high seismicity
Domínguez, David; Muñoz, Pedro; Muñoz, Luis (Materiales de Construcción, 2017)Fired clay bricks are widely developed by focusing on the use of several wastes with the aim of obtaining lightweight materials. Despite research having provided positives experiences, most of these showed an important ... -
Implications of life cycle energy assessment of a new school building, regarding the nearly zero Energy Buildings targets in EU: A case of study
Muñoz, Pedro; Morales, M P ; Letelier, Viviana; Muñoz, Luis ; Mora, Daniel (Sustainable Cities and Society, 07/2017)Lately EU has promoted several policies with the aim of reducing buildings energy impact. Despite such policies have successfully contributed to reduce residential buildings (RBs) energy consumption, non-residential buildings ... -
Influence of coal ashes on fired clay brick quality: Random forest regression and artificial neural networks modeling
Vasić, Milica Vidak; Jantunen, Heli; Mijatović, Nevenka; Nelo, Mikko; Muñoz, Pedro (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023)Finding a solution to the problem of the large buildup of coal ashes is a vital necessity. Although the use of coal ashes in fired clay bricks has been thoroughly investigated, there is insufficient information on their ... -
Influence of the type of lightweight clay brick on the equivalent thermal transmittance of different types of facades on buildings
Morales, M P ; Muñoz, Pedro; Juárez, M C; Mendivil, M A; Olasolo, P (Materiales de Construcción, 09/2016)This paper compares the equivalent thermal transmittances of different façades built using commercial clay bricks with three different thicknesses and façades made using the same method but with ceramic bricks with optimized ... -
Influence of Waste Brick Powder in the Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Letelier, Viviana; Marcos Ortega, José; Muñoz, Pedro ; Tarela, Ester; Moriconi, Giacomo (Sustainability, 04/2018)Brick and concrete are the main materials contributing to demolition and construction waste. Considering this precedent, the effects of using both residuals in medium strength concretes are analyzed. Waste brick powder is ... -
Isolation of native Clostridia for utilization of agroindustrial cherry waste into butanol
Cordero, Cecilia; Candia, Oscar; Tapia, Ximena; Muñoz, Pedro (International Journal of Energy Research, 11/03/2019)The use of butanol synthesized from organic waste has been widely studied, but the lack of native strains of Clostridium and the use of a synthetic medium for its growth remain important barriers to extend its use. In this ... -
Manufacturing of fired bricks derived from wastes: utilization of water treatment sludge and concrete demolition waste
Gencel, Osman; Kizinievic, Olga; Erdogmus, Ertugrul; Kizinievic, Viktor; Sutcu, Mucahit; Muñoz, Pedro (Archives of civil and mechanical engineering, 2022)The treatment of wastewater certainly contributes to reduce water pollution on environment, but it also generates large amounts of water treatment sludge (WTS) which must be further treated to reduce potential health risks ... -
Mechanical performance of eco-friendly concretes with volcanic powder and recycled concrete aggregates
Letelier, Viviana; Marcos Ortega, José; Tarela, Ester; Muñoz, Pedro ; Henríquez-Jara, Bastián I.; Moriconi, Giacomo (Sustainability, 09/2018)At present, reducing the environmental impact of the construction industry is a major subject of study. In terms of the use of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), most recently conducted studies have shown that the use of ...