Apparatus for producing rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in normal concrete and adding early-strength admixture thereto, and method for producing same
10207233 ยท 2019-02-19
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
C04B7/345
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
B01F25/31423
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B28C5/026
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
C04B2111/00155
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
International classification
B28C5/38
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B28C5/02
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B28C5/00
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
C04B40/00
CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing rapid-hardening concrete and a method for producing same, the rapid-hardening concrete being produced by intermixing and dissipating air in normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto. With respect to forming rapid-hardening concrete, mixed concrete is formed by mixing in a large volume of air bubbles to be discarded, along with an early-strength admixture, to already mixed normal concrete, the early-strength admixture getting evenly dispersed therewithin by means of the ball bearing effect of the air bubbles, and when the mixed concrete is discharged, a rapid-hardening concrete is shotcreted while excess air contained in the mixed concrete is dissipated by means of high-performance air, the slump which was raised due to the large amount of air bubbles having been reduced to the slump range for normal concrete.
Claims
1. An apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto, the apparatus comprising: a normal concrete forming unit configured to mix water, cement and aggregate at a predetermined ratio to form a normal concrete; an air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit configured to put air bubbles and an early-strength admixture into the normal concrete to increase a slump of the normal concrete; a mixed concrete forming unit configured to mix the normal concrete with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture put into the normal concrete to form a mixed concrete by rotating a shaft formed in a concrete mixer truck and a mixing member protruding on the shaft by means of a power of a motor; and a rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit configured to shoot a rapid-hardening concrete whose slump increased due to the air bubbles is reduced to a slump range of the normal concrete, while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete by blowing a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above, when the mixed concrete is discharged.
2. An apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto, the apparatus comprising: a normal concrete forming unit configured to mix water, cement and aggregate at a predetermined ratio to form a normal concrete; an air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit configured to put air bubbles and an early-strength admixture into the normal concrete to increase a slump of the normal concrete; a mixed concrete forming unit configured to supply the normal concrete along with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture put into the normal concrete to a movement guide member through a hopper and mix the normal concrete with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture by means of a rotation of a screw to form a mixed concrete; and a rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit configured to shoot a rapid-hardening concrete whose slump increased due to the air bubbles is reduced to a slump range of the normal concrete, while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete by blowing a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above, when the mixed concrete is discharged.
3. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 1, wherein the air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit puts the air bubbles and slurry in order, or puts air bubble slurry in which the air bubbles is mixed with the slurry.
4. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 3, wherein the slurry is produced by mixing the early-strength admixture with water.
5. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 4, wherein the early-strength admixture is formed by mixing at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, amorphous alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, Hauyne ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, and mixtures thereof.
6. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 5, wherein in order to prepare the high-early-strength concrete, the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 5 to 20 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
7. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 5, wherein in order to prepare an ultrahigh-early-strength concrete, the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 15 to 25 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
8. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 5, wherein in order to prepare an ultra-rapid-set concrete, the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 25 to 40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
9. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 3, wherein the air bubbles are generated by any one of an air bubble agent, an air bubble generator and a foaming agent.
10. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 9, wherein an antifoaming agent is added to reduce air excessively put by the air bubble agent and the foaming agent.
11. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 1, wherein the rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit includes: a shooting guide member detachably mounted to the mixed concrete forming unit and configured to have a central portion with a smaller diameter than both ends thereof which are perforated so that the mixed concrete is compressed and discharged; and an air supply hole formed through the shooting guide member to supply a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above so as to reduce an air volume while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete which is moved to the shooting guide member.
12. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 11, wherein the air supply hole is formed with a slope in a radial direction through an outer circumference of the shooting guide member.
13. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 2, wherein the air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit puts the air bubbles and slurry in order, or puts air bubble slurry in which the air bubbles is mixed with the slurry.
14. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 13, wherein the slurry is produced by mixing the early-strength admixture with water.
15. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 14, wherein the early-strength admixture is formed by mixing at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, amorphous alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, Hauyne ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, and mixtures thereof.
16. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 15, wherein in order to prepare the high-early-strength concrete, the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 5 to 20 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
17. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 15, wherein in order to prepare an ultrahigh-early-strength concrete, the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 15 to 25 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
18. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 15, wherein in order to prepare an ultra-rapid-set concrete, the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 25 to 40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
19. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 13, wherein the air bubbles are generated by any one of an air bubble agent, an air bubble generator and a foaming agent.
20. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 19, wherein an antifoaming agent is added to reduce air excessively put by the air bubble agent and the foaming agent.
21. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 2, wherein the rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit includes: a shooting guide member detachably mounted to the mixed concrete forming unit and configured to have a central portion with a smaller diameter than both ends thereof which are perforated so that the mixed concrete is compressed and discharged; and an air supply hole formed through the shooting guide member to supply a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above so as to reduce an air volume while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete which is moved to the shooting guide member.
22. The apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto of claim 21, wherein the air supply hole is formed with a slope in a radial direction through an outer circumference of the shooting guide member.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(17) 100: apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete 110: normal concrete forming unit 120: air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit 130: mixed concrete forming unit 140: rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit
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(18) Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
(19) An apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto according to the present disclosure includes a normal concrete forming unit 110 configured to mix water, cement and aggregate at a predetermined ratio to form a normal concrete, an air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit 120 configured to put air bubbles and an early-strength admixture into the normal concrete to increase a slump of the normal concrete, a mixed concrete forming unit 130 configured to mix the normal concrete with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture put into the normal concrete to form a mixed concrete by rotating a shaft 131 formed in a concrete mixer truck 111 and a mixing member 132 protruding on the shaft 131 by means of a power of a motor, and a rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit 140 configured to shoot a rapid-hardening concrete whose slump increased due to the air bubbles is reduced to a slump range of the normal concrete, while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete by blowing a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above, when the mixed concrete is discharged.
(20) In addition, an apparatus for producing a rapid-hardening concrete by intermixing and dissipating air in a normal concrete and adding an early-strength admixture thereto includes a normal concrete forming unit 110 configured to mix water, cement and aggregate at a predetermined ratio to form a normal concrete, an air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit 120 configured to put air bubbles and an early-strength admixture into the normal concrete to increase a slump of the normal concrete, a mixed concrete forming unit 130 configured to supply the normal concrete along with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture put into the normal concrete to a movement guide member 134 through a hopper 133 and mix the normal concrete with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture by means of a rotation of a screw 135 to form a mixed concrete, and rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit 140 configured to shoot a rapid-hardening concrete whose slump increased due to the air bubbles is reduced to a slump range of the normal concrete, while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete by blowing a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above, when the mixed concrete is discharged.
(21) The air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit 120 may put the air bubbles and slurry in order, or put air bubble slurry in which the air bubbles is mixed with the slurry.
(22) The slurry may be produced by mixing the early-strength admixture with water.
(23) The early-strength admixture is formed by mixing at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, amorphous alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, Hauyne ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, and mixtures thereof.
(24) The high-early-strength concrete manifests a compressive strength of 21 MPa, which is a usable strength, within 3 days after being mixed with water, and the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 5 to 20 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
(25) The ultrahigh-early-strength concrete manifests a compressive strength of 21 MPa, which is a usable strength, within one day after being mixed with water, and the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 15 to 25 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
(26) The ultra-rapid-set concrete manifests a compressive strength of 21 MPa, which is a usable strength, within 3 hours after being mixed with water, and the early-strength admixture is mixed by the content of 25 to 40 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete.
(27) The air bubbles are generated by any one of an air bubble agent, an air bubble generator and a foaming agent, and the air bubbles are mixed to occupy 20 to 40%, based on 100% of the normal concrete.
(28) After a large amount of mixed air bubbles plays its role of regularly dispersing the early-strength admixture into the normal concrete, an antifoaming agent is added to reduce excessive air bubbles in aspect of strength and slump of the rapid-hardening concrete.
(29) The rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit 140 includes a shooting guide member 141 detachably mounted to the mixed concrete forming unit and configured to have a central portion with a smaller diameter than both ends thereof which are perforated so that the mixed concrete is compressed and discharged, and an air supply hole 142 formed through the shooting guide member 141 to supply a high-pressure air of 5 atmospheres or above so as to reduce an air volume while dissipating air bubbles included in the mixed concrete which is moved to the shooting guide member 141.
(30) The air supply hole 142 is formed with a slope in a radial direction through an outer circumference of the shooting guide member 141.
(31) Next, a producing method of the present disclosure configured as above will be described.
(32) First, as shown in
(33) In addition, as shown in
(34) At this time, the air bubble agent is an admixture which is generally diluted with 30 to 50 times of water and physically introduces air bubbles by means of a detergent action, so that air bubbles produced at the outside is put into a prepared normal concrete. Here, an air volume may be obtained up to about 80, but in the present disclosure, an effect amount of air bubbles may be 20 to 40% in comparison to the entire rapid-hardening concrete. Also, the air bubbles may be minute air bubbles having a substantially spherical shape and a size in the range of 0.01 to 0.3 mm.
(35) The air bubbles may be generated using a foaming agent. The foaming agent generates air bubbles while being added to the normal concrete, stirred and mixed again, by means of rapid rotation of a mixer. Here, even though large air bubbles are generated at an initial stage, the large air bubbles are broken down during a stirring process to have relatively uniform distribution. However, the amount of generated air bubbles greatly varies depending on a mixing period. The foaming agent may employ aluminum powder and be included by the content of 0.1 to 0.5% in comparison to the entire rapid-hardening concrete.
(36) An enlarged photograph of the air bubble slurry including air bubbles and an early-strength admixture is depicted in
(37) Even though it has been described that the air bubble slurry in which air bubbles and slurry are mixed is put into the normal concrete, it is also possible that air bubbles and slurry are put into the normal concrete in order.
(38) In addition, without making the slurry, air bubbles and an early-strength admixture formed by mixing at least one of alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, amorphous alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, Hauyne ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, and mixtures thereof may be put into the normal concrete.
(39) Here, the high-early-strength concrete manifesting a compressive strength of 21 MPa within 3 days is formed by mixing 5 to 20 parts by weight of early-strength admixture, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete. Also, the ultrahigh-early-strength concrete manifesting a compressive strength of 21 MPa within one day is formed by mixing 15 to 25 parts by weight of early-strength admixture, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete. In addition, the ultra-rapid-set concrete manifesting a compressive strength of 21 MPa within 3 hours is formed by mixing 25 to 40 parts by weight of early-strength admixture, based on 100 parts by weight of cement of the normal concrete. Here, if the content of the early-strength admixture is smaller than the above ranges, high strength and high durability may be deteriorated. Also, if the content of the early-strength admixture is greater than the above ranges, construction costs increase without enhancing high strength and high durability further.
(40) The mixed concrete forming unit 130 mixes the normal concrete with the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture put by the air bubble and early-strength admixture putting unit 120 as described above or mixes the normal concrete with the air bubble slurry. Here, regarding a mixing ratio of the normal concrete and the air bubble slurry, 300 to 400 L of air bubble slurry is mixed per 1 m3 of the normal concrete so that air bubbles are included in the mixed concrete by the content of 30 to 35%.
(41) As shown in
(42) In addition, as shown in
(43) At this time, the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture may be put separately, but the air bubble slurry may be put into the normal concrete since the air bubbles and the early-strength admixture may be mixed with the normal concrete within a short time by means of a rotation of the screw 135.
(44) Here, the mixed concrete forming unit 130 is a vertical stirring mixer, which is formed with a slope so that an outlet is higher than an inlet, and thus the bubble slurry and the normal concrete may be easily mixed due to a height difference of the mixing member 135.
(45) In addition,
(46) The greatly increased amount of air may allow the early-strength admixture to be regularly dispersed in the normal concrete due to a ball bearing effect. However, if the mixed concrete includes a large amount of air, the strength and durability of the mixed concrete are greatly deteriorated. Regarding a relation of the air volume and the compressive strength of a general normal concrete, if the air volume in the normal concrete increases as much as 1%, the compressive strength decrease as much as about 4%. In other words, the mixed concrete mixed with a large amount of air bubbles as described above has so seriously deteriorated strength not to be used as a structural material, and also the mixed concrete has a greatly increased slump, beyond the workable range for depositing the mixed concrete.
(47) Therefore, in the present disclosure, as shown in
(48) The antifoaming agent is a material for suppressing generation of air bubbles used for removing and controlling air bubbles mixed for regularly dispersing the early-strength admixture into the normal concrete. Here, breaking the generated air bubbles is called bubble breaking, and suppressing the generation of air bubbles from the first is called bubble control. In the present disclosure, since the antifoaming agent is used for removing excessive air bubbles, the antifoaming agent may be called a bubble breaker. Various kinds of antifoaming agents may be used for the mixed concrete, and 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of antifoaming agent may be included, based on 100 parts by weight of rapid-hardening concrete.
(49) When the mixed concrete is shot by means of the rapid-hardening concrete shooting unit 140, the mixed concrete is supplied to an inlet of the shooting guide member 141 which is detachably mounted to the concrete mixer truck 111 of the mixed concrete forming unit 130 or the movement guide member 134 of the mixed concrete forming unit 130.
(50) Here, since the shooting guide member 141 is formed so that both ends at its inlet and outlet have a smaller diameter than its central portion, the mixed concrete supplied to the shooting guide member 141 is compressed to generate a pressure.
(51) In addition, as shown in
(52) The amount of air bubbles included in the mixed concrete from which the air bubbles are dissipated is close to the range of air volume included in the normal concrete before being mixed with the air bubble slurry. In addition, as the air volume included in the mixed concrete is reduced to the range of 3 to 7%, the slump is also reduced to an original level, which makes it possible to shoot the rapid-hardening concrete ensuring good workability, high strength and high durability.
(53) Basic properties and durability of the rapid-hardening concrete were measured according to KS standards and ASTM, as shown in Table 1 in detail. As shown in
(54) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Details of the basic properties and durability test Test schedule and Measuring Test items mold sample size method Amount Characteristics Slump loss Before KS F 2402 5 minute before depositing intervals hardening shotcrete Air volume Before and KS F One after depositing 2421KS F time shotcrete 2449 Setting test Before KS F 2436 One depositing time shotcrete Strength Compressive After 100*200 KS F 2405 15 ea characteristics strength depositing (12 hr, 1 D, shotcrete 3 D 7 D, 28 D) Bending After 100*100*460 KS F 2566 9 ea strength depositing (12 hr, 1 D, shotcrete 28 D)
(55) In addition, in the setting test for the mixed concrete, as shown in
(56) TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Setting time of each variable Type Setting Time (minutes) RHA-20% Initial setting 68 Final setting 98 RHA-30% Initial setting 59 Final setting 76 RHA-30% (AB) Initial setting 129 Final setting 158 normal concrete (OPC) Initial setting 282 Final setting 404
(57) In addition, as shown in
(58) In the present disclosure, the embodiment is just an example, and the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any feature whose construction and effect are identical to those defined in the claims of the present disclosure should be regarded as falling within the scope of the present disclosure.
(59) In particular, even though the early-strength admixture employs alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, amorphous alumina-based ultra-rapid-set clinker powder, Hauyne ultra-rapid-set clinker powder or the like in the embodiment of the present disclosure, early-strength admixtures other than the above early-strength admixture may also be applied to the producing apparatus and method of the present disclosure as long as they exhibit a rapid-hardening property and has economic feasibility.