GPCamp 2011

Le Geopolymer Camp 2011, s’est tenu du 5 au 6 juillet 2011 at l’IUT, Université de Picardie, à Saint-Quentin, France. Vous trouverez dans le compte-rendu: deux conferences plènières, la liste de 19 petites communications and quelques photos prises pendant les sessions.

Conférences Plénières en vidéo

State of the Geopolymer 2011 de Geopolymer Institute sur Vimeo.

Au GP-Camp, Prof. Joseph Davidovits a presenté sa conférence plènière sur « l’État des géopolymères 2011″. Il s’agit d’une revue des évènements marquants de 2010 et du premier semestre 2011 sur la science et les applications des Géopolymères. Dans sa conférence, Prof. J. Davidovits développe les sujets suivants (en anglais):

1) Geopolymer science

Geopolymer Conferences
Exponential increase of laboratories and scientific publications
Book « Geopolymer Chemistry & Applications » 3rd edition
15 research topics on geopolymer science and technologies
Sol-gel processes and metakaolin synthesis

2) Geopolymer technologies

BASF introduces geopolymer product for general public
Czech scientists develop geopolymer catalyst for automobile
F1 racing cars and geopolymer high-tech composite
High-temperature structural geopolymer fiber composite
Several patents for industrial applications: Inomat,Dow, etc..
Applications for medical / pharmaceutical uses.

3) Geopolymer Cements / Concretes

Terminology, infringement, legal points in the Internet
Long-term durability of geopolymer cement PYRAMENT
Lafarge CO2 reduction by 25% compared to geopolymer cements: 65 to 90 % CO2 reduction
New standards: ASTM symposium 2012
Special GP-cement applications: passive cooling in cities,
Energy reduction in ceramic manufacture
LTGS bricks and clay-geopolymer (illite based!)

4/ Geopolymer and archaeology

Japonese Fuji-TV-show on building the pyramid with agglomerated geopolymer stone, with Prof. Ikeda
Two small tunnels (shaft) from Cheops pyramid are prefabricated geopolymer limestone concrete

Dechang JIA, High-temperature geopolymer carbon fiber reinforced composites de Geopolymer Institute sur Vimeo.

Prof. Dechang JIA, Harbin, Chine, de l’Institute for Advanced Ceramic, Harbin Institute of Technology, présenta sa conférence « High-temperature geopolymer carbon fiber reinforced composites and their derived CMC » pendant le Geopolymer Camp 2011, Juillet 2011 à Saint-Quentin, France.

Courtes Présentations

Session 1: Book: Geopolymer Chemistry and Applications. – Geopolymer molecular chemistry, scientific investigations, medicinal applications

Joseph Davidovits Geopolymer Institute Presentation of the 3rd edition: Geopolymer Chemistry and Applications.
Carsten Künzel, Chris Cheeseman, Luc Vandeperre and Aldo Boccaccini, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, Department of Materials, Imperial College, Department of Materials, University Nürnberg-Erlangen: An assessment of drying shrinkage in metakaolin-based geopolymers.
Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Prof Dr Kamarudin Hussin, Prof Dr Mohammed Bnhussain, Assoc Prof Che Mohd Ruzaidi Ghazali, UniversiC Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia, King Abdul Aziz City Science & Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Geopolymer at UniMAP.
Dimitrios Panias, I. Gianopoulou, I. Douni, K. Sakkas, G.M. Tsaousi, National Technical University of Athens, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, Laboratory of Metallurgy: Research Group on Geopolymerization Engineering.
Erik G. Søgaard, Camilla G. Sønderby, Morten E. Simonsen, Aalborg University, Denmark: Synthesis and Charaterization of Silicate Polymers.
Tomáš Hanzlíček and Ivana Perná, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Occurrence of fibers in partially formed Ca-K geopolymers.

Session 2: AlPO4 geopolymers; raw materials,

Christine Pelegris, Claudia COGNE, Laboratoire des Technologies Innovantes, I.U.T, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Saint-Quentin: AlPO4 Geopolymer Synthesis routes, Potential applications.
Ivana Perná and Tomáš Hanzlíček, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Utilization of bio-mass ashes.
Gilles Franceschini, ArcelorMittal Company, France: ArcelorMittal by-products management (blast-furnace slag + others).

Session 3: industrial applications (foamed panels, ceramics, high temperature, binders, composites, toxic and radioactive waste containment)

Ivana Perná and Tomáš Hanzlíček, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Utilization of bio-mass ashes as sliding material.
Dechang Jia, Peigang He, Institute for Advanced Ceramics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P.R. China: Thermal evolution and crystallization behavior of K/Cs activated aluminosilicate geopolymer.
G. Korç, F. Kara, A.Kara, M. Vicent, K.G. Süzük, T. Seiffarth, Anadolu Universitesi, Eskişehir, Turkey: Eco Friendly Ceramic Tile Development by geopolymerization.
P. Boura and Z. Ertl, Czech Development Agency (ČRA), Prague, Czech Republic: Geopolymers in semi-industrial and industrial production.

Session 4: building applications, LTGS, bricks, cements, concretes, CO2 mitigation, Global Warming.

Joseph Davidovits Geopolymer Institute, Geopolymer Cement: a review.
Andrew McIntosh, banah UK, Northern Ireland, UK: Development of a geopolymer cement for use in construction.
Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin, Civil Engineering Department Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia: Self Compacting Geopolymer Concrete:Issues and Options.
Nguyen Anh Duong Department of Glass and Ceramics, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Czech Republic : Influence of water on geopolymer mortars on the basis of Czech fly ashs.
Parames Kamhangrittirong, Center of Building Innovation and Technology, Building Technology Division, Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Thailand: Construction material development using fly ash based geopolymer.
Christo M. Costerus, MPI Materialprüfinstitut Hellberg GmbH, Adendorf, Germany: Rheological improvement and water reduction with the MPI – Concrete mixing system.