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VALORISATION OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE ASH IN THE

MANUFACTURE OF LIME-STABILIZED BLOCKS

Jijo JAMES 1 * , Pitchai Kasinatha PANDIAN 1

Abstract Address

The study investigated the potential of lime in the manufac- 1


Department of Civil Engineering, Tagore Engineering College,
ture of stabilized soil blocks and the valorisation of a solid Rathinamangalam, Melakottaiyur P.O., Chennai – 127, India
waste, Bagasse Ash (BA), in its manufacture. A locally availa- * Corresponding author: jijothegreat@gmail.com
ble soil was collected from a field and characterized in the soil
laboratory as a clay of intermediate plasticity. This soil was Key words
stabilized using lime, the quantity of which was determined
from the Eades and Grim pH test. The soil was stabilized using ●● Stabilized soil blocks,
this lime content, amended with various BA contents during ●● Lime,
●● Bagasse ash,
mixing, and moulded into blocks of 19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm. The
●● Compressive strength,
blocks were then moist cured for a period of 28 days, follow-
●● Water absorption,
ing which they were subjected to compressive strength, water ●● Efflorescence.
absorption and efflorescence tests. The results of the tests re-
vealed that the addition of BA resulted in enhanced compres-
sive strength of the blocks, increased the water absorption
marginally, and resulted in no efflorescence in any of the com-
binations, although the limited combinations in the study
could not produce enough strength to meet the specifications
of the Bureau of Indian Standards. The study revealed that BA
can be effectively valorised in the manufacture of stabilized
soil blocks.

1 INTRODUCTION affordable, innovations in construction materials to achieve cost

reductions are essential, especially in developing countries like
Housing is an elementary requirement for all people, but the India. The valorisation of waste materials is one good option in
high cost of construction materials results in an economically weak- achieving cost reductions as waste management is another area that
er sect of the populace not being able to afford housing, especially is the focus of the research fraternity all over the world. Thus, the
in developing countries. This problem of a housing shortage also combination of waste management with cost reductions for the de-
persists in India, where the rapid rise in the cost of land as well as velopment of innovative low-cost construction materials provides
the cost of materials is driving affordable housing out of the reach of the best of both worlds. Traditional earthen blocks have become
the average person. The housing shortage in India currently stands popular in recent times, due to their economic competitiveness
at 60 million units, which is predicted to rise to 110 million units (Villamizar et al. 2012). Fired clay bricks consume huge amounts
in 2022, which will require an investment of US$ 250-260 billion of energy in their manufacture, whereas compressed earth blocks
(KPMG and NAREDCO 2014)Hence, in order to make housing like cement-stabilized blocks consume less than 10% of that energy

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(Walker 1995). Other advantages of these types of blocks include er; and BA, adopted as the secondary additive; whose valorisation in
their low cost, construction performance, fire resistance and easy the block manufacture has been attempted.
availability, while their drawbacks include low performance in the
areas of durability, tensile strength, abrasion and impact toughness
(Adam and Agib 2001). An earth or soil block is a construction or 2.1 Virgin Soil
masonry unit of regular dimensions made from soil and called a
compressed earth block when wet or damp soil is compressed at a The virgin soil adopted in the manufacture of the blocks was col-
high pressure to form the block or as a compressed stabilized earth lected from the Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. The soil was
block when any binder is used for the stabilization of the soil used in tested for its geotechnical properties in the laboratory and classified,
the manufacture of the block (James et al. 2016). A lot of materials all in accordance with the relevant codes of the Bureau of Indian
have been adopted in the manufacture of soil blocks, but ordinary Standards (BIS). The properties of the soil adopted in the study are
Portland cement has been one of the most common stabilizers used tabulated in Tab. 1.
for soil stabilization (Basha et al. 2005; Hossain and Mol 2011).
However, it is a well-known fact that cement manufacture results in Tab. 1: Properties of Soil
carbon dioxide emissions.
Lime is another stabilizer adopted for stabilization of soils. Property Value
Before the advent of cement, it was the most commonly adopted
binder in construction. In fact, in Southern India, traditional con- Liquid Limit (BIS 1985) 41.8 %
structions in the olden days adopted combinations of lime, jaggery
and gall-nut powder in mortars to improve their performance and Plastic Limit (BIS 1985) 14.5 %
durability. The authors have conducted investigations of the said Plasticity Index 27.3 %
combination in soil stabilization as well (James and Pandian 2013;
James et al. 2014). Despite its replacement as a primary binder by Shrinkage Limit (BIS 1972) 10.1%
cement, lime can still function as a very good binder and can play a
crucial role in the development of low-cost construction materials. Maximum Dry Density (BIS 1980) 18.5 kN/m3
Soil stabilization, including stabilized soil blocks, has become an Optimum Moisture Content (BIS 1980) 11.9%
avenue for the effective utilization of solid waste materials (James
and Pandian 2015, 2016). Other researchers have also previously Unconfined Compressive Strength (BIS 1991) 523.4 kPa
worked on the utilization of lime in the manufacture of stabilized
blocks (Bharath et al. 2014; Nagaraj et al. 2014; Ciancio et al. BIS Classification (BIS 1970) CI
2014; Dass and Malhotra 1990; Guettala et al. 2006; Guettala et
al. 2002; Maskell et al. 2014). There have been lots of efforts in
the valorisation of waste materials in the manufacture of stabilized 2.2 Lime
earth blocks. Coal ash and cassava peels (Villamizar et al. 2012),
phosphogypsum (Ajam et al. 2009; Degirmenci 2008), rice husk High quality, commercial grade, hydrated lime was adopted in
ash and cement kiln dust (Hossain 2011), alumina filler waste (Mi- this investigation. No special preparation methods were adopted for
queleiz et al. 2013) and egg shell waste (Adogla et al. 2016) are a the lime, and it was used ‘as is’ from the package provided by the
few of the waste materials that have been adopted in the manufac- supplier. Hydrated lime is the most common form of lime adopted in
ture of blocks. There have also been attempts to valorise waste in soil stabilization activities.
combination with stabilizers like cement and/or lime in the manu-
facture of stabilized blocks like combinations of cement and slag/
quarry waste (Vijayaraghavan et al. 2009), cement and ceramic tile 2.3 Bagasse Ash
waste (Wattanasiriwech et al. 2009), lime and fly ash (Rushad et al.
2011), and cement and rice husk ash (Oyetola and Abdullahi 2006), The major solid wastes generated from the sugar manufacturing
to name a few. Similarly, in this investigation an attempt at the val- process include sugarcane trash, bagasse, press mud, bagasse fly ash
orisation of sugarcane bagasse ash (BA), a waste from the sugar in- and spent wash (Balakrishnan and Batra 2011; Partha and Sivasu-
dustry, in the manufacture of lime-stabilized blocks (LSB) has been bramanian 2006; Yadav and Solomon 2006). Bagasse is the fibrous
made. The utilization of BA is not a new means to manufacture residue that remains after the extraction of juice from cane. In many
blocks. A lot of earlier researchers have attempted the valorisation of the sugar processing industries, this bagasse is used as a fuel in
of this waste in block manufacture both as a standalone stabilizer boilers and results in the production of the by-product ash, called
and in combinations with primary stabilizers (Greepala and Parich- as ‘BA’. BA has many uses and finds applications in the manufac-
artpreecha 2011; James et al. 2016; Khobklang et al. 2008; Lima ture of low-cost adsorbents (Balakrishnan and Batra 2011), ceram-
et al. 2012; Onchiri et al. 2014; Salim et al. 2014). However, there ics (Teixeira et al. 2008), biomass ash filters (Umamaheswaran et
are also limited works wherein combinations of BA and lime have al. 2004), and concrete (Sales and Lima 2010; Sua-iam and Makul
been adopted in the manufacture of stabilized blocks (Madurwar et 2013), apart from applications in soil engineering. The BA adopted
al. 2014; Kulkarni et al. 2013; Alavéz-Ramírez et al. 2012). Thus, in this study was obtained from Thirutthani Sugar Mills Pvt. Ltd.,
the primary objective of this work is to evaluate the performance of Arakkonam district, Tamil Nadu, India. The chemical composition
LSB with BA as a secondary additive. of the sugarcane BA adopted in the study is given in Tab. 2. Fig. 1
shows the X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of the BA. The miner-
alogical characterization of the BA shed light on the presence of
2. MATERIALS cristobalite, quartz and calcium carbonate. Others have reported the
presence of quartz, cristobalite, calcite, calcium phosphate, mul-
The various materials adopted in this investigation include virgin lite, and iron oxide among others (Bahurudeen et al. 2015; Rodri-
soil, used as the raw material for the block; lime, used as the stabiliz- guez-Diaz et al. 2015; Schettino and Holanda 2015; Torres Agredo

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Tab. 2 Chemical composition of Lime and BA

(%) of SiO2 Al2O3 CaO Fe2O3 K 2O MgO Na2O P2O5 TiO2 SO3

Lime 0.245 0.053 72.267 0.037 0.003 14.604 0.047 0.005 0.003 0.048

BA 35.17 0.281 2.07 5.22 3.75 0.91 0.01 1.03 0.02 0.03

Fig. 3: Steel moulds adopted for the moulding of stabilized blocks

Fig. 1: X-Ray Diffractogram of Sugarcane BA

pro­perties. A block size of 19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm was selected out

of the three different sizes suggested in the BIS code IS 1725 (BIS
1982) for stabilized blocks. Two steel moulds were fabricated for
the manufacture of stabilized blocks with the selected dimensions.
Fig. 3 shows the fabricated moulds adopted for the study.
The minimum lime content required to raise the pH of soil to
12.4 is the amount of lime required for the modification of soil prop-
erties (ASTM 1999) and is called the “initial consumption of lime”.
This lime content was determined from the Eades and Grim pH test
(Eades and Grim 1966) and was used to stabilize the soil under
investigation. The BA contents used to amend the stabilization pro-
cess were selected at random. The soil blocks were cast to a fixed
density of 18.5 kN/m3 and a moisture content of 12%. After the
blocks were cast, they were sprinkle cured for a period of 28 days
and covered with plastic gunny bags. A detailed description of the
casting of the blocks is described in an earlier work (James et al.
2016). Fig. 4 graphically describes the casting of the LSB. The sta-
Fig. 2: SEM Micrograph of BA
bilized blocks were then subjected to compressive strength, water
absorption and efflorescence tests as per the BIS recommendations
et al. 2014). Fig. 2 shows the microstructure of BA. It clearly re- (BIS 1982) in accordance with the BIS code IS 3495 (BIS 1992).
veals well-burnt flakes of bagasse. The average of three block test results was taken for each property
for a particular combination.

3. METHODOLOGY

The experimental methodology began with the preparation of

the soil sample in accordance with the BIS code IS 2720 Part 1 (BIS
1983); it was tested for its geotechnical properties and classified as
intermediate plastic clay (CI). Lime was used ‘as is’ out of the pack-
aging supplied. The BA was sieved through a 300 micron BIS sieve
to improve its reactivity with soil and lime. The BA was subjected
to X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to determine its chemical composition,
XRD for determination of its mineralogy, and scanning electron mi-
croscopy (SEM) for its morphological characterization. Madurwar
et al. (2014) had also characterized BA similarly to determine its

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4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION the present work. However, it should be noted that the compressive
strength of the stabilized block depends upon the soil type, the type
The initial consumption of lime that was determined by the Eades and amount of stabilizer, and the compaction pressure used to form
and Grim pH test turned out to be 6%, as seen in Fig. 5. The soil under the block (Adam and Agib 2001). One particular reason for the low
investigation was stabilized with 6% lime and amended with three strength may be due to the low amount of lime (6%) adopted for the
different BA contents of 4%, 6% and 8%. In earlier studies, wherein stabilization process when compared to earlier studies (10-20%) (Ala-
combinations of lime and BA were adopted for the manufacture of véz-Ramírez et al. 2012; Kulkarni et al. 2013; Madurwar et al. 2014).
stabilized blocks, Alavéz-Ramírez et al. (2012) adopted 10% lime, Thus, it can be seen that the addition of BA is capable of raising the
while Madurwar et al. (2014) and Kulkarni et al. (2013) adopted 20% strength of the LSB to meet standards, which in the present case is lim-
lime for stabilization of the soil for making the blocks. The results of ited due to the combination of the BA considered for the investigation.
the performance of the BA-amended LSB are discussed in the fol- Higher combinations of BA can further reveal the full potential of the
lowing sections. combination for achieving low-cost construction material.
Fig. 7 shows the percentage strength gain with the percentage of
BA. It can be seen that at a BA content of 4%, the percentage strength
gain was a meagre 1.12%. Thus, it can be concluded that for the soil
under investigation, a BA content of 4% and below cannot produce
much of an effect on the strength of a stabilized block. With an in-
crease in the BA content, the percentage strength gain also increased
to 7.82% for a 6% BA addition, whereas the percentage strength gain
increased to 10.85% for an 8% addition of BA. It can be noted, how-
ever, that the gain in strength was significant between 4% and 6%
BA, but a similar gain was not seen between the 6% and 8% BA ad-
ditions. Thus, it can be concluded that by increasing the BA content,
the extent of the strength gain initially increases but slows down with
higher BA contents.
When taking a look at earlier research, it was found that a lot
of research has been done with combinations of cement and BA in
Fig. 5: Determination of the initial consumption of the lime the manufacture of stabilized blocks (Greepala and Parichartpreecha
2011; James et al. 2016; Khobklang et al. 2008; Lima et al. 2012).
4.1 Compressive Strength of LSB However, the combination of lime and BA in the manufacture of
blocks has been limited, probably due to the low levels of strength
Fig. 6 shows the compressive strength of 6% LSB amended with achieved by lime when compared to cement in the stabilization of
BA. It can be seen that the addition of BA to the lime stabilization blocks. Nevertheless, a few researchers have gone ahead with the
of the blocks resulted in an increase in the compressive strength of combination and found contrasting results. However, the combina-
the block. The strength of the LSB increased from 1.687 MPa to 1.87 tions and test conditions adopted by different investigators were dif-
MPa, a gain of 0.183 MPa. The BIS specification in IS 1725 (BIS ferent. In order to reduce the results to a comparable level, the authors
1982) stipulates two classes of stabilized blocks, i.e., class 20 with a reduced the contents of the lime and BA as a ratio of the additive to
minimum permissible strength of 1.96 MPa and Class 30 with a mini- the stabilizer. However, as the block density data for all the previous
mum permissible strength of 2.94 MPa. It can be seen that in the pres- investigations was not available, the compressive strength could not
ent case, the strength of LSB stabilized with 6% lime is not enough be normalized for the pressure applied as done in an earlier work
to achieve the minimum specifications of a class 20 block. However, (James et al. 2016). Fig. 8 shows a comparison of the present work
the addition of BA to the stabilization process increases the strength with the earlier works of Madurwar et al. (2014) and Alavéz-Ramírez
to 1.87 MPa; although that is still not enough to meet the strength et al. (2012) in terms of the 28 days compressive strength of the
requirement of a class 20 block, it is off the minimum requirement blocks. The work done by Kulkarni et al. (2013) was similar but could
by less than 5% versus the 16% shortage of a pure LSB. Earlier stud- not be analysed since compressive strength was reported for only 21
ies have reported higher strengths compared to the ones achieved in days of curing in their study.

Fig. 6: Compressive strength of 6% lime stabilized soil amended Fig. 7: Percentage strength gain of LSB with BA
with BA

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At the outset, it is clear that the strength results of the present well below the permissible limit prescribed by BIS. In fact, all the wa-
study is the lowest in comparison with both the previous studies. This ter absorption values are around the halfway mark of the prescribed
may be attributed to the low lime content adopted in the present work limit. An increase in water absorption due to the addition of BA was
when compared to the earlier investigations. It is also reported in the also reported by earlier investigators (Greepala and Parichartpreecha
literature that the properties of soil stabilized at the initial consump- 2011; James et al. 2016). Thus, it can be concluded that the addition
tion of lime, are only capable of being modified without much gain of BA, although results in a marginal increase in the water absorption,
in strength; however, a lime content higher than the initial consump- it is not detrimental to the performance of the blocks.
tion results in the development of strength (Bell 1996; Thompson
1967). Alavéz-Ramírez et al. (2012) reported very high compressive
strengths with combinations of BA and lime, while Madurwar et al.
(2014) reported strength in between the two studies. Alavéz-Ramírez
et al. (2012) adopted only one BA content with lime for stabilizing
the soil blocks and therefore had only two combinations in total, in-
cluding the control specimen. The probable reasons for the high com-
pressive strength may be a higher lime content along with a very high
compaction load of 24 tons applied for the manufacture of the blocks.
As mentioned earlier, applied pressure is one of the important fac-
tors that influences the strength of stabilized blocks. Madurwar et al.
(2014) reported a reduction in the strength of stabilized blocks with
an increase in BA content. However, their work did not report the
strength achieved by pure LSB, because of which it could not be con-
cluded as to whether the addition of BA resulted in a positive strength
gain or not. Out of the three studies compared, a positive strength
gain with an increase in the SBA/lime ratio could be found in the Fig. 9: Water absorption of LSB amended with BA
present study and in the work done by Alavéz-Ramírez et al. (2012).
The other work reports a reduction in strength of the stabilized block
with an increase in the SBA/lime ratio, but it should be noted that 4.3 Efflorescence of LSB
their block was made up of quarry dust rather than soil, which may
have been an influencing factor. The three investigations clearly show Efflorescence is the deposition of salt on the exterior of a block
the effects of the stabilizer and additive content, soil type and pres- surface when immersed in water. An efflorescence test was carried
sure applied on the strength of the stabilized blocks. out on the LSB in accordance with the BIS code IS 3495 (BIS 1992).
The results of the efflorescence tests on the stabilized blocks are tab-
ulated in Tab. 3, which clearly reveals that no efflorescence was no-
ticed on any of the lime-BA combinations.

Tab. 3: Efflorescence of Stabilized Blocks

Lime Content (%) SBA Content (%) Efflorescence

6 0 Nil
6 4 Nil
6 6 Nil
6 8 Nil

Fig. 8: Comparison of the compressive strength of the present study

with earlier works (Alavéz-Ramírez et al. 2012; Madurwar et al. 4.4 R elationship between Compressive Strength and
2014) % BA Content

The results of the compressive strength tests reveal that the BA

contents investigated in this work were not enough to achieve the
4.2 Water Absorption of LSB minimum compressive strength of class 20 blocks; however, the val-
ues were close to the minimum values. Hence, based on the available
The effect of water immersion on the absorption of LSB amended data, a fit was attempted to explain the relationship between com-
with BA is shown in Fig. 9. BIS recommends a maximum permissible pressive strength and percentage BA content. Okafor and Ewa (2012)
water absorption of 15% for stabilized soil blocks. The addition of tried developing models for predicting the compressive strength of
BA to LSB results in an increase in the water absorption of the blocks. Obudu earth blocks stabilized with cement kiln dust. In the present
The water absorption increases from the control value of 7.46% to study, however, due to very limited data, a guideline rather than a
8.38 % with an 8% addition of BA, which is an increase of less than full-scale model has been attempted for determining the minimum
1%. The water absorption of the other combinations i.e., 4% and 6% BA content for achieving the minimum standard strength. Similarly,
BA additions are 7.83% and 7.97% respectively. It can be seen that Al-zaidyeen and Al-qadi (2015) also attempted to derive a relation-
the water absorption of all the combinations of lime-BA blocks are ship to determine the optimal phosphogypsum dosage for the stabili-

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zation of pavement layers in their study. Fig. 10 shows the relation- produced the maximum compressive strength of the block;
ship between compressive strength and % BA content for 6% LSB. however, it was still not enough to meet the strength re-
It can be seen that the fit between compressive strength and % BA quirements of class 20 blocks.
content has a good R2 value of 0.94. The fit was also extended in an The addition of BA resulted in an increase in the water ab-
(iii) 
attempt to forecast the minimum BA content required to achieve the sorption of the stabilized block, but the water absorption
standard strength of a class 20 block. Based on the relationship equa- levels were well within the maximum permissible water
tion obtained from the fit, it was found that a minimum BA content absorption limits of BIS.
of 9.425 % was required for achieving a strength of 1.96 MPa for (iv) The BA amended LSB did not show any signs of efflores-
class 20 blocks. Thus, it can be concluded that 6% LSB amended cence for any of the combinations tested in this investiga-
with 10% BA to achieve a strength higher than class 20 blocks can be tion.
recommended. However, the accuracy of the prediction needs to be (v)  The BA combinations evaluated in this investigation were
verified by conducting actual testing with higher combinations of BA not sufficient to achieve the requisite strength; hence, the
in future investigations. results of the tests were used to derive a relationship be-
tween compressive strength and the percentage of the BA
amendment, which was used to forecast that a minimum
of 9.425% BA was required for achieving the strength of a
class 20 block. Thus, it can be seen that BA can be effec-
tively valorised in the manufacture of stabilized blocks.
(vi) When compared to earlier investigations, the strength
achieved by lime stabilization at the initial consumption
of lime in the present study was low; it is therefore recom-
mended that future investigations with a higher optimum
lime content with BA can be carried out to investigate their
strength performance.
The durability and wear resistance of stabilized soil blocks
(vii) 
stabilized at an optimum lime content amended with BA
can also be taken up in future investigations.

It is concluded that BA as a by-product from the sugar industries

Fig. 10: Relationship between strength and % BA for 6% LSB is a potential alternative material for use in construction materials in
countries where it is generated in huge proportions, thereby achieving
effective waste management while producing low cost and innovative
construction materials.

5. CONCLUSIONS
Acknowledgements
The study investigated potential combinations of lime and BA in
stabilizing a locally available soil for the manufacture of stabilized The authors are grateful to the management of Tagore Engineer-
blocks. Based on the results of the experimental investigations carried ing College and Bharath University, Chennai, India, for providing the
out in the laboratory, the following points may be concluded: laboratory facilities for carrying out this investigation. We would also
(i)  The lime stabilization of a locally available soil stabilized like to acknowledge the XRF facility provided by SAIF, IIT-Bombay,
at the initial consumption of lime was not enough to meet Mumbai, India and the XRD and SEM facilities provided by CNST,
the strength requirements of class 20 block specifications Anna University, Chennai. The authors also extend their thanks to Mr.
of BIS. M. Sasi Kumar, Laboratory Instructor, Soil Engineering Laboratory,
(ii) The addition of BA to the lime stabilization of soil blocks and the students of B.E., Civil Engineering, Tagore Engineering Col-
resulted in an increase in the strength of the block. 8% BA lege, for their help during the investigation.

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