Thermal Consolidation of Dredge Sand for Artificial Reef Formations
Coral Reef ecosystems have degraded over years due to a variety of environmental issues such as ocean acidification. The continuous stress has detrimental effects on coral reef ecosystems that can possibly lead to the loss of the ecosystem. Our research aims to construct a prototype of an artificial...
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ftutexasriogrand:oai:scholarworks.utrgv.edu:etd-1189 2023-06-11T04:15:39+02:00 Thermal Consolidation of Dredge Sand for Artificial Reef Formations Trevino, Alexandro 2017-07-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/167 https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/context/etd/article/1189/viewcontent/Trevino_utrgv_1863M_10262.pdf unknown ScholarWorks @ UTRGV https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/167 https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/context/etd/article/1189/viewcontent/Trevino_utrgv_1863M_10262.pdf Theses and Dissertations Pure sciences Applied sciences Earth Sciences Environmental Sciences Physics text 2017 ftutexasriogrand 2023-05-13T17:48:57Z Coral Reef ecosystems have degraded over years due to a variety of environmental issues such as ocean acidification. The continuous stress has detrimental effects on coral reef ecosystems that can possibly lead to the loss of the ecosystem. Our research aims to construct a prototype of an artificial reef by consolidating dredge sand from the ship channels of South Texas. Consolidation is achieved through an aluminum polytetrafluoroethylene self-propagating high temperature process that yields a solid formation to mimic the physical properties of coral reef structures. Using thermodynamic calculations, the variation of initial components was determined that reached an adiabatic temperature with a maximum peak of 2000 K. The self-sustaining reaction front was obtained to rigidly consolidate the dredge sand only at composition concentrations exceeding a critical value of 24 wt.% Al, and 3 wt.% PTFE. The combustion synthesis produced a consolidated formation with a hardened and porous structure. Text Ocean acidification Scholarworks@UTRGV (The University of Texas RioGrande Valley) |
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Coral Reef ecosystems have degraded over years due to a variety of environmental issues such as ocean acidification. The continuous stress has detrimental effects on coral reef ecosystems that can possibly lead to the loss of the ecosystem. Our research aims to construct a prototype of an artificial reef by consolidating dredge sand from the ship channels of South Texas. Consolidation is achieved through an aluminum polytetrafluoroethylene self-propagating high temperature process that yields a solid formation to mimic the physical properties of coral reef structures. Using thermodynamic calculations, the variation of initial components was determined that reached an adiabatic temperature with a maximum peak of 2000 K. The self-sustaining reaction front was obtained to rigidly consolidate the dredge sand only at composition concentrations exceeding a critical value of 24 wt.% Al, and 3 wt.% PTFE. The combustion synthesis produced a consolidated formation with a hardened and porous structure. |
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Thermal Consolidation of Dredge Sand for Artificial Reef Formations |
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