The cement and concrete industry stand for approximately 8% of the global CO2 emissions. The demand of concrete and cement is expected to increase rapidly with the growing world population and increased urbanization. This makes it of the utmost importance for the industry to try to mitigate its emissions. One way to reduce the industry’s environmental impact is by mineral carbonation curing through which CO2 can be sequestered in the concrete. This investigation studied the CO2 uptake of wollastonite (CaSiO3) which can be used for mineral carbonation. The CO2 uptake of different brands of wollastonite powders for different temperatures, pressures and water to solid ratios were tested through carbonation, and the samples were then analyzed through XRD, SEM and particle size analysis. The results showed large differences in CO2 uptake between the brands of wollastonite powders. They also indicate that lower temperatures lead to higher CO2 uptake but also possibly slow down the reaction rate and that higher CO2 pressures seem to increase CO2 uptake though the effect is small. There was significant variation of the effects of the water to solid ratios on CO2 uptake between the tested brands. The morphology of the powders also seemed to be of little relevance as an amorphous and crystalline powder were the two best performing powders, similarly particle size is not indicated by the result to have a large effect on CO2 uptake, though further studies are required to fully determine the effect of the morphology and particle size. / Cement- och betongindustrin står för cirka 8% av de globala koldioxidutsläppen. Efterfrågan på betong och cement förväntas öka snabbt med den växande världsbefolkningen och ökad urbanisering. Detta tyder på hur viktigt det är för industrin att minska sina utsläpp. Ett sätt att minska industrins miljöpåverkan är genom härdning av betongen via mineral karbonatisering, en process som binder in koldioxid i betong. I detta arbete studerades koldioxidupptagningen av mineralen wollastonit (CaSiO3) som kan användas för mineral karbonatisering. Olika märken av wollastonitpulvers koldioxidupptag vid olika temperaturer, koldioxidtryck och vattenhalter testades genom karbonatisering och proverna analyserades därefter genom XRD-analys, SEM-analys och partikelstorleksanalys. Resultaten visade stora skillnader i koldioxidupptagning mellan varumärkena av wollastonitpulver. De visar även att lägre temperaturer leder till högre upptag av koldioxid, men att reaktionshastigheten potentiellt saktar ner vid låga temperaturer. Högre koldioxidtryck verkar öka koldioxidupptagningen men effekten är liten. Det fanns signifikant variation av effekterna av vattenhalterna på koldioxidupptagning mellan de testade varumärkena. Pulvrens morfologi verkade inte ha en stor effekt då ett av de två bäst presterande pulvren var amorft och det andra kristallint. På samma sett verkade partikelstorleken inte ha en stor påverkan på koldioxidupptaget men ytterligare studier krävs för att fullständigt kunna bestämma effekten av morfologin och partikelstorleken.

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In Sweden, there are about 64,000 shelters in different places in the country. There is a shortage of shelters, and they arenot enough for the entire country's population, but only about 7 million civilians can be accommodated. Shelters havebecome a highly topical topic lately, but the maintenance of these shelters is still neglected. Many of the existing sheltersneed to be renovated or modernized. This thesis has been carried out in collaboration with Ramboll AB in Uppsala withthe aim of developing possible proposals for future upgrades of a population shelter in Katarinaberget in Stockholm andstudying the construction and its associated problems. The work was based on the following questions; what damage isthere in the concrete structures? and what technical solutions are required to ensure the strength of the concrete structures?  The result of the work was based on the empirical material consisting of previously completed concrete inspections andtechnical documentations, as well as interviews with some experts in the subject. The results showed that there are severaldifferent types of concrete damage in Katarinaberget's population shelter. It also showed several repair methods to ensurethe construction, the method that is most suitable to use to fix the established concrete damage is the dry spraying method. / I Sverige finns cirka 64 000 skyddsrum på olika platser i landet. Det råder brist på skyddsrum och de räcker ej till hela landets befolkning, utan endast cirka 7 miljoner civila får plats. Skyddsrum har blivit ett högst aktuellt ämne på senaste, men underhållet av dessa skyddsrum är fortfarande eftersatt.  Många av de befintliga skyddsrummen behöver renoveras eller moderniseras. Detta examensarbete har utförts i samarbete med Ramboll AB i Uppsala med syftet att ta fram möjliga förslag för framtida uppgraderingar av ett befolkningsskyddsrum insprängt i Katarinaberget i Stockholm och studera konstruktionen samt dess tillhörande problem. Arbetet utgick från följande frågor; vilka skador finns det i betongkonstruktionerna? och vilka tekniska lösningar krävs för att säkerställa hållfastheten hos betongkonstruktionerna?  Resultatet av arbetet baserades på det empiriska materialet som utgörs av tidigare genomförda betongbesiktningar och tekniska dokumentationer, samt intervjuer med några experter inom ämnet. Resultatet visade att det finns flera olika typer av betongskador i Katarinabergets befolkningsskyddsrum. Det visade även flera reparationsmetoder för att säkerställa konstruktionen, den metoden som mest lämplig att använda för att åtgärda de fastställde betongskadorna är torrsprutnings metod.

Accelerated carbonation is a new CO2 storage method under development as a solution for climate change caused by anthropogenic activities. In accelerated carbonation an alkaline source such as minerals or industrial residues react with carbon dioxide in a presence of slightly acidic solution to produce stable solid carbonates. There are varieties of accelerated carbonation routes which differ in process condition.</p><p>The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the potential of a slurry route process and a wet route process for the carbonation of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag using the CO2 emitted by a conventional natural gas power plant.</p><p>For this purpose a life cycle assessment (LCA) study was performed based on principles and guidelines provided by ISO 14040:2006 and routines and data provided by the SimaPro v8 software package. The material and energy requirements for each of the steps involved in the carbonation process, i.e. pre-treatment of raw material, CO2 compression, transportation, carbonation step, after-treatment and landfill, were calculated and included in the LCA study.</p><p>The slurry and wet route resulted in net CO2 reduction of 87.4% and 72.3% respectively.  However, a positive contribution to other environmental issues was observed with the wet route leading to higher impact mainly due to high heating requirement. An exception was contribution of slurry route to abiotic resource depletion, which was higher for the slurry route due to high water requirement. A general conclusion was that the electricity consumption is the main cause of environmental issues. Sensitivity analyses showed that the environmental impacts are dependent on the transportation distance and electricity source, while no dependence was observed with respect to construction of the carbonation plant.

AbstractThis research suggests that carbonation of concrete can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and to limit the 1.5º C rise within the next years. The accelerated carbonation method is of particular interest within the industry. By harnessing industrial flue gases, the carbonation process can be further accelerated. This study aims to assess whether the use of industrial flue gases to accelerate the carbonation of concrete can be economically viable compared to purchasing emission rights.The study is conducted theoretically with a focus on accelerated carbonation in waste management, only investigating industrial flue gases to speed up the carbonation process. Accelerated carbonation, where carbon dioxide is bound in concrete through a faster process than the natural carbonation process.The work demonstrates that the climate conditions of concrete affect carbon dioxide absorption, with outdoor concrete absorbing more carbon dioxide than indoor concrete. Additionally, the study shows that smaller fraction sizes in concrete result in greater carbon dioxide uptake, with the fraction size of 0-4 mm having the highest uptake of 58 kg CO2/ 𝑚3 in an hour. Cost calculations suggest that accelerated carbonation can be a cost-effective method for reducing carbon dioxide emissions compared to other techniques such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU). A difference in investment costs of 9 billion Swedish Crowns was observed, including repairs and maintenance. / Valet av byggmaterial är avgörande för både kostnader och miljöpåverkan inom byggbranschen. Genom att välja rätt material kan branschen minska sin miljöpåverkan och främja hållbar utveckling. Betong, är ett återvinningsbart material med lång historia som ett byggnadsmaterial och dess mineraliska sammansättning gör det till ett bra alternativ på rätt plats.Forskningen tyder att karbonatisering av betong kan minska utsläppen av växthusgaser betydligt, och accelererad karbonatisering har särskilt intresse inom branschen. Genom att utnyttja industriella rökgaser kan karbonatiseringsprocessen påskyndas ytterligare. Denna studie syftar till att bedöma om användningen av industriella rökgaser för att accelerera karbonatisering av betong kan vara ekonomiskt lönsamt jämfört med att köpa utsläppsrätter.Studien genomförs teoretiskt med fokus på accelererad karbonatisering vid avfallshantering, den undersöker endast industriella rökgaser för att påskynda karbonatiseringsprocessen.Accelererad karbonatisering, där koldioxid binds i betong genom en snabbare process än den naturliga karbonatiseringsprocessen.Arbetet visar att betongens klimatförhållanden såsom fukt och temperatur påverkar koldioxidabsorptionen, med betong som är utsatt för utomhusklimat som absorberar mer koldioxid än inomhusbetong. Dessutom visar studien, att större exponerad specifika ytor, såsom finare partikelstorlekar, leder till snabbare koldioxidupptag. Fraktionsstorleken 0–4 mm som har det högsta upptaget på 58 kg CO2/𝑚3.Kostnadsberäkningar tyder på att accelererad karbonatisering kan vara en kostnadseffektiv metod för att minska koldioxidutsläpp jämfört med andra tekniker som CCS och CCU. När det gäller implementering är investeringskostnadern väsentligt lägre än för implementering av en CCS-anläggning. Resultatet visar en skillnad i investeringskostnader på 9 miljarder kronor observerades, inklusive reparation och underhåll.

Global CO2 emissions produced by energy-related processes, mainly power plants, have increased rapidly in recent decades; and are widely accepted as the dominant contributor to the greenhouse gas (GHG) effect and consequent climate changes. Among countermeasures against the emissions, CO2 capture and storage (CCS) is receiving much attention. Capture of CO2 is the core step of CCS as it contributes around 75% of the overall cost, and may increase the production costs of electricity by over 50%. The reduction in capture costs is one of the most challenging issues in application of CCS to the energy industry. Using limestone in CaO-looping cycles is a promising capture technology to provide a cost-effective separation process to remove CO2 content from power plants operations. Limestone has the advantage of being relatively abundant and cheap, and that has already been widely used as a sorbent for sulphur capture. However, this technology suffers from a critical challenge caused by the decay in the sorbent capture capacity during cyclic carbonation/calcination, which results in the need for more sorbent make-up; hence a reduction in cost efficiency of the technology. The performance of sorbent influenced by several operating and reaction conditions. Therefore, much research involves investigation of influencing factors and different methods to reduce the sorbent deactivation. Cont/d.

Les émissions anthropiques de dioxyde de carbone, gaz à effet de serre, sont considérées comme les principales causes du réchauffement climatique. Le captage du dioxyde de carbone par l’oxyde de calcium, qui s’avère être une masse de captage appropriée, au cours de plusieurs cycles de carbonatation/décarbonatation est une solution à la diminution des émissions industrielles. Néanmoins, la capacité de captage du dioxyde de carbone par l’oxyde de calcium diminue au cours des cycles, soulevant ainsi des problèmes économiques majeurs. Actuellement, cette perte d’efficacité de captage est largement étudiée contrairement à la réaction même de carbonatation de CaO d’un point de vue fondamental.Dans l’optique de mieux comprendre la réaction de carbonatation de CaO, une étude cinétique a été menée par le biais d’expériences de thermogravimétrie sur poudre. L’approche cinétique a été basée sur des tests de cinétiques hétérogènes fondés sur les hypothèses de l’état pseudo-stationnaire et de l’étape limitante. Les courbes cinétiques expérimentales obtenues en conditions isothermes (450-650°C) et isobares (2-30 kPa) ont montré un temps de latence lié au processus de germination de la nouvelle phase, ainsi qu’un fort ralentissement de la réaction à partir d’un certain degré d’avancement. Ce temps de latence et le degré d’avancement correspondant au frein cinétique dépendent de la température et de la pression partielle de CO2. Afin d’en expliquer l’origine, des caractérisations texturales et morphologiques ont été effectuées à différents degrés d’avancement. Les modifications observées à l’échelle des agrégats ont suggéré une limitation de la vitesse de réaction par des phénomènes de transport de matière, susceptibles de bloquer l’accès du gaz au cœur des agrégats. Les décrochements en température réalisées en thermogravimétrie ont mis en évidence un comportement cinétique complexe. Trois domaines ont pu être distingués au cours de la réaction, quelles que soient la température et la pression partielle de CO2. L’interprétation de ces résultats a souligné le rôle de la porosité et de son évolution sur la cinétique, ainsi qu’un effet anti-Arrhenius dans le deuxième domaine.La modélisation cinétique a dû faire intervenir à la fois un modèle proche de la réalité physique à l’échelle des grains denses, mais également les processus de transport de matière et de chaleurs au sein de l’agrégat, afin de rendre compte des courbes expérimentales et de quantifier l’impact des différents paramètres expérimentaux sur la vitesse de réaction. Ce couplage échelle de la population des grains-échelle de l’agrégat a été réalisé à l’aide d’un logiciel de cinétique hétérogène, CIN4, développé au département PRESSIC, en collaboration avec la société ASTEK. Les simulations obtenues ont permis de décrire la réaction jusqu’au freinage cinétique. / Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, major contributors to the greenhouse effect, are considered as the main cause of global warming. So, decrease of CO2 emitted by large industrial combustion sources or power plants, is an important scientific goal. One of the approaches is based on CO2 separation and capture from flue gas, followed by sequestration in a wide range of geological formations. In this aim, CO2 is captured by sorbents like calcium oxide (CaO) in multi-cycle process of carbonation/decarbonation. However, it was shown that the most important limitations of such process are related to the reversibility of reaction. CaO rapidly loses activity towards CO2, so the maximum extent of carbonation decreases as long as the number of cycles increases. In order to well understand the processes and parameters influencing the capture capacity of CaO-based sorbents, it appears important to get details on the kinetic law governing the reaction, which have not been really studied up to now. To investigate this reaction, CaO carbonation kinetics was followed by means of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) on divided materials. Special care was given to the validation of the usual kinetic assumptions such as steady state and rate-determining step assumptions. The aim was to obtain a model describing the reaction in order to explain the influence of intensive variables such as carbonation temperature and CO2 partial pressure. TGA curves obtained under isothermal and isobaric conditions showed an induction period linked to the nucleation process and a strong slowing down of the reaction rate once a given fractional conversion was reached. Both phenomena were observed to depend on carbonation temperature and CO2 partial pressure. To explain these results, the evolution of texture and microstructure of the solid during the reaction was regarded as essential. Reaction at the grain scale induces a volume increase from CaO to CaCO3 which causes a change in the porosity characteristics at the aggregates scale, which could block the access of the gas to the core of aggregates. Temperature jumps during TGA experiments have put in evidence a complex kinetic behavior since three distinct domains must be distinguished, over all the conversion range, whatever the temperature and CO2 pressure could be. The discussion of the results emphasizes the role of the porosity on the kinetic anti-Arrhenius behavior observed in the second domain. So carbonation reaction can be described by a two scales model: at a nonporous grain scale for the chemical reaction and at the aggregate scale, for the CO2 intergranular diffusion. The kinetic modeling, thanks to the software CIN4 (developed in collaboration with Astek), is able to couple both modeling scales in order to explain the kinetic slowing down and the influence of temperature and CO2 partial pressure on the reaction rate.

Les travaux menés dans cette Thèse ont consisté à développer un pilote expérimental prouvant la faisabilité de la capture de CO2 par boucle chimique calcium en utilisant des chaudières du type Lit Fluidisé Circulant. Ceux-ci ont été conduits en deux phases: une phase expérimentale à l'échelle du laboratoire avec l'interprétation théorique des résultats et une phase expérimentale à l'échelle du pilote dans le but de valider le procédé. Les résultats expérimentaux à 1'échelle du laboratoire ont permis de montrer que le frittage de CaOest la cause de la décroissance du taux de carbonatation au cours des cycles successifs calcination/carbonatation. La vitesse de frittage étant accélérée par la présence de CO2 pendant la phase de calcination. Les analyses menées sur les échantillons calcinés ont révélé l'apparition d'une structure de micrograin à l'intérieur des grains initiaux de carbonate. Les micrograins de CaO non frittés sont le siège de la réaction de carbonatation.Un procédé de capture de CO2 par boucle chimique calcium a été conçu et réalisé. Il se compose de deux lits fluidisés circulants, un réacteur de carbonatation assurant la capture du CO2 et un réacteur de calcination permettant la régénération de la chaux. Ces deux lits fluidisés circulants sont couplés de façon à permettre un fonctionnement continu du procédé de capture de CO2. Malgré le faible rendement de capture obtenu à l'échelle de ce pilote (entre 18 à 23%), ces résultats apparaissent encourageants pour le développement de cette technologie, compte tenu du fait que beaucoup de facteurs limitant le rendement de capture disparaissent avec le changement d'échelle. / The works led in this Thesis consisted in developing an experimental pilot proving CO2 capture feasibility by calcium chemical looping using Circulating Fluidised Bed as boilers. These were undertaken in two step: At the laboratory scale with theoretical interpretation of the experimental results and at the pilot scale in the aim to validate the process.The experimental results on the scale of the laboratory allowed to show that the sintering of CaO bring about the decreasing of the carbonation rate during calcination/carbonation cycles. The sintering velocity are accelerated by CO2 during the calcinations step. The analysis of the calcined samples showed a micrograins structure inside the initial carbonate grains The not sintered CaO micrograins are the location of the carbonation reaction.A process of CO2 capture by calcium chemical looping was designed and built. It was made by two circulating fluidized beds, a carbonator where the CO2 capture were performed and the calcinator allowing the lime regeneration. These two circulating fluidized beds are coupled allowing a continuous CO2 capture.In spite of the low capture efficiency obtained on the scale of this pilot (from 18 to 23 %), these results seem encouraging for the development of this technology, considering the fact that many limiting factors of the capture efficiency disappear with the change of scale.

A corrosão de armaduras é uma das causas mais comuns de degradação mecânica em estruturas em concreto armado. Esse processo leva à redução da vida útil e, consequentemente, a prejuízos econômicos. Desse modo, o presente trabalho visa contribuir com a análise dos fenômenos associados à degradação mecânica do concreto armado sujeito a processos corrosivos devido à carbonatação e à ação de cloretos. Para tal finalidade, modelos analíticos baseados na segunda lei de Fick são usados para quantificar a difusão de CO2 e de íons cloreto no concreto, os quais permitem determinar o tempo de início da corrosão. A degradação mecânica de estruturas em concreto armado é considerada por meio de um modelo em dano concentrado que contempla perda da rigidez, redução da área de aço e da tensão de escoamento de armaduras devido ao processo corrosivo. A formulação de dano concentrado foi modificada de forma a incluir uma variável de estado de corrosão e uma lei de evolução da corrosão, baseada em equações semi-empíricas disponíveis na literatura. Essas equações determinam a redução no diâmetro das armaduras e a perda da capacidade resistente do aço. O problema da corrosão é formulado como um processo estocástico sendo resolvido por meio do método de simulação de Monte Carlo para dois exemplos: uma viga isostática e um pórtico plano com grau de hiperestaticidade igual a três. A formulação da equação de estado limite é baseada em um valor de dano aceitável. Curvas de probabilidade de início da corrosão e de probabilidade de falha da estrutura são obtidas ao longo de 50 anos. No caso da estrutura hiperestática, o caminho mais provável de falha, também chamado de caminho crítico, é determinado. Observa-se que o processo corrosivo provoca mudanças no caminho crítico, e portanto, deve ser considerado nas análises de reparo estrutural. Mapas de dano e de probabilidade de falha foram desenvolvidos para mostrar as mudanças no comportamento estrutural devido à corrosão. / The reinforcement\'s corrosion is one of the most common causes of mechanical degradation in reinforced concrete structures. This process leads to the reduction of the service life and, consequently, economic loss. Thereby, this study aims to contribute with the analysis of the phenomena associated to the mechanical degradation of reinforced concrete, due to the carbonation and the chloride ions. For this purpose, analytical models based on second Fick\'s law are used to quantify CO2 and chloride ions diffusion, which enables to determine the corrosion time initiation. The mechanical degradation of reinforced concrete structures is modeles by the lumped damage model which accounts for stiffness loss, reinforcement mass loss and yield stress reduction due to the corrosive process. The lumped damage formulation was modified to include the state corrosion variable and the corrosion evolution law based on semi-empirical equations available in the literature. These equations determine the reinforcement\'s diameter reduction and the loss of resistant capacity of the reinforcement\'s bar. The corrosion problem is formulated as a stochastic process and solved by the Monte Carlo simulation for two examples: an isostatic beam and a hyperstatic frame. The limit state functions are based on the acceptable damage value. Curves of probability of corrosion initiation and probability of failure are obtained over a range of 50 years. In the hyperstatic case, the most probable failure path, also named the critical path, is determined. It is observed that the corrosive process causes changes on the critical path and, therefore, it must be accounted on structural repair analysis. Damage and probability of failure maps were developed to show the changes on the structural behavior due to the corrosion.