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WELCOME
 PRODUCTION OF LIGHT WEIGHT 2
CONCRETE USING OIL PALM SHELL AS
COARSE AGGREGATE

Guided By: Group No. 5

Group Members:
Miss. SARANYA S NAIR
AROMAL R (08)
Assistant professor,
ASWIN V KUMAR (11)
Department of Civil Engineering
NAHLA G H (20)
SINDOORI M S (23)
SUBIN P RAJU (24)
 1. INTRODUCTION 3

The use of concrete as building material is always in high demand.

High density of concrete will result in increased dead load on

building structures.

The use of light weight aggregate as light weight concrete is an

option to reduce the dead load on structures, especially for high

rise building.

In this project we are focusing on production of light weight

concrete using oil palm shell as coarse aggregate.

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Oil palm shell (OPS) is a light weight aggregate from the

agricultural sector, it is one of a waste resulting from palm
oil industry.

Fig: 1. Oil palm shell

of various sizes.
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In this study, the coarse aggregate is replaced at 10%,

15%,30%,50%.

The strength and mass variation is found out for each

percentage.
 2. OBJECTIVE 6

1. To produce light weight concrete using oil palm shell as

coarse aggregate.

2. To determine the mass change of oil palm shell light

weight concrete with normal concrete.

3. To investigate the variation of strength of oil palm shell

light weight concrete.

 3. SCOPE OF STUDY 7

To provide a most economical light weight concrete.

Using the wastes in useful manner.

Minimizing the demand for coarse aggregate at an extent.

To reduce the dead load on building.

To reduce the cost of construction.

 4. METHODOLOGY 8

1. Collection of materials.

2. Testing of materials.

3. Fixing of mix design and quantity required.

4. Test on fresh concrete.

5. Casting of cubes and cylinders.

6. Curing.

7. Compressive strength at 7,14 & 28 days are checked.

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5. LITERATURE REVIEW
1. T,HASSAN ABU AMEEREH, Utilizing oil palm to produce light

weight concrete.

2. D.C.L TEO, M.A. MANNAN, V.J KURIAN, Structural concrete

using oil palm shell as light weight aggregate.

3. NAIR.S,DEEPAK T.J ,KHAN M.M.H, Use of oil palm shell as

replacement of coarse aggregate for investigating properties of

concrete.

4. ASEEL MATAR,DIALA ATIYA, Utilizing oil palm to produce light

weight concrete.
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4. USMAN ALIYU JALAM,ABDUL RAHMAN ALIYU

JALAM , Characteristics of concrete using oil palm shell as
light weight aggregate.

5. KHAIRUNNISA, NURAZZIMAH, The compressive

strength and density of oil palm shell light weight concrete.

6. HAMISU BARAU IMAM, NURA USMAN, Compressive

strength of concrete using palm oil nut shell as light weight
aggregate.
 6. MATERIALS USED 1
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1. Ordinary Portland cement.

Specific gravity 3.15

Standard consistency 30%

Initial setting time 30minutes

Final setting time 600 minutes

Fineness 4.5%
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2. Fine aggregates
Specific gravity 2.65

Effective size 0.23mm

Uniformity coefficient -3.130

Fineness modulus 2.51

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3. Coarse aggregates
Specific gravity 2.65

Effective size 8.2mm

Uniformity coefficient -2.8

Fineness modulus 7.64

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4. Oil palm shell (OPS)

Specific gravity 1.27

Effective size 8.5mm

Uniformity coefficient 1.43

Fineness modulus -1.34

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7. MIX DESIGN
Water cement ratio 0.5

Quantity of water required for 1m^3 = 191.6L/m^3

Quantity of cement required for 1m^3 = 383kg/m^3

Quantity of fine aggregates required for 1 m^3 =

546kg/m^3

Quantity of coarse aggregate required for 1m^3 =

1188kg/m^3
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Mix ratio = 1: 1.425:3.101

Table- 1.Concrete Design Mix M25 Proportion

 8. REFERENCE 1
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1. Assessment of palm kernel shells as light weight aggregate in

concrete-Journal of Engineering studies and Research, vol. 18

(2012) no.2.

2. Exploratory study of oil palm shell as partial replacement in

concrete- Research Journal of Applied sciences, Engineering and

Technology, 5(7): 2372 2375,2013,ISSN:2040-7459.

3. Light weight concrete using oil palm shell as coarse aggregates-

International Journal of Engineering Research and technology,

ISSN:2278-0181,VOL-3,ISSUE 2 ,FEB 2014

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4. Structural concrete using oil palm shell as light weight

concrete", Turkish J. Eng.Sci ., 30 (2006), 251-257.

5. Use of oil palm as replacement of coarse aggregate for

investigating properties of concrete", International Journal
of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Vol-11.

6. Utilizing oil palm shell to produce light weight

concrete, European Journal of Academic Essays 2(7):63-
67,2015,ISSN:2183-1904.
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