Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation

The Australian landscape has a large number of naturally cemented structures, which provide inspiration for a sustainable cementing material which does not produce carbon dioxide during the manufacturing phase. Structures such as corals, beach rocks and stromatolites are cemented through the process...

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Main Author: Porter, Hannah Elizabeth
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75981
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description The Australian landscape has a large number of naturally cemented structures, which provide inspiration for a sustainable cementing material which does not produce carbon dioxide during the manufacturing phase. Structures such as corals, beach rocks and stromatolites are cemented through the process of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation, (MICP). This thesis reports on the potential for MICP as a replacement or augmentation to chemical binders in geomaterials and evaluates the sustainability of MICP using Life Cycle Analysis.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-759812021-07-26T01:15:22Z Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation Porter, Hannah Elizabeth The Australian landscape has a large number of naturally cemented structures, which provide inspiration for a sustainable cementing material which does not produce carbon dioxide during the manufacturing phase. Structures such as corals, beach rocks and stromatolites are cemented through the process of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation, (MICP). This thesis reports on the potential for MICP as a replacement or augmentation to chemical binders in geomaterials and evaluates the sustainability of MICP using Life Cycle Analysis. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75981 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Porter, Hannah Elizabeth
Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
title Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
title_full Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
title_fullStr Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
title_full_unstemmed Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
title_short Stabilisation of Geomaterials using Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation
title_sort stabilisation of geomaterials using microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75981