CA2237655C - Dispersion of plant pulp in concrete and use thereof - Google Patents
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- C04—CEMENTS; CONCRETE; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CERAMICS; REFRACTORIES
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Abstract
The wet pulp derived from wood, plants or waste paper is dried to a relative ly low density with limited bonding developed between fibers. The resulting dri ed pulp is conveniently broken up, using limited mechanical energy and without substantially damaging the fibers, into individual fibers for use as reinforcement in cement-based materials.
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D;s~,e. ~ion of Plant Pulp in Concrete and Use Thereof 4 Cross-Ref~.Gnces to ~l~tff~ Al ~ Q -None.
6 St~t~ nt as to Rights to Inventions Made Under Federally-Spo~ - r~
7 and Development 8 None.
g Rs~ I of the ~ ..lion 10 Field of t*e Invention 11 The invention relates to plant and wood pulp fibers and cement-based ms~t~ri~
12 and especially to the processing of plant and wood pulp fibers for the rc;~ of 3 cement-based materials.
14 Des,-, .~lion of the Prior Art Pulp fibers derived by ~"cr~ ;c~l thermo-l--ecl-A-~;c~l and ~ 1 methods, or 16 co.llb;-.aLions thereof, from dil~el ~,.-l wood species and plants offer PYr.ell~nt 17 characteristics for the rc;l~r~lllt;-ll of cement-based materials. These chara~ isLics 8 include:
19 (1) Wood and piant pulp fibers provide c~uiv~l~,.-L cross S~l;o-~ mt'ters of about 1-100 microns, and iengths of about 0.2-10 nun. Equivalent ~ t~ l here refers to the 21 ~ nn~ter of a circle which provides the same croSS-sectiOrl~l area as the fiber. The fine 22 ~i~m~t~.r of such fibers incleascs their surface area and the number of fibers per unit 23 weight. For t ';~ kg of soLLIl~-l- pine kraft pulp fibers provides close to 1.8 SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RU~E 2~
billion fibers with total surface area of ap~. o~ ely 250 million mm2; plant and wood
6 St~t~ nt as to Rights to Inventions Made Under Federally-Spo~ - r~
7 and Development 8 None.
g Rs~ I of the ~ ..lion 10 Field of t*e Invention 11 The invention relates to plant and wood pulp fibers and cement-based ms~t~ri~
12 and especially to the processing of plant and wood pulp fibers for the rc;~ of 3 cement-based materials.
14 Des,-, .~lion of the Prior Art Pulp fibers derived by ~"cr~ ;c~l thermo-l--ecl-A-~;c~l and ~ 1 methods, or 16 co.llb;-.aLions thereof, from dil~el ~,.-l wood species and plants offer PYr.ell~nt 17 characteristics for the rc;l~r~lllt;-ll of cement-based materials. These chara~ isLics 8 include:
19 (1) Wood and piant pulp fibers provide c~uiv~l~,.-L cross S~l;o-~ mt'ters of about 1-100 microns, and iengths of about 0.2-10 nun. Equivalent ~ t~ l here refers to the 21 ~ nn~ter of a circle which provides the same croSS-sectiOrl~l area as the fiber. The fine 22 ~i~m~t~.r of such fibers incleascs their surface area and the number of fibers per unit 23 weight. For t ';~ kg of soLLIl~-l- pine kraft pulp fibers provides close to 1.8 SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RU~E 2~
billion fibers with total surface area of ap~. o~ ely 250 million mm2; plant and wood
2 pulp fibers thus provide a close fiber spacing and a high fiber surface area per unit
3 weight ~qd~ition to cement-based materials. These characteristics benefit the action of
4 plant and wood pulp fibers as ~t;il~ulcen~ in cement-based matrices. Fu.~ .. ore, s the relatively high length-to-equivalent ~i~m~tf'r ratio of plant and wood pulp fibers 6 provides for desirable anchorage of fibers within cement-based matrices and helps fully 7 mobilize the tensile sL-~n~,lh of fibers in the con.po~ile system. The equivalent 8 tli~meter of many plant and pulp fibers is within the range of the particle size of 9 Portland c~ , this favors compact pacL-in~ of the cement particles around fibers, and favors improv~,.. -~,.l~s in the hardened material micro-structure and p~op~,.lies.
11 (2) Plant and wood pulp fibers generally provide high levels oftensile sllenglll and elastic 12 rnorl~ lc which benefit their effectiveness as re;.~rc~,.. ~,.. l in cement-based matrices.
13 (3) Plant and wood pulp fibers provide lly-irophilic surfaces which also de~,lop strong 14 bonding to cement-based ma~lices. Hydrophilic fiber surfaces ~rilit~te Urli~lll dispersion of fibers in the ~ eo~c environment of fresh cement-based matrices. The 6 strong bonding of these surfaces to the cement-based matrix also favors the 17 effectiveness of plant and wood pulp fibers as discrete reh~,~c;.. c.. l in cement-based 18 materials.
19 (4) Many plant and wood pulp fibers, especially kra~ wood pulp, are stable in ~ linr~
envi~on.--~ s The envir~,.-,ne.-l in rnany cement-based ~llàl~ices iS alkline and thus the 21 alkali .~ e of fibers favors improved long-term durability of fiber rtil~rccd 22 composite ~;.I~,.--s.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The pulping process for deriving fibers from wood and plant, or from waste paper2 incorporating such fibers, is a wet process and yields fibers with a moisture content in 3 excess of about 90% by weight. If the pulp is to be marketed for the production of paper 4 products, its moisture content is reduced through p~c~ g and h~tiT~ Since pressing s presents a more ~ffi~ient approach to moisture remova1, pulp mills rely heavily on 6 plcssillg, in lieu of he~ting to dry the wet pulp into cop8cled sheets of pulp with a high 7 density of about 0.85-1.2 g/cm3 at a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight.
8 Heavy use of pressing in the drying process leads to the development of strong hydrogen g bonds between a sub~lal-Lial fraction of the surfaces of ~ CÇnt fibers. Any subsequent o use of the pulp as individual fibers involves breaking of the hydrogen bonds between fibers I l to separate them from each other. This process of sep~ aLing pulp fibers from each other 2 should not damage or cut the fibers. Noting that moisture helps break the hydrogen 3 bonds, wetting ofthe pulp to moisture COIlltllLS ~ J.cee~l;g about 90% by weight is used in 14 paper production to f~ lit~te the sep~aliol1 of individual fibers by ~c~ ;c~1 action.
The proce~cin~ of plant and wood pulp fibers into fiber ~ u-ced cement 16 composites has traditionally involved the use of the available paper pulp which has been 17 dried by heavy reliance on p~ g acc~n-~ ed with heating into a dense pulp with , .
8 strong fiber-to-fiber bonding. The cu~ on method for sep&.~Li--g individual fibers from 19 such highly pressed pulp sheets involves the use of ~--o.slure tog~ f r with e~
20 action to break the fiber bonds and make individual fibers available for uniform dis~ .;on 21 in cement-based matrices. Subsequently. when excess water is used in the fiber sep~alion 22 and di~e.~;oll process, a fraction of the water may be removed from the wet COIIlposi~
23 system using vacuum and .~c~ A~ic~l pressure. This process has been used, for SlJBSTITUTE SHEEI (RULE 26) in U.S. Patent No. 4,985,119 to Vinson et al. (1991) and U.S. Patent No. 5,102,596 to 2 Lempfer et al. (1992). The strong fiber-to-fiber bonding in such pulp sheets, which have 3 been dried through heavy pressing for use in paper prod~lcSion increases the need for 4 moisture and ~.erllAI-ical action to break up the pulp into individual fibers for use as s lc;l~rcG~ lL in cement-based matrices. The Ir~;clAnce provided by the strong fiber-to-6 fiber bonds in~ ases the damage to fibers in the process, which is a dellin~.l~ to the 7 lc;llr~ ,.lL efficiency of fibers. This strong bond also renders the ~f~l~A~
8 sep~alion action less ef~ ,Li~ and thus leaves agglomerates of multiple "~ p~.~LGd g fibers.
lo The use of .. er.l~ ;c~l action without added moisture is also an option for s_p~ling the fibers from the highly pressed pulp sheets, or even ~om paper products 12 where strong hydrogen bonding between fibers provides for the inle~iLy of paper. Dry 13 separation of pulp fibers has been referred to in U.S. Patent No. 3,753,749 to Nutt (1973).
14 The dry process of s~,p~Lillg bonded pulp fibers does not have the benefit of water to 15 break hydrogen bonds between fibers and thus relies on a more intense ...ec.l.,.~icAl action 16 to break up the highly pressed pulp sheets into individual fibers for use as discrete 7 r.,,l~ e.llrGllL in cement-based matrices. Such ~cl-A'-ic~l action may be applied to the 18 pulp sheets using a mill such as h~.. ~ mill, pin mill, or the like. The intense ~ cl~A-~ ~AI
19 action required to break up the highly pressed pulp sheets causes ill~,l~SC~ m~ge to 20 fibers and leaves many broken fibers and fines with reduced ~,;l~rcG.ll~,~L ~ n~-.y 21 Also, given the strong h~dl~g~,n bo~ , b~,L..~,.,n fiber surfaces in a highly pressed pulp 22 sheet, dry ...er~ ;c~l proc~in~ still leaves a fraction of the pulp mass as ~g~lo..~ Les or 23 knots colll~ ,ing multiple fibers which are still bonded together. Such multiple fiber SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 agglomerates are not effective as leil~rol~ell-ent in cement-based matrices and could 2 actually damage the pelrul ~-.al1ce ûf such matrices.
3 It is, therefore, the p.i.~cil)al obJect of the present invention to provide an improved 4 method of drying pulp which f~l-iiit~tes subsequent separation of the dried pulp into individual fibers for use as discrete ~ ei,.ro- ~iement in cement-based materials.
6 It is also an object of the invention to provide improved cellulose fiber lei.~u~ced 7 cement-based materials with desirable pe ~l-ance in fresh and hardened states.8 C! ~-ry of the Invention g The principal object of the present invention is to dry wood and plant pulp fibers o so that fiber-to-fiber bonding is reduced, and thus the dried pulp can be effectively and 11 efflciently separated into individual fibers for addition to cement-based materials as 12 discrete ~ eil~ul ~;~m~nt The drying process differs ~om that used in paper pulp 13 production by avoiding heavy pressing of the pulp in the drying process, or the addition of 14 surfactant to the wet pulp prior to drying, or a co.l.billaLion thereof. The reduced fiber-to-1~ fiber bonding in such dried pulp f~c.ilit~tes subsequent processing of the pulp into 6 individual fibers using mech~nic~l action with or without the use of water in the process.
17 The m~h~nical energy required to break up the dried pulp into individual fibers is thus 8 re~luce-l and the separation process causes less damage to fibers and leaves less multiple 19 fiber agglomerates. The resl-lting fibers are more effective as discrete lei~olcement in cement-~ased materials.
21 Brief Des~ .lion of the D, 22 None.
Des_ ;~,lion of the Preferred Embodiments 2 The ~d-lition of slender fibers to cement-based materials improves the 3 cohesiveness, finichz-hility, pl-mr~hility, se~,~salion .c~ ce and cracking re~ ce of 4 such mixtures in the ~resh state, and also çnh~nr.es their to~hnesc, impact reCict~nc~
~ 5LII, cracking reCicpnre and durability in the hardened state. To be effective, 6 individual fibers should be Ul ir~ .ly di~ ed in cement-based materials. Most fibers, 7 inrl-1r1ing steel and nylon fibers, are produced as individual fibers which do not have a 8 t~ndtDnr,y for fiber-to-fiber bo.~ ,g The res ~Itin~ fibers can thus be added to fresh g cement-based mixtures as individual fibers to be dia~ ed in the mix through the 10 .-~cl~n;c~l mixing action. Cellulose fibers are derived from dirrt;.e--L softwood and 11 hardwood species, plants such as flax and cotton, or waste paper in a wet plocejs which 2 may involve thermal""~c1~n;-,~l and cl-P~;ç~l effects or colll~ ;onc thereo~ The rrs ~Iting wet pulp fibers contain more than 90% by weight ..~oislu.~_ co~trnt~ and should 14 be dried to a ~lloislu.~, content less than 10% by weight prior to sl~ ,nL. The CQI-----OI-drying process relies heavily on ple;.~ , which is more effiriPnt than heating for the drS~ng 16 of pulp; this process produces strong hy~ ,cll bonds between fibers and produces pulp 17 sheets with a relatively high density of 0.85-1.2 g/cm3. These hydrogen bonds shoul~ ~e 8 subsequently broken in order to produce individual fibers needed for the ~c~lro~ el of 19 cement-based materials. The brealcing of fiber-to-fiber bonds in dried pulp can be 20 accompliched using ,~e~ c~l action with or without the addition of moisture to the 21 pulp. The use of moisture weakens fiber-to-fiber bon.ling and thus f~r.ilitsltf~c the 22 sep~Lion of fibers by e~ nir~l action. When water is added to the previously dried 23 pulp, the moictf~nf~ll pulp with about 50-1000% moisture content is ~uL.;~ ~d to bl~ ~d SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26~
CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 beating or milling actions, or the like, for 'oreaking up the pulp and re(l~lçing it to 2 individual fibers. Without the addition of moisture, one may use the mechanical action of 3 a mill such as a pin mill, a h~mm~r mill, or the like in order to overcome the fiber-to-fiber 4 bonds and separate individual fibers from the dried pulp. The strong hydrogen bonding
11 (2) Plant and wood pulp fibers generally provide high levels oftensile sllenglll and elastic 12 rnorl~ lc which benefit their effectiveness as re;.~rc~,.. ~,.. l in cement-based matrices.
13 (3) Plant and wood pulp fibers provide lly-irophilic surfaces which also de~,lop strong 14 bonding to cement-based ma~lices. Hydrophilic fiber surfaces ~rilit~te Urli~lll dispersion of fibers in the ~ eo~c environment of fresh cement-based matrices. The 6 strong bonding of these surfaces to the cement-based matrix also favors the 17 effectiveness of plant and wood pulp fibers as discrete reh~,~c;.. c.. l in cement-based 18 materials.
19 (4) Many plant and wood pulp fibers, especially kra~ wood pulp, are stable in ~ linr~
envi~on.--~ s The envir~,.-,ne.-l in rnany cement-based ~llàl~ices iS alkline and thus the 21 alkali .~ e of fibers favors improved long-term durability of fiber rtil~rccd 22 composite ~;.I~,.--s.
SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) The pulping process for deriving fibers from wood and plant, or from waste paper2 incorporating such fibers, is a wet process and yields fibers with a moisture content in 3 excess of about 90% by weight. If the pulp is to be marketed for the production of paper 4 products, its moisture content is reduced through p~c~ g and h~tiT~ Since pressing s presents a more ~ffi~ient approach to moisture remova1, pulp mills rely heavily on 6 plcssillg, in lieu of he~ting to dry the wet pulp into cop8cled sheets of pulp with a high 7 density of about 0.85-1.2 g/cm3 at a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight.
8 Heavy use of pressing in the drying process leads to the development of strong hydrogen g bonds between a sub~lal-Lial fraction of the surfaces of ~ CÇnt fibers. Any subsequent o use of the pulp as individual fibers involves breaking of the hydrogen bonds between fibers I l to separate them from each other. This process of sep~ aLing pulp fibers from each other 2 should not damage or cut the fibers. Noting that moisture helps break the hydrogen 3 bonds, wetting ofthe pulp to moisture COIlltllLS ~ J.cee~l;g about 90% by weight is used in 14 paper production to f~ lit~te the sep~aliol1 of individual fibers by ~c~ ;c~1 action.
The proce~cin~ of plant and wood pulp fibers into fiber ~ u-ced cement 16 composites has traditionally involved the use of the available paper pulp which has been 17 dried by heavy reliance on p~ g acc~n-~ ed with heating into a dense pulp with , .
8 strong fiber-to-fiber bonding. The cu~ on method for sep&.~Li--g individual fibers from 19 such highly pressed pulp sheets involves the use of ~--o.slure tog~ f r with e~
20 action to break the fiber bonds and make individual fibers available for uniform dis~ .;on 21 in cement-based matrices. Subsequently. when excess water is used in the fiber sep~alion 22 and di~e.~;oll process, a fraction of the water may be removed from the wet COIIlposi~
23 system using vacuum and .~c~ A~ic~l pressure. This process has been used, for SlJBSTITUTE SHEEI (RULE 26) in U.S. Patent No. 4,985,119 to Vinson et al. (1991) and U.S. Patent No. 5,102,596 to 2 Lempfer et al. (1992). The strong fiber-to-fiber bonding in such pulp sheets, which have 3 been dried through heavy pressing for use in paper prod~lcSion increases the need for 4 moisture and ~.erllAI-ical action to break up the pulp into individual fibers for use as s lc;l~rcG~ lL in cement-based matrices. The Ir~;clAnce provided by the strong fiber-to-6 fiber bonds in~ ases the damage to fibers in the process, which is a dellin~.l~ to the 7 lc;llr~ ,.lL efficiency of fibers. This strong bond also renders the ~f~l~A~
8 sep~alion action less ef~ ,Li~ and thus leaves agglomerates of multiple "~ p~.~LGd g fibers.
lo The use of .. er.l~ ;c~l action without added moisture is also an option for s_p~ling the fibers from the highly pressed pulp sheets, or even ~om paper products 12 where strong hydrogen bonding between fibers provides for the inle~iLy of paper. Dry 13 separation of pulp fibers has been referred to in U.S. Patent No. 3,753,749 to Nutt (1973).
14 The dry process of s~,p~Lillg bonded pulp fibers does not have the benefit of water to 15 break hydrogen bonds between fibers and thus relies on a more intense ...ec.l.,.~icAl action 16 to break up the highly pressed pulp sheets into individual fibers for use as discrete 7 r.,,l~ e.llrGllL in cement-based matrices. Such ~cl-A'-ic~l action may be applied to the 18 pulp sheets using a mill such as h~.. ~ mill, pin mill, or the like. The intense ~ cl~A-~ ~AI
19 action required to break up the highly pressed pulp sheets causes ill~,l~SC~ m~ge to 20 fibers and leaves many broken fibers and fines with reduced ~,;l~rcG.ll~,~L ~ n~-.y 21 Also, given the strong h~dl~g~,n bo~ , b~,L..~,.,n fiber surfaces in a highly pressed pulp 22 sheet, dry ...er~ ;c~l proc~in~ still leaves a fraction of the pulp mass as ~g~lo..~ Les or 23 knots colll~ ,ing multiple fibers which are still bonded together. Such multiple fiber SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26) CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 agglomerates are not effective as leil~rol~ell-ent in cement-based matrices and could 2 actually damage the pelrul ~-.al1ce ûf such matrices.
3 It is, therefore, the p.i.~cil)al obJect of the present invention to provide an improved 4 method of drying pulp which f~l-iiit~tes subsequent separation of the dried pulp into individual fibers for use as discrete ~ ei,.ro- ~iement in cement-based materials.
6 It is also an object of the invention to provide improved cellulose fiber lei.~u~ced 7 cement-based materials with desirable pe ~l-ance in fresh and hardened states.8 C! ~-ry of the Invention g The principal object of the present invention is to dry wood and plant pulp fibers o so that fiber-to-fiber bonding is reduced, and thus the dried pulp can be effectively and 11 efflciently separated into individual fibers for addition to cement-based materials as 12 discrete ~ eil~ul ~;~m~nt The drying process differs ~om that used in paper pulp 13 production by avoiding heavy pressing of the pulp in the drying process, or the addition of 14 surfactant to the wet pulp prior to drying, or a co.l.billaLion thereof. The reduced fiber-to-1~ fiber bonding in such dried pulp f~c.ilit~tes subsequent processing of the pulp into 6 individual fibers using mech~nic~l action with or without the use of water in the process.
17 The m~h~nical energy required to break up the dried pulp into individual fibers is thus 8 re~luce-l and the separation process causes less damage to fibers and leaves less multiple 19 fiber agglomerates. The resl-lting fibers are more effective as discrete lei~olcement in cement-~ased materials.
21 Brief Des~ .lion of the D, 22 None.
Des_ ;~,lion of the Preferred Embodiments 2 The ~d-lition of slender fibers to cement-based materials improves the 3 cohesiveness, finichz-hility, pl-mr~hility, se~,~salion .c~ ce and cracking re~ ce of 4 such mixtures in the ~resh state, and also çnh~nr.es their to~hnesc, impact reCict~nc~
~ 5LII, cracking reCicpnre and durability in the hardened state. To be effective, 6 individual fibers should be Ul ir~ .ly di~ ed in cement-based materials. Most fibers, 7 inrl-1r1ing steel and nylon fibers, are produced as individual fibers which do not have a 8 t~ndtDnr,y for fiber-to-fiber bo.~ ,g The res ~Itin~ fibers can thus be added to fresh g cement-based mixtures as individual fibers to be dia~ ed in the mix through the 10 .-~cl~n;c~l mixing action. Cellulose fibers are derived from dirrt;.e--L softwood and 11 hardwood species, plants such as flax and cotton, or waste paper in a wet plocejs which 2 may involve thermal""~c1~n;-,~l and cl-P~;ç~l effects or colll~ ;onc thereo~ The rrs ~Iting wet pulp fibers contain more than 90% by weight ..~oislu.~_ co~trnt~ and should 14 be dried to a ~lloislu.~, content less than 10% by weight prior to sl~ ,nL. The CQI-----OI-drying process relies heavily on ple;.~ , which is more effiriPnt than heating for the drS~ng 16 of pulp; this process produces strong hy~ ,cll bonds between fibers and produces pulp 17 sheets with a relatively high density of 0.85-1.2 g/cm3. These hydrogen bonds shoul~ ~e 8 subsequently broken in order to produce individual fibers needed for the ~c~lro~ el of 19 cement-based materials. The brealcing of fiber-to-fiber bonds in dried pulp can be 20 accompliched using ,~e~ c~l action with or without the addition of moisture to the 21 pulp. The use of moisture weakens fiber-to-fiber bon.ling and thus f~r.ilitsltf~c the 22 sep~Lion of fibers by e~ nir~l action. When water is added to the previously dried 23 pulp, the moictf~nf~ll pulp with about 50-1000% moisture content is ~uL.;~ ~d to bl~ ~d SUBSTITUTE SHEET (RULE 26~
CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 beating or milling actions, or the like, for 'oreaking up the pulp and re(l~lçing it to 2 individual fibers. Without the addition of moisture, one may use the mechanical action of 3 a mill such as a pin mill, a h~mm~r mill, or the like in order to overcome the fiber-to-fiber 4 bonds and separate individual fibers from the dried pulp. The strong hydrogen bonding
5 between cellulose fiber surfaces in the pulp which has been dried with heavy reliance on
6 pressing, as is the case in the pulp marketed to the paper industry, nec.es~ t~ the use of
7 a more intense mechanical action for the separation of individual fibers from the pulp.
8 This not only increases the energy req~lilelllellL in the process of deriving individual fibers g from the dried pulp, but also causes damage to fibers, breaks many fibers into short fibers 0 and fines, and leaves many multiple fiber agglomerates. The tl~m~ged and broken fibers as well as multiple fiber agglomerates are not effective as discrete lehl~lcelllent in cement-2 based materials. This is a detriment to the reinforcement efficiency of fibers separated 3 from the highly pressed pulp dried for marketing to the paper industry when such fibers 4 are used as reinforcement in cement-based materials. It is thus desirable to refine the 5 drying process that is commonly applied to paper pulp in order to reduce the extent of 6 fiber-to-fiber bonding in the dried pulp and thus enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of 7 the subsequent process of breaking up of the dried pulp into individual fibers for use as 8 discrete ~ lcelllent in cement-based materials.
19 The invention described herein refines the drying process of wet pulp fibers to 20 achieve moisture contents below about 10% by weight through re~ucing the reliance on 21 pressing and increasing the rel;ance on heating in the drying process, addition of surfactant 22 to the wet pulp prior to drying, or a coll~ aLion thereof. The result is a lighter-weight or 23 fluff pulp that is less dense when compared with paper pulp, with a density of about 0.2-CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 0.8 g/cm3, the fiber surfaces in such dried pulp develop }ess hydrogen bonding to each 2 other. The pulp can thus be broken up into individual fibers more effectively and 3 efficiently with or without the addition of water. Less me~h~nis~l energy is needed in 4 sepal~ing individual fibers from such dried pulp and the process causes less damage to fibers and leaves less broken fibers, fines, or multiple fiber agglomerates. The rçs--lting 6 individual fibers thus provide a higher lehlrulcement efficiency when dispersed in cement-7 based matrices.
8 The dried pulp thus obtained by less reliance on pressing in the drying process, g addition of surfactant prior to or during drying, or a conlbillaLion thereof, is then broken 0 up into ind;vidual fibers by mec.h~nical action with or without the addition of water to the 11 pulp. When moisture is not added to the dried pulp, the mechanical action to separate 12 individual fibers from the dried pulp may be provided by a mill, such as h~mmer mill, pin 13 mill, or the like. When moisture is added, the wet pulp reaches moisture contents of about 4 50-1000% by weight, with the added moisture being part or all of the water needed in the cement-based mix, or even .oxceeding that needed in the mix. The excess moisture, if any, 16 should be subsequently removed from the mix using vacuum, pressure, heat, or 17 combinations thereof. The separation process of such pulp dried to reduce fiber-to-fiber 18 bonding, with or without the addition of water, consumes less energy, causes less damage 19 to fibers, and leaves less broken fibers, fines, or multiple fiber agglomerates. The result is 20 individ--~1i7.~.d fibers which can be conveniently dispersed in cement-based mixtures and 21 offer high levels of ,eh~lcement efflciency. The fibers separated from such pulp 22 may be added to cement-based mixtures at about 0.01-40% volume fraction, and 23 preferably at about 0.05-5% volume fraction which corresponds to appro~im~tely 0.7-45 CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 kg/m3. Such cement-based mixtures may be concrete comprising cement, fine aggregate, 2 coarse aggregate and difTel el-l admixtures Fine and coarse aggregates could be of 3 mineral, synthetic, metallic or organic sources with fine aggregate-to-cement weight ratios 4 of about 0.1-30 and coarse aggregate-to-cement weight ratios of about 0.1-30. The maximum particle size in fine and coarse aggregates is less than about 6 mm and less than 6 about 75 mm in size, respectively. The cement binder in concrete may be hydraulic 7 cement such as di~ l types of Portland cement, blended cement, ~ansi~e cement, 8 high-~ min~ cçm~nt, masonry cement, block cement, m~gne~ m phosphate cement, or
19 The invention described herein refines the drying process of wet pulp fibers to 20 achieve moisture contents below about 10% by weight through re~ucing the reliance on 21 pressing and increasing the rel;ance on heating in the drying process, addition of surfactant 22 to the wet pulp prior to drying, or a coll~ aLion thereof. The result is a lighter-weight or 23 fluff pulp that is less dense when compared with paper pulp, with a density of about 0.2-CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 0.8 g/cm3, the fiber surfaces in such dried pulp develop }ess hydrogen bonding to each 2 other. The pulp can thus be broken up into individual fibers more effectively and 3 efficiently with or without the addition of water. Less me~h~nis~l energy is needed in 4 sepal~ing individual fibers from such dried pulp and the process causes less damage to fibers and leaves less broken fibers, fines, or multiple fiber agglomerates. The rçs--lting 6 individual fibers thus provide a higher lehlrulcement efficiency when dispersed in cement-7 based matrices.
8 The dried pulp thus obtained by less reliance on pressing in the drying process, g addition of surfactant prior to or during drying, or a conlbillaLion thereof, is then broken 0 up into ind;vidual fibers by mec.h~nical action with or without the addition of water to the 11 pulp. When moisture is not added to the dried pulp, the mechanical action to separate 12 individual fibers from the dried pulp may be provided by a mill, such as h~mmer mill, pin 13 mill, or the like. When moisture is added, the wet pulp reaches moisture contents of about 4 50-1000% by weight, with the added moisture being part or all of the water needed in the cement-based mix, or even .oxceeding that needed in the mix. The excess moisture, if any, 16 should be subsequently removed from the mix using vacuum, pressure, heat, or 17 combinations thereof. The separation process of such pulp dried to reduce fiber-to-fiber 18 bonding, with or without the addition of water, consumes less energy, causes less damage 19 to fibers, and leaves less broken fibers, fines, or multiple fiber agglomerates. The result is 20 individ--~1i7.~.d fibers which can be conveniently dispersed in cement-based mixtures and 21 offer high levels of ,eh~lcement efflciency. The fibers separated from such pulp 22 may be added to cement-based mixtures at about 0.01-40% volume fraction, and 23 preferably at about 0.05-5% volume fraction which corresponds to appro~im~tely 0.7-45 CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 kg/m3. Such cement-based mixtures may be concrete comprising cement, fine aggregate, 2 coarse aggregate and difTel el-l admixtures Fine and coarse aggregates could be of 3 mineral, synthetic, metallic or organic sources with fine aggregate-to-cement weight ratios 4 of about 0.1-30 and coarse aggregate-to-cement weight ratios of about 0.1-30. The maximum particle size in fine and coarse aggregates is less than about 6 mm and less than 6 about 75 mm in size, respectively. The cement binder in concrete may be hydraulic 7 cement such as di~ l types of Portland cement, blended cement, ~ansi~e cement, 8 high-~ min~ cçm~nt, masonry cement, block cement, m~gne~ m phosphate cement, or
9 set-re~-l~ted cP.ment The water-cement ratio in concrete is about 0.1-0.9 by weight.
0 Various admixtures may also be used in concrete int~l~ltling air-en~ ing admixtures, set-accelerating admixtures, set-r~Lal ding admixtures, polymeric admixtures, pozzolanic 2 admixtures, water-reducers, sUperpl~tici7l~rs~ or combinations thereof. The cement-based 3 mixtures into which the cellulose fibers are dispersed may also be mortar which is 14 essentially the same as concrete but without the coarse aggregate. The m~imllm particle size of fine aggregates in mortar could be less than 5 mm, and as small as 0.05 mm. The 16 cement binder in mortar could be any of the hydraulic cem~.ntc used in concrete; this 7 binder could also be of hydratable type such as gypsum or plaster. The water-cement 8 weight ratio during processing could exceed the 0.1-0.9 range given above for concrete;
19 special processing techniques which invo~ve the addition of water to pulp during breaking up of the dried pulp may yield water-cement ratios of about 100 during processing; the 21 excess water would be removed using vacuum, pressure, heat, or colllbillalions thereof in 22 order to reduce the water-cement ratio of the end product to about 0.1-0.9 by weight.
CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 Cellulose fiber l~i..rol~ed mortar and concrete mixtures can be mixed, transported, 2 placed, pumped, sprayed, ~liL,foll.led, extruded, consolidated, finished and cured into end 3 products using all te~hniques applicable to mortar and concrete. The fibers could also be 4 added at any step during the mixing process. Alternatively, some or all the mix ingredients could be added to the pulp prior to or during the breaking down of the dried pulp into 6 individual fibers, with the r~ ,.Ai~ mix ingredients, if any, added later during the mixing 7 process.
8 The presence of cellulose fibers in the mix increases the cohesiveness and 9 segregation resi~t~nce of the fresh mix and thus benefits some steps in the processing of 0 mortar and concrete; such steps include pumping, spraying, extrusion, fini~hing and the like. As understood from the following Examples, the leillr~"cillg action of cellulose fibers 12 in mortar and concrete çnh~n~e.s their to~lghness, strength, impact resistance, cracking 13 re~i~t~nce, fatigue life, and durability.
14 F,xample 1 Pulp sheets dried by a conventional process and a process according to the 16 - invention, respectively, were broken up into individual fibers using a h~mmer mill. The 17 same wet pulp was used to produce these pulp sheets; this wet pulp was obtained by the 18 kraft chemical pulping of southern pine and was also bleached. The first sheet was dried 19 by the common method applied to paper pulp where pressing of the wet pulp is heavily 20 relied on for the removal of water, yielding an average density of 0.86 g/cm3. The second 21 sheet according to the invention was dried with less reliance on pressing and more on 22 heating in order to reduce the density of the dried pulp sheet to 0.64 g/cm3. Separation of 23 individual fibers from the two dried pulp sheets in the same h~mmer mill yielded the CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 WO 97/18173 11 PCTIU~;96/18363 following results. The conventionally dried pulp which had strong hydrogen bonding 2 between fibers produced 4% by weight of multiple fiber agglomerates, 19% by weight of 3 fines passing #200 (74 micron opening) sieve, and an average fiber length of 0.92 mm.
4 The pulp dried according to the invention with less reliance on pressing which had reduced s fiber-to-fiber hydrogen bonding produced 0,1% by weight of multiple fiber agglolllelales7 6 5.5% by weight of fines passing #200 (74 micron opening) sieve, and an average fiber 7 length of 1.3 mm. The drying process of the invention which reduced fiber-to-fiber 8 hydrogen bonding was thus s~cces~fi11 in enh~nc.ing the effectiveness of the h~mmer mill in 9 sepal~Lillg the pulp sheets into individual fibers, and also in red~l~ing the breaking of fibers lo in the h~mm~r mill.
The individual fibers separated from the two pulp sheets as above were added to 2 two similar fresh concrete rnixtures at a dosage of 0.9 kg/m3 which corresponds to a fiber 3 volume fraction of 0.06%. The concrete mix comprised Type I Portland cement, water, 14 crushed limestone of 19 mm m~ciml-m particle size as coarse aggregate and natural sand of 5 mm maximum particle size as fine aggregate. The water-cement, fine aggregate-6 cement and coarse aggregate-cement weight ratios were 0.564, 2.17 and 3.43, 7 respectively. The fibers were added to the fresh mix after all other ingredients were rnixed 8 in a rotary drum mixer. Mixing was continued for about 3 min~ltes after the addition of 19 fibers in order to achieve a uniform dispersion of fibers. The fresh mix was then placed in molds and vibrated into prismatic spe~im~n~ of 100 mm square cross sections and a length 21 of 356 mm. These specim~n~ were moist cured for 48 hours and then tested in flexure by 22 four-point loading over a span of 300 rnrn. The flexural strength obtained with fibers 23 separated from conventionally dried paper pulp with strong hydrogen bonding was 4.9 CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 MPa while that with fibers separated according to the invention with less fiber-to-fiber 2 bonding was 6.2 MPa. This confirms that cellulose fibers from the same source offer 3 higher levels of leh~ ellL efficiency when separated from a dried pulp of lower 4 density with less extensive fiber-to-fiber hydrogen bonding. Analysis of the fractured surfaces of the flexural sper.imen~ yielded about 10% lower variation in fiber count per 6 unit area for the invention example versus the comparative example; this in~ t~s that 7 pulp fibers dried and separated according to the invention can be dispersed more uniformly 8 in concrete.
g E~cample 2 0 The cellulose fiber lehlrol~ied concrete mixture according to the invention as in I Example 1 above as well as a corresponding fresh mix without the addition of fibers, were 12 molded and consolidated into spe~im~n~ for the performance of colllplt;ssion (ASTM C
13 39), drop-ball impact (ACI Committee 544) and fracture bend (RILEM TC89-F~IT) tests.
14 The compression specimçn~ were 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm high. The impact test sper.imen.c were 150 mm in diameter and 64 mm mm high. The fracture test specimens 6 were lOOxlOOx457 rnm prisms. Three compression, three impact, and three fracture test 17 speçimçn~ were prepared from each mix. The spe~im~n~ were kept inside their molds 18 under a wet burlap for 24 hours, and were then demolded and subjected to 14 days of l9 moist curing followed by 14 days of air drying in laboratory prior to testing. The plain and 20 cellulose fiber lehlrolced concretes produced average compressive strengths of 30 and 40 21 MPa, respectively, ~ im~te impact strengths of 19 and 99 drops, respectively, and fracture 22 strengths of 3.1 and 5.3 MPa, respectively. These results confirm the effectiveness of the CA 022376~ l998-0~-l4 cellulose fibers derived according to the invention in ~nh~nt~.ing the impact resistance and 2 strength characteristics of concrete.
3 F~xample 3 4 The cellulose fiber derived according to the invention in Example I above was added to a mortar mixture at 1% volume fraction. The mortar mix comprised Type I6 Portland cement, silica fume, silica sand of 1.2 mm maximum particle size, water, and 7 superplasticizer. The silica sand-to-cement weight ratio was 1.075, silica fume-to-cement 8 weight ratio was 0.08, and water-to-cement weight ratio was 0.37. The dosage of 9 superplasticizer was 5.1 I/m3. The mortar mix was first prepared in a conventional mortar lo mixer, and fibers were then added and dispersed in the mix through continuation of mixing 11 for about 3 mimltçs The fresh mortar mix was molded and vibrated into twelve prismatic 12 specimens which were 2~ mm thick and 50 mm wide. Comparative specimens were also 13 made from plain mortar of the same components without the addition of cellulose fibers.
4 All the specimens were retained in their molds under wet burlap for 24 hours, and were subsequently demolded, moist-cured for 14 days, and air-dried for another 14 days. Three 16 of the specimens from each mix were then subjected to four-point flexure testing on a span 17 of 150 mm. The .~ specimen~ were divided to groups of three from each mix and 8 each group subjected to one of the following accelerated aging conditions: ( 1 ) 25 cycles of 19 w~ g and drying, with each cycle comprising 3 hours of water spray at 23 degrees C
and 3 hours of drying at 60 degrees C; and (2) 14 days of immersion in warm water at 60 21 degrees C. All the speçim~n~ were subseq~lently subjected to four-point flexure testing on 22 a span of lS0 mm. The unaged and aged flexural strength test results are described below.
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The plain and cellulose fiber reil~or-,ed mortars reached unaged flexural strengths 2 at 28 days of 4 MPa and 7.7 MPa, .~,spe..~ ely. This confirms the effectiveness of 3 cellulose fibers in ~nhA.~ 8 the flexural ~L,ellglll of mortar. A~er both accelel~ted aging 4 processes, the plain and fiber le;,~--.ed mortars retained more than 95% of their flexural 5 strength. Hence, cellulose fibers .~ ed their high flexural ~ ,ngLh even after aging.
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0 Various admixtures may also be used in concrete int~l~ltling air-en~ ing admixtures, set-accelerating admixtures, set-r~Lal ding admixtures, polymeric admixtures, pozzolanic 2 admixtures, water-reducers, sUperpl~tici7l~rs~ or combinations thereof. The cement-based 3 mixtures into which the cellulose fibers are dispersed may also be mortar which is 14 essentially the same as concrete but without the coarse aggregate. The m~imllm particle size of fine aggregates in mortar could be less than 5 mm, and as small as 0.05 mm. The 16 cement binder in mortar could be any of the hydraulic cem~.ntc used in concrete; this 7 binder could also be of hydratable type such as gypsum or plaster. The water-cement 8 weight ratio during processing could exceed the 0.1-0.9 range given above for concrete;
19 special processing techniques which invo~ve the addition of water to pulp during breaking up of the dried pulp may yield water-cement ratios of about 100 during processing; the 21 excess water would be removed using vacuum, pressure, heat, or colllbillalions thereof in 22 order to reduce the water-cement ratio of the end product to about 0.1-0.9 by weight.
CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 Cellulose fiber l~i..rol~ed mortar and concrete mixtures can be mixed, transported, 2 placed, pumped, sprayed, ~liL,foll.led, extruded, consolidated, finished and cured into end 3 products using all te~hniques applicable to mortar and concrete. The fibers could also be 4 added at any step during the mixing process. Alternatively, some or all the mix ingredients could be added to the pulp prior to or during the breaking down of the dried pulp into 6 individual fibers, with the r~ ,.Ai~ mix ingredients, if any, added later during the mixing 7 process.
8 The presence of cellulose fibers in the mix increases the cohesiveness and 9 segregation resi~t~nce of the fresh mix and thus benefits some steps in the processing of 0 mortar and concrete; such steps include pumping, spraying, extrusion, fini~hing and the like. As understood from the following Examples, the leillr~"cillg action of cellulose fibers 12 in mortar and concrete çnh~n~e.s their to~lghness, strength, impact resistance, cracking 13 re~i~t~nce, fatigue life, and durability.
14 F,xample 1 Pulp sheets dried by a conventional process and a process according to the 16 - invention, respectively, were broken up into individual fibers using a h~mmer mill. The 17 same wet pulp was used to produce these pulp sheets; this wet pulp was obtained by the 18 kraft chemical pulping of southern pine and was also bleached. The first sheet was dried 19 by the common method applied to paper pulp where pressing of the wet pulp is heavily 20 relied on for the removal of water, yielding an average density of 0.86 g/cm3. The second 21 sheet according to the invention was dried with less reliance on pressing and more on 22 heating in order to reduce the density of the dried pulp sheet to 0.64 g/cm3. Separation of 23 individual fibers from the two dried pulp sheets in the same h~mmer mill yielded the CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 WO 97/18173 11 PCTIU~;96/18363 following results. The conventionally dried pulp which had strong hydrogen bonding 2 between fibers produced 4% by weight of multiple fiber agglomerates, 19% by weight of 3 fines passing #200 (74 micron opening) sieve, and an average fiber length of 0.92 mm.
4 The pulp dried according to the invention with less reliance on pressing which had reduced s fiber-to-fiber hydrogen bonding produced 0,1% by weight of multiple fiber agglolllelales7 6 5.5% by weight of fines passing #200 (74 micron opening) sieve, and an average fiber 7 length of 1.3 mm. The drying process of the invention which reduced fiber-to-fiber 8 hydrogen bonding was thus s~cces~fi11 in enh~nc.ing the effectiveness of the h~mmer mill in 9 sepal~Lillg the pulp sheets into individual fibers, and also in red~l~ing the breaking of fibers lo in the h~mm~r mill.
The individual fibers separated from the two pulp sheets as above were added to 2 two similar fresh concrete rnixtures at a dosage of 0.9 kg/m3 which corresponds to a fiber 3 volume fraction of 0.06%. The concrete mix comprised Type I Portland cement, water, 14 crushed limestone of 19 mm m~ciml-m particle size as coarse aggregate and natural sand of 5 mm maximum particle size as fine aggregate. The water-cement, fine aggregate-6 cement and coarse aggregate-cement weight ratios were 0.564, 2.17 and 3.43, 7 respectively. The fibers were added to the fresh mix after all other ingredients were rnixed 8 in a rotary drum mixer. Mixing was continued for about 3 min~ltes after the addition of 19 fibers in order to achieve a uniform dispersion of fibers. The fresh mix was then placed in molds and vibrated into prismatic spe~im~n~ of 100 mm square cross sections and a length 21 of 356 mm. These specim~n~ were moist cured for 48 hours and then tested in flexure by 22 four-point loading over a span of 300 rnrn. The flexural strength obtained with fibers 23 separated from conventionally dried paper pulp with strong hydrogen bonding was 4.9 CA 022376~ 1998-0~-14 MPa while that with fibers separated according to the invention with less fiber-to-fiber 2 bonding was 6.2 MPa. This confirms that cellulose fibers from the same source offer 3 higher levels of leh~ ellL efficiency when separated from a dried pulp of lower 4 density with less extensive fiber-to-fiber hydrogen bonding. Analysis of the fractured surfaces of the flexural sper.imen~ yielded about 10% lower variation in fiber count per 6 unit area for the invention example versus the comparative example; this in~ t~s that 7 pulp fibers dried and separated according to the invention can be dispersed more uniformly 8 in concrete.
g E~cample 2 0 The cellulose fiber lehlrol~ied concrete mixture according to the invention as in I Example 1 above as well as a corresponding fresh mix without the addition of fibers, were 12 molded and consolidated into spe~im~n~ for the performance of colllplt;ssion (ASTM C
13 39), drop-ball impact (ACI Committee 544) and fracture bend (RILEM TC89-F~IT) tests.
14 The compression specimçn~ were 100 mm in diameter and 200 mm high. The impact test sper.imen.c were 150 mm in diameter and 64 mm mm high. The fracture test specimens 6 were lOOxlOOx457 rnm prisms. Three compression, three impact, and three fracture test 17 speçimçn~ were prepared from each mix. The spe~im~n~ were kept inside their molds 18 under a wet burlap for 24 hours, and were then demolded and subjected to 14 days of l9 moist curing followed by 14 days of air drying in laboratory prior to testing. The plain and 20 cellulose fiber lehlrolced concretes produced average compressive strengths of 30 and 40 21 MPa, respectively, ~ im~te impact strengths of 19 and 99 drops, respectively, and fracture 22 strengths of 3.1 and 5.3 MPa, respectively. These results confirm the effectiveness of the CA 022376~ l998-0~-l4 cellulose fibers derived according to the invention in ~nh~nt~.ing the impact resistance and 2 strength characteristics of concrete.
3 F~xample 3 4 The cellulose fiber derived according to the invention in Example I above was added to a mortar mixture at 1% volume fraction. The mortar mix comprised Type I6 Portland cement, silica fume, silica sand of 1.2 mm maximum particle size, water, and 7 superplasticizer. The silica sand-to-cement weight ratio was 1.075, silica fume-to-cement 8 weight ratio was 0.08, and water-to-cement weight ratio was 0.37. The dosage of 9 superplasticizer was 5.1 I/m3. The mortar mix was first prepared in a conventional mortar lo mixer, and fibers were then added and dispersed in the mix through continuation of mixing 11 for about 3 mimltçs The fresh mortar mix was molded and vibrated into twelve prismatic 12 specimens which were 2~ mm thick and 50 mm wide. Comparative specimens were also 13 made from plain mortar of the same components without the addition of cellulose fibers.
4 All the specimens were retained in their molds under wet burlap for 24 hours, and were subsequently demolded, moist-cured for 14 days, and air-dried for another 14 days. Three 16 of the specimens from each mix were then subjected to four-point flexure testing on a span 17 of 150 mm. The .~ specimen~ were divided to groups of three from each mix and 8 each group subjected to one of the following accelerated aging conditions: ( 1 ) 25 cycles of 19 w~ g and drying, with each cycle comprising 3 hours of water spray at 23 degrees C
and 3 hours of drying at 60 degrees C; and (2) 14 days of immersion in warm water at 60 21 degrees C. All the speçim~n~ were subseq~lently subjected to four-point flexure testing on 22 a span of lS0 mm. The unaged and aged flexural strength test results are described below.
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The plain and cellulose fiber reil~or-,ed mortars reached unaged flexural strengths 2 at 28 days of 4 MPa and 7.7 MPa, .~,spe..~ ely. This confirms the effectiveness of 3 cellulose fibers in ~nhA.~ 8 the flexural ~L,ellglll of mortar. A~er both accelel~ted aging 4 processes, the plain and fiber le;,~--.ed mortars retained more than 95% of their flexural 5 strength. Hence, cellulose fibers .~ ed their high flexural ~ ,ngLh even after aging.
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Claims
1. A process for making a cellulose fiber reinforced cement-based material usingcellulose pulp derived through at least one of mechanical, thermal and chemical pulping methods from at least one of softwoods, hardwoods and non-wood plants, and process comprising the steps of:
a. drying the wet cellulose pulp resulting from the pulping methods under conditions to achieve a dried fluff pulp with low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein;
b. mechanically separating the dried fluff pulp into substantially individual fibers by breaking the fiber-to-fiber bonds between the individual fibers;
c. adding the separated, substantially individual fibers to a cement-based material at a dosage ranging from about 0.3-30.0 kg per cubic meter, said cement-based material further including about 50-1500 kg per cubic meter of cement, about 50-1000 kg per cubic meter of water, and about 100-3600 kg per cubic meter of aggregate; and d. mixing the separated, substantially individual fibers into the cement-based material so as to disperse the fibers uniformly throughout the cement-based material.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the separated, substantially individual fibers are added to the cement-based material at a dosage ranging from 0.5-5.0 kg per cubic meter.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein said addition step involves addition of the separated, substantially individual plant fibers and other components of the cement-based material in any sequence.
4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the mixing of the separated, substantially individual fibers into the cement-based material exceeds 20 seconds.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein said aggregate of said cement-based material comprises at least one of mineral, synthetic, metallic, and organic sources, with about 0.05-5 mm minimum aggregate particle size and about 10-100 mm maximumaggregate particle size.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein said drying step limits pressing of the wet cellulose pulp to produce the dried fluff pulp with low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein.
7. The process of claim 6, wherein said drying step further involved chemically treating the cellulose pulp to produce a dried, softened fluff pulp with low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein.
8. The process of claim 7, wherein said chemical treating involves use of at least one of a surfactant, a high bulk additive, and a sizing agent.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves milling the dried fluff pulp.
10. The process according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves fibrillating the dried fluff pulp.
11. The process according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves carrying the dried fluff pulp in a high-speed air stream and impacting the air stream and pulp against a solid surface.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves wet processing of the dried fluff pulp using mechanical action in at least part of the water to be used in said cement-based material.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein the wet cellulose pulp comprises waste paper products.
14. The process of claim 1, wherein said cement-based material is mortar with maximum aggregate particle size of less than about 5 mm.
15. A process of claim 1, wherein said mixing step involves mixing said separated, substantially individual fibers with at least one other dry ingredient of said cement-based material as a dry mix, and subsequently adding water and other ingredients of the mix.
16. The process of claim 1, wherein said mixing step involves mixing said separated, substantially individual fibers with at least one other dry ingredient of said cement-based material as a dry mix, and subsequently adding water and other ingredients of said cement-based material to the dry mix in a shotcrete process during pneumatic application of the dry mix.
17. The process of claim 1, wherein the adding step involves adding the separated, substantially individual fibers into the cement-based material together with a container thereof which disintegrates in the cement-based material through at least one of dissolution and dispersion.
18. The process according to claim 1, wherein said cement-based material further includes at least one of chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, polymeric admixtures, and an air entraining agent.
19. The process according to claim 1, wherein said cement-based material is further subjected to at least one of the pumping, casting, consolidating pneumatic application, finishing and curing processes.
20. A fresh concrete mixture incorporating dispersed cellulose pulp fibers, which is workable, pumpable, resistant to segregation and excess bleeding, possesses desirable finishability, and offers resistance to the loss of materials through rebound when pneumatically applied, the concrete mixture comprising:
0.3-30.0 kg per cubic meter of substantially individual cellulose fibers which have been derived from a wet cellulose pulp dried under conditions to achieve a fluff pulp with reduced fiber-to-fiber bonding therein, and subsequent mechanical separatioin of the dried fluff pulp into the substantially individual fibers;
about 50-1500 kg per cubic meter of cement;
about 50-1000 kg per cubic meter of water;
about 100-3600 kg per cubic meter of aggregate; and wherein the substantially individual fibers are dispersed uniformly throughout the cement-based material through mixing for a sufficiently long period of time.
21. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said mixture comprises 0.5-5.0 kg per cubic meter of the substantially individual cellulose fibers.
22. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, further including at least one of chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, polymeric admixtures, and an airentraining agent.
23. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said cellulose fibers comprise at least one of softwood, hardwood, and non-wood plant fibers derived by at least one of mechanical, thermal, and chemical pulping methods, with lengths ranging from about 0.1-30 mm, diameters ranging from about 0.001-0.1 mm, and mean length-to-diameter ratios ranging from about 30-3000.
24. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said drying conditions limits pressing of the wet cellulose pulp.
25. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said drying conditions involve addition of a chemical to the cellulose pulp so that the fluff pulp is softened fluff pulp.
26. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 25, wherein said chemical includes at least one of a surfactant, a high bulk additive, and a sizing agent.27. A hardened cellulose fiber reinforced cement-based structure comprising:
about 0.3-30.0 kg per cubic meter of substantially individual cellulose fibers derived by initially drying a wet cellulose pulp under conditions to form a dried fluff pulp having low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein, and subsequently mechanically separating the dried fluff pulp into substantially individual fibers;
about 50-1500 kg per cubic meter of cement;
about 50-1000 kg per cubic meter of water;
about 100-3600 kg per cubic meter of aggregate; and said substantially individual cellulose fibers being uniformly dispersed throughout the hardened structure through mixing of the fibers together with the cement, water and aggregate for a sufficient length of time prior to curing.
28. A hardened cellulose fiber reinforced structure according to claim 27, wherein the structure comprises 0.5-5.0 kg per cubic meter of the cellulose fibers.
29. The hardened cellulose fiber reinforced cement-based structure of claim 27, wherein said cellulose fibers comprise at least one of softwood, hardwood, and non-wood plant fibers derived by at least one of mechanical, thermal, and chemical pulping methods with lengths ranging from 0.1-30 mm, diameters ranging from 0.001-0.1 mm, and mean length-to-diameter ratios ranging from 30-3000.
30. The hardened cement-based structure of claim 27, further including at least one of chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, polymeric admixtures, and air entraining agents.
31. The hardened cement-based structure of claim 27, further including a gas-forming agent and air bubbles therein.
32. The hardened cement-based structure according to claim 27, further including at least one of continuous and discrete reinforcement in addition to the cellulose fibers.
33. the hardened cement-based structure according to claim 27, wherein said drying conditions limit pressing of the wet cellulose pulp.
34. The hardened cement-based structure according to claim 27, wherein said drying conditions involve addition of a chemical to the cellulose pulp so that the fluff pulp is softened fluff pulp.
35. The hardened cement-based structure according to claim 34, wherein said chemical includes at least one of a surfactant, a high bulk additive, and a sizing agent.
a. drying the wet cellulose pulp resulting from the pulping methods under conditions to achieve a dried fluff pulp with low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein;
b. mechanically separating the dried fluff pulp into substantially individual fibers by breaking the fiber-to-fiber bonds between the individual fibers;
c. adding the separated, substantially individual fibers to a cement-based material at a dosage ranging from about 0.3-30.0 kg per cubic meter, said cement-based material further including about 50-1500 kg per cubic meter of cement, about 50-1000 kg per cubic meter of water, and about 100-3600 kg per cubic meter of aggregate; and d. mixing the separated, substantially individual fibers into the cement-based material so as to disperse the fibers uniformly throughout the cement-based material.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the separated, substantially individual fibers are added to the cement-based material at a dosage ranging from 0.5-5.0 kg per cubic meter.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein said addition step involves addition of the separated, substantially individual plant fibers and other components of the cement-based material in any sequence.
4. The process according to claim 3, wherein the mixing of the separated, substantially individual fibers into the cement-based material exceeds 20 seconds.
5. The process according to claim 1, wherein said aggregate of said cement-based material comprises at least one of mineral, synthetic, metallic, and organic sources, with about 0.05-5 mm minimum aggregate particle size and about 10-100 mm maximumaggregate particle size.
6. The process according to claim 1, wherein said drying step limits pressing of the wet cellulose pulp to produce the dried fluff pulp with low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein.
7. The process of claim 6, wherein said drying step further involved chemically treating the cellulose pulp to produce a dried, softened fluff pulp with low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein.
8. The process of claim 7, wherein said chemical treating involves use of at least one of a surfactant, a high bulk additive, and a sizing agent.
9. The process according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves milling the dried fluff pulp.
10. The process according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves fibrillating the dried fluff pulp.
11. The process according to claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves carrying the dried fluff pulp in a high-speed air stream and impacting the air stream and pulp against a solid surface.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said mechanical separating step involves wet processing of the dried fluff pulp using mechanical action in at least part of the water to be used in said cement-based material.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein the wet cellulose pulp comprises waste paper products.
14. The process of claim 1, wherein said cement-based material is mortar with maximum aggregate particle size of less than about 5 mm.
15. A process of claim 1, wherein said mixing step involves mixing said separated, substantially individual fibers with at least one other dry ingredient of said cement-based material as a dry mix, and subsequently adding water and other ingredients of the mix.
16. The process of claim 1, wherein said mixing step involves mixing said separated, substantially individual fibers with at least one other dry ingredient of said cement-based material as a dry mix, and subsequently adding water and other ingredients of said cement-based material to the dry mix in a shotcrete process during pneumatic application of the dry mix.
17. The process of claim 1, wherein the adding step involves adding the separated, substantially individual fibers into the cement-based material together with a container thereof which disintegrates in the cement-based material through at least one of dissolution and dispersion.
18. The process according to claim 1, wherein said cement-based material further includes at least one of chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, polymeric admixtures, and an air entraining agent.
19. The process according to claim 1, wherein said cement-based material is further subjected to at least one of the pumping, casting, consolidating pneumatic application, finishing and curing processes.
20. A fresh concrete mixture incorporating dispersed cellulose pulp fibers, which is workable, pumpable, resistant to segregation and excess bleeding, possesses desirable finishability, and offers resistance to the loss of materials through rebound when pneumatically applied, the concrete mixture comprising:
0.3-30.0 kg per cubic meter of substantially individual cellulose fibers which have been derived from a wet cellulose pulp dried under conditions to achieve a fluff pulp with reduced fiber-to-fiber bonding therein, and subsequent mechanical separatioin of the dried fluff pulp into the substantially individual fibers;
about 50-1500 kg per cubic meter of cement;
about 50-1000 kg per cubic meter of water;
about 100-3600 kg per cubic meter of aggregate; and wherein the substantially individual fibers are dispersed uniformly throughout the cement-based material through mixing for a sufficiently long period of time.
21. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said mixture comprises 0.5-5.0 kg per cubic meter of the substantially individual cellulose fibers.
22. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, further including at least one of chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, polymeric admixtures, and an airentraining agent.
23. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said cellulose fibers comprise at least one of softwood, hardwood, and non-wood plant fibers derived by at least one of mechanical, thermal, and chemical pulping methods, with lengths ranging from about 0.1-30 mm, diameters ranging from about 0.001-0.1 mm, and mean length-to-diameter ratios ranging from about 30-3000.
24. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said drying conditions limits pressing of the wet cellulose pulp.
25. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 20, wherein said drying conditions involve addition of a chemical to the cellulose pulp so that the fluff pulp is softened fluff pulp.
26. A fresh concrete mixture according to claim 25, wherein said chemical includes at least one of a surfactant, a high bulk additive, and a sizing agent.27. A hardened cellulose fiber reinforced cement-based structure comprising:
about 0.3-30.0 kg per cubic meter of substantially individual cellulose fibers derived by initially drying a wet cellulose pulp under conditions to form a dried fluff pulp having low fiber-to-fiber bonding therein, and subsequently mechanically separating the dried fluff pulp into substantially individual fibers;
about 50-1500 kg per cubic meter of cement;
about 50-1000 kg per cubic meter of water;
about 100-3600 kg per cubic meter of aggregate; and said substantially individual cellulose fibers being uniformly dispersed throughout the hardened structure through mixing of the fibers together with the cement, water and aggregate for a sufficient length of time prior to curing.
28. A hardened cellulose fiber reinforced structure according to claim 27, wherein the structure comprises 0.5-5.0 kg per cubic meter of the cellulose fibers.
29. The hardened cellulose fiber reinforced cement-based structure of claim 27, wherein said cellulose fibers comprise at least one of softwood, hardwood, and non-wood plant fibers derived by at least one of mechanical, thermal, and chemical pulping methods with lengths ranging from 0.1-30 mm, diameters ranging from 0.001-0.1 mm, and mean length-to-diameter ratios ranging from 30-3000.
30. The hardened cement-based structure of claim 27, further including at least one of chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, polymeric admixtures, and air entraining agents.
31. The hardened cement-based structure of claim 27, further including a gas-forming agent and air bubbles therein.
32. The hardened cement-based structure according to claim 27, further including at least one of continuous and discrete reinforcement in addition to the cellulose fibers.
33. the hardened cement-based structure according to claim 27, wherein said drying conditions limit pressing of the wet cellulose pulp.
34. The hardened cement-based structure according to claim 27, wherein said drying conditions involve addition of a chemical to the cellulose pulp so that the fluff pulp is softened fluff pulp.
35. The hardened cement-based structure according to claim 34, wherein said chemical includes at least one of a surfactant, a high bulk additive, and a sizing agent.
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