Impact of Industrial Application of Fast Carbonation of Recycled Concrete Aggregates

Abstract

Featured Application: The use of the accelerated carbonation process of recycled concrete aggregates to reduce the climate change impact of concrete and promote recycling. The purpose of the national FastCarb project was to investigate whether the carbonation process of recycled concrete aggregates (RCAs) can be accelerated and benefit from both a carbon footprint point of view and the recycling of these aggregates in concrete. This article presents a part of the results obtained within the project. Two industrial demonstrators were carried out, which allowed for carbonating RCA and manufacturing concrete and concrete objects containing these aggregates. A life cycle analysis showed the importance of transport distances in the results concerning climate change. The project finally shows an interest in the technique for recycled concrete sands.