Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks
This work focuses on the design of concrete for the construction of winemaking tanks, as well as coating behaviour and stability of the systems in wine immersion. More specifically, alternative laboratory concrete mixtures were investigated by replacing cement with natural pozzolan and using silicat...
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| author | Eleftherios K. Anastasiou Alexandros Liapis Eirini-Chrysanthi Tsardaka Alexandros Chortis Argyris Gerovassiliou |
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| description | This work focuses on the design of concrete for the construction of winemaking tanks, as well as coating behaviour and stability of the systems in wine immersion. More specifically, alternative laboratory concrete mixtures were investigated by replacing cement with natural pozzolan and using silicate aggregates and quartz sand as filler in order to obtain self-compacting concrete of strength class C 20/25. The optimal mixture was selected and further tests were carried out on the mechanical properties of permeability, durability and thermal conductivity. Three coatings and plain concrete were tested for their leachability of heavy metals in wine. The results show that the selected composition with 20% cement replacement by natural pozzolan has the desired workability and strength and is comparable to a reference concrete without natural pozzolan. The leachability tests show that heavy metals do not leach out upon contact with wine, but only calcium and potassium oxide, which can be easily addressed by coating or treating the surface of the concrete. Also, the optimum coating did not influence the pH of the wine. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13039df5b176446fb87f6b326bc259dd2025-08-20T03:35:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-07-011514781610.3390/app15147816Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking TanksEleftherios K. Anastasiou0Alexandros Liapis1Eirini-Chrysanthi Tsardaka2Alexandros Chortis3Argyris Gerovassiliou4Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceGerovassiliou Estate, 57500 Epanomi, GreeceThis work focuses on the design of concrete for the construction of winemaking tanks, as well as coating behaviour and stability of the systems in wine immersion. More specifically, alternative laboratory concrete mixtures were investigated by replacing cement with natural pozzolan and using silicate aggregates and quartz sand as filler in order to obtain self-compacting concrete of strength class C 20/25. The optimal mixture was selected and further tests were carried out on the mechanical properties of permeability, durability and thermal conductivity. Three coatings and plain concrete were tested for their leachability of heavy metals in wine. The results show that the selected composition with 20% cement replacement by natural pozzolan has the desired workability and strength and is comparable to a reference concrete without natural pozzolan. The leachability tests show that heavy metals do not leach out upon contact with wine, but only calcium and potassium oxide, which can be easily addressed by coating or treating the surface of the concrete. Also, the optimum coating did not influence the pH of the wine.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/14/7816self-compacting concretemechanical properties of concreteconcrete durabilityconcrete leachability |
| spellingShingle | Eleftherios K. Anastasiou Alexandros Liapis Eirini-Chrysanthi Tsardaka Alexandros Chortis Argyris Gerovassiliou Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks Applied Sciences self-compacting concrete mechanical properties of concrete concrete durability concrete leachability |
| title | Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks |
| title_full | Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks |
| title_short | Testing Concrete for the Construction of Winemaking Tanks |
| title_sort | testing concrete for the construction of winemaking tanks |
| topic | self-compacting concrete mechanical properties of concrete concrete durability concrete leachability |
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