TITLE:
Influence of Heavy Fuel Oil on the Thermo-Physical and Erodibility Properties of Earthen Materials
AUTHORS:
Ohindemi G. Yameogo, Donzala D. Some, Souleymane Ouedraogo, Philbert Nshimiyimana, Sié Kam, Dieudonné J. Bathiebo
KEYWORDS:
Porosity Accessible by Water, Erodibility, Water Content, Thermal Diffusion
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering,
Vol.12 No.1,
January
31,
2024
ABSTRACT: This study focuses on the use of heavy fuel oil in construction material in Burkina Faso. Its mixture with silty or clayey soil is used as a coating to reinforce the walls of raw earth constructions which are very sensitive to water. The interest of this study is to determine erodibility, water content, while highlighting the influence of the porosity accessible by water on thermal diffusion in construction material containing heavy fuel oil. The heavy fuel oil was mixed with a silty-clayey soil, in different proportions, and water to make bricks samples on which tests were carried out. At the end of the experimental tests, it appears that the water content increases gradually, but not significantly with the addition of heavy fuel oil, which causes a slight increase in the speed of heat propagation through the material with reduced porosity, particularly those containing higher quantities of heavy fuel oil. Conversely, we note a good performance of heavy fuel oil in terms of water resistance properties such as porosity accessible by water and erodibility. This allows us to conclude that the mixture of heavy fuel oil and silty-clayey soil used as a coating material could greatly reduce water infiltration into the walls of housing constructions with raw earthen materials.