Center for By-Products Utilization Testing and Evaluation of Concrete Using High- Carbon Fly Ash and Carbon Fibers
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This project consisted of performance testing and evaluation of concrete containing high-carbon fly ash and carbon fibers. One of the primary aims of this project was to further determine the effect of using high-carbon fly ash and carbon fibers on the electrical properties of concrete. This is a part of the continuing work performed initially by the UWM Center for By-Products Utilization (UWM-CBU) in 2000 and 2003. The intended uses of these conductive construction materials are in electrical grounding, or similar applications where conductive construction materials are needed. In electrical grounding applications, lowering the electrical resistance of bedding materials for grounding electrodes should result in reduced length, or entirely eliminate, the need for the grounding electrodes currently in use for protection of electrical equipment from lightning strikes. Many other potential applications exist for this type of conductive concrete. Fourteen different mixtures were specified by We Energies for testing of electrical properties. These mixtures consisted of:
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