The Geopolymer Camp 2019, was held on July 8th to 10th at the Campus of the University of Picardie, in Saint-Quentin, France. You will find below four Keynote conferences, the list of short communications and some photos taken during this event.
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Keynote Conferences in video
State of the Geopolymer R&D 2019
Keynote by Joseph Davidovits.
59 min, 140 MB. Click on the icon on the right to watch it fullscreen.
It is a review on what happened in 2018 and the first semester of 2019 on geopolymer science and applications. In his keynote, Prof. J. Davidovits developed following topics:
- Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Geopolymer Institute, 1979 – 2019
- Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Geopolymer Camp, 2009 – 2019
- List of 35 real world geopolymer commercial applications
- Ancient Geopolymers in South-American Monuments, Pumapunku/Tiwanaku, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
- 3 Research topics:
- Creating standards for Geopolymers (example of testing the reactivity of metakaolin)
- Geopolymer Material for Radioactive waste, Particules and gaz pollution
- Forget about Fly Ash, go with Ferro-sialate geopolymer concrete!
KEYNOTE “GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE: FROM LAB TO INDUSTRY”
by Marina Dudnikova, Andrey Dudnikov, Alex Reggiani, Renca, Russia:
Geopolymer Concrete: from lab to industry
3D printing with geopolymer mortar
33 min, 102 MB. Click on the icon on the right to watch it fullscreen.
KEYNOTE “AUTOMATIC MIXING SYSTEMS”
by Dr. Alex Reggiani, GeoMITS, Italy:
Types of automatic mixing systems for geopolymer mortar / concrete production and 3d printing.
17 min, 41 MB. Click on the icon on the right to watch it fullscreen.
ACCESS TO THE PRESENTATIONS
Download and read the presentations given in front of the Geopolymer Camp attendance. Click here to access to the files.
PROGRAMME
The GeopolymerCamp 2019 spanned 3 days:
SPECIAL TOPICS OF INTEREST:
– Tutorial Workshop (short courses) for Newcomers, on Monday;
– 4 Focused Sessions:
1) Tuesday morning: Ferro-sialate geopolymer (-O-Fe-O-Si-O-Al-): red is beautiful and strong !
2) Tuesday afternoon: Geopolymer science applied to Archaeology: Ancient Geopolymer in South-American Monuments, Round Table discussion
3) Wednesday morning: New Industrialized Geopolymer Concrete, from lab to industry
4) New Types of Automatic Mixing Systems for Geopolymers
MONDAY, July 08: TUTORIAL/WORKSHOP
09:00-10:00: Registration to TUTORIAL
10:00-14:00: Workshop and tutorial with laboratory demonstrations (Groups A + B) involving 3 standard recipes.
12:00-13:00: Free Sandwich Lunch Group B
13:00-14:00: Free Sandwich Lunch Group A
14:00-17:00: Short Courses and Q&A
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15:30-17:30: Registration to GEOPOLYMER CAMP
TUESDAY, July 09: GEOPOLYMER CAMP
8:30: Registration
9:00-9:30: Individual messages from the participants (1minute)
9:30:10:30: Keynote by Joseph Davidovits: State of the Geopolymer R&D, 2019 with special emphasis on recent developments.
10:30-11:00: Coffee break
11:00 First session:
Themes: geopolymer molecular chemistry; raw materials, scientific investigations.
– Joerg Lind, Wöllner GmbH, Germany: Geosil – ready to use alkali silicates for Geopolymers.
– Virginie Soleil, Imerys Refractory Minerals, Clérac, France: The manufacture of metakaolins.
Focused Session: Ferro-sialate (-O-Fe-O-Si-O-Al-) geopolymer
- Joseph Davidovits, Red is beautiful, strong and durable: > 1400 years long-term durability (Pumapunku/Tiwanaku, Bolivia).
- Mössbauer spectroscopy: Tomas Hanzlicek, IRSM, Praha, Czech Republic: Iron coordination in clays studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy, effects of the incorporation into the alumino-silicate chain.
- Aminu Shinkafi, Coventry University, Coventry, UK: Microstructural characterization of calcined lithomarge geopolymer mortar.
Creating Geopolymer Standards
– Presentation of first standard: Standardized Method in Testing Commercial Metakaolins for Geopolymer Formulations.
13:00 Free Sandwich Lunch
14:00 Second session
– Carine Lefèvre, Xatico, Luxembourg, Mineral fillers in geopolymers.
Themes: industrial applications, foamed panels, ceramics, high temperature, binders, composites, toxic and radioactive waste containment.
– Xuesen Lyu, GuangXi University, Naning, China: Applied Geopolymer research at GuangXi University: geopolymer reaction mechanism, geopolymer application in membrane, coating, microspheres.
– Laura Vitola, Riga Technical University, Latvia: Porous Geopolymers based on industrial by-products for water treatment and carbon dioxide adsorption.
– Hiep Le Chi, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic: Evaluation of reinforcing efficiency of textile meshes in geopolymer mortar based composites.
– Anna Kavanova, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic: Industrial application of Geopolymer composites layers.
-Young Lunde, Sculptor, Oslo, Norway: Petrification of plastic megaliths, an artist’s desire for the ultimate casting material.
16:00-16:30 Coffee break:
16:30-18:00 Focused Session: Geopolymer science applied to Archaeology
Artificial stones in Pre-Columbian monuments, South America.
– Joseph Davidovits, Ralph Davidovits, Joint research program conducted by the Geopolymer Institute and Universidad Catolica San Pablo, Arequipa, Peru:Tiahuanaco / Pumapunku megalithic monuments made of artificial geopolymer stones (Tiwanaku), Bolivia.
Round Table discussion: with the two members of the Sept. 2017 expedition team, Luis Huaman, geologist, Arequipa, Peru, and Ralph Davidovits, Geopolymer Institute, France.
WEDNESDAY July 10 :
Fourth session at 9:00 – 13:00 … 10:45-11:15: Coffee break
Themes: building applications, eco-construction, LTGS, bricks, cements, concretes, CO2 mitigation, Global Warming.
– Wolfgang Marwick, NGO, Switzerland: Ecocity 3 – Sustainable buildings for deserted area (follow up).
– Shima Pilehvar, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway: Designing different geopolymer mixtures for construction on the Moon.
– Ralph Davidovits, Geopolymer Institute, Saint-Quentin: Why did it take 30 years between invention and successful commercialization of Geopolymer Cement.
Keynotes (2):
– Marina Dudnikova, Andrey Dudnikov, Alex Reggiani, Renca, LLC, Russia: Geopolymer Concrete: from lab to industry and 3-D printing.
– Alex Reggiani, GeoMITS, Italy: Types of automatic mixing systems for geopolymer concrete production and 3-D printing.
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– Ramani R V, Argus Concrete Solutions, Chennai, India: Case study on Redmud – Flyash Geocrete products and Roads in India.
– Alfonso Pappalardo, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, Brazil: 3 short presentations on geopolymer team works:
- High-resistance calcium-ferro-sialate geopolymer concrete produced with calcined waste sludges.
- Prestressed geopolymeric concrete sleepers.
- Structural reinforcement with CFRP and geopolymer resin.
– Fikru Bedada Waktola, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia: Calcined kaolinite clay / Coal fly ash-based geopolymer bamboo wood composites for light weight Concrete in Ethiopia.
– Donald Lake, Terra CO2 Technologies, Vancouver, Canada: A market-focused approach toward commercialization of geopolymer concrete in Canada.
13:15 – 15:30 Free Sandwich Lunch
– Groups – Discussions
– Materials Sciences + Products ; – Materials Technology & Engineering (+ civil engineering)
– Cements – Concretes (+ raw materials, adjuvants); – Sustainable / Eco Construction.
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