Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks
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Abstract
This work focuses on the design of concrete for the construction of winemaking tanks, as well as coating behaviour and stability of the systems in wine immersion. More specifically, alternative laboratory concrete mixtures were investigated by replacing cement with natural pozzolan and using silicate aggregates and quartz sand as filler in order to obtain self-compacting concrete of strength class C 20/25. The optimal mixture was selected and further tests were carried out on the mechanical properties of permeability, durability and thermal conductivity. Three coatings and plain concrete were tested for their leachability of heavy metals in wine. The results show that the selected composition with 20% cement replacement by natural pozzolan has the desired workability and strength and is comparable to a reference concrete without natural pozzolan. The leachability tests show that heavy metals do not leach out upon contact with wine, but only calcium and potassium oxide, which can be easily addressed by coating or treating the surface of the concrete. Also, the optimum coating did not influence the pH of the wine.
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OpenAlex topics: Concrete and Cement Materials Research · Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance · Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
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Affiliations
Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Gerovassiliou Estate, 57500 Epanomi, Greece
Funding
the framework of the Operational Program “Central Macedonia” of the NSRF 2021–2027, Innovation Investment Plans · Greek State and the European Union · European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
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