Apparatus and method for manufacturing high performance concrete capable of manufacturing high performance concrete through processes of inserting air into normal concrete and dissipating air

• US 10,118,312 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kangwon National University Industry Cooperation Foundation
• Original Assignee: Kangwon National University Industry Cooperation Foundation
• Inventors: Yun, Kyong Ku
• Primary Examiner(s): Halpern, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/903,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20160151933A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,587 Days
• Field of Search: 366 3, 366320
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/10 Mixing by creating a vortex flow, e.g. by tangential introduction of flow components
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/31423 with a plurality of perforations in the circumferential direction only and covering the whole circumference
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 29/64 with stirring devices moving in relation to the receptacle, e.g. rotating
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/8212 with moving and non-moving stirring devices
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/71775 using helical screws
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/754551 using helical screws
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/006 involving mechanical aspects
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/0806 Details; Accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/1261 Applying pressure for discharging applying pressure during mixing B28C5/462
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/1269 for making cellular concrete in general B28C5/381
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/1806 rotating about an inclined axis about a steeply inclined axis B28C5/26
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/381 Producing cellular concrete B28C5/1269 takes precedence; producing foam B01F23/235, B01F23/291
• CPC Class Codes: B28C 5/46 Arrangements for applying super- or sub-atmospheric pressure during mixing; Arrangements for cooling or heating during mixing , e.g. by introducing vapour

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for manufacturing high-performance concrete by introducing air into normal concrete and dissipating air, wherein high-performance concrete is formed in a manner in which bubbles, which are to be removed, are added in a large amount together with an admixture to pre-blended normal concrete so that the admixture is uniformly dispersed in the normal concrete using the ball-bearing effect of the bubbles, thus forming mixed concrete, and the mixed concrete is discharged using air at a high pressure of 5 atom or more to thereby shoot high-performance concrete of which the slump, remarkably increased due to the large amount of bubbles, is reduced to fall within the range of slump of normal concrete while dissipating excess air from the mixed concrete.

Claims

1. An apparatus for manufacturing high-performance concrete by introducing air into normal concrete and dissipating air, comprising:

a normal concrete formation unit for forming normal concrete by blending water, cement, and aggregate at a predetermined ratio;

a bubble and admixture feeding unit for feeding bubbles and an admixture to the normal concrete to increase a slump of the normal concrete;

a mixed concrete formation unit, comprising a shaft that is rotated by power of a motor in an agitator truck containing the normal concrete, and a mixing member having one or more blades radially provided to the shaft to mix the normal concrete with the bubbles and the admixture, fed from the bubble and admixture feeding unit, thus forming mixed concrete; and

a high-performance concrete shooting unit for shooting high-performance concrete of which a slump, increased due to the bubbles, is reduced to fall within a range of slump of normal concrete while dissipating the bubbles from the mixed concrete by discharging the mixed concrete using air at a high pressure of 5 atm or more.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bubble and admixture feeding unit is operated to feed a foamed slurry resulting from mixing the bubbles and a slurry.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the slurry is produced by blending the admixture with water.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bubble and admixture feeding unit is operated to sequentially feed the bubbles and a slurry to the normal concrete.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the slurry is produced by blending the admixture with water.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bubble and admixture feeding unit is operated to sequentially feed the bubbles and the admixture to the normal concrete.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the admixture comprises any one or more selected from among silica fume, metakaolin, flyash, blast slag powder, latex, and a polymer.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the silica fume is used in an amount of 5 to 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of cement for normal concrete.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the metakaolin is used in an amount of 7 to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of cement for normal concrete.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the flyash and the blast slag powder are used in amounts of 15 to 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of cement for normal concrete.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the latex and the polymer are used in amounts of 3 to 15 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of cement for normal concrete.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bubbles are generated using a foaming agent and a bubble generator.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the mixed concrete is added with an antifoaming agent so as to eliminate excess air introduced by the foaming agent and the bubble generator.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bubbles are generated using a blowing agent.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the mixed concrete is added with an antifoaming agent so as to eliminate excess air introduced by the blowing agent.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the high-performance concrete shooting unit comprises:

a shooting guide member removably attached to the mixed concrete formation unit and configured such that a center thereof has a smaller diameter than both ends thereof, which communicate with each other, so that the mixed concrete is discharged in a compressed state; and

an air supply path formed through the shooting guide member to supply air at a high pressure of 5 atm or more so as to reduce an amount of air while dissipating the bubbles from the mixed concrete that is moved to the shooting guide member.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the air supply path is radially inclinedly formed at an outer surface of the shooting guide member.