Atıksu Arıtma Çamur Külünün Puzolanik Özelliklerinin Araştırılması: Multisiklon ve Torba Filtre Kül Örnekleri Üzerinde Bir Çalışma

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 938 - 948, 27.12.2025

Seda Kalkan , Nihan Engin , Seden Acun Özgünler , Nilhan Vural

Abstract

Sanayileşme ve kentleşmeye bağlı olarak artan atıklar, çevresel sürdürülebilirliği tehdit etmekte ve alternatif bertaraf yöntemlerini gerekli kılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, su arıtma çamurlarının yakılmasıyla elde edilen külün, yapı malzemelerinde puzolan olarak kullanılabilirliği araştırılmıştır. Çalışma kapsamında, Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Su ve Kanalizasyon İdaresi (BUSKİ) Doğu Atıksu Arıtma Tesisinden temin edilen Multisiklon ve Torba Filtre isimli iki farklı atık çamur külünün puzolanik özellikleri, TS 25 (2008) standardı doğrultusunda eğilme ve basınç dayanımı deneyleri yapılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışma sonucunda elde edilen verilerin, TS 25 (2008) standardındaki eğilme dayanımında 1 MPa ve basınç dayanımında 4 MPa sınır değerlerinin üzerinde çıkması, atık çamur külünün yapı malzemelerinde puzolan olarak kullanılabileceğini ve sürdürülebilir yapı malzemeleri için alternatif bir hammadde olarak değerlendirilme potansiyelinin olabileceğini göstermiştir.

Keywords

Atık çamur külü , puzolan , mekanik özellikler , XRF , dayanım

Investigation of the Pozzolanic Properties of Wastewater Treatment Sludge Ash: A Study on Multicyclone and Bag Filter Ash Samples

Abstract

Increasing waste owing to industrialization and urbanization threatens environmental sustainability and necessitates alternative disposal methods. In this study, the usability of ash obtained by the incineration of water treatment sludge as a pozzolan in construction materials was investigated. Within the scope of this study, the pozzolanic properties of two different waste sludge ashes, Multicyclone and Bag Filter, obtained from the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Water and Sewerage Administration (BUSKİ) East Wastewater Treatment Plant, were evaluated by performing flexural and compressive strength tests in accordance with the TS 25 (2008) standard. The fact that the data obtained in this study exceeded the limit values of 1 MPa for flexural strength and 4 MPa for compressive strength in the TS 25 (2008) standard showed that waste sludge ash can be used as a pozzolan in building materials and has the potential to be evaluated as an alternative raw material for sustainable building materials.

Keywords

Waste sludge ash , pozzolan , mechanic properties , XRF , strength

Ethical Statement

The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study. This work was supported by Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit of Karadeniz Technical University. Project number 16661.

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