Influence of pregranulation and low-pressure compaction on the properties of ceramic materials incorporating clay and spent coffee grounds

Spent coffee grounds (SCG) possess the potential to serve as an effective pore-forming additives ceramic mate-rials productions. Nonetheless, a significant challenge arises when attempting to incorporate substantial quan-tities SCG, leading to a loss of consistency for extrusion moulding. Additionally, a drawback includes the pronounced drying shrinkage observed high SCG-content masses during plastic clay body moulding. In this study, the pregranulation process was employed to overcome these issues and produce a new material. SCG, in quantities of up to 20% by weight, were granulated with clay into assorted sized granules before being subjected to low-pressure pressing (0.05, 0.15, 0.25, and 0.5 MPa). The resulting samples underwent drying and firing, followed by evaluation of volume density, water absorption, compressive strength, and thermal. This article highlights the distinctions between materials shaped from plastic clay bodies and those formed using pre -granulation. The findings demonstrate that by employing clay pregranulation process with or without the addition of spent coffee grounds, it is possible to produce low-density ceramic materials possessing excellent thermal insulation properties and sufficient strength.

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This study used a pregranulation process to produce ceramic materials by granulating spent coffee grounds with clay. The pregranulation process overcomes the challenges of incorporating large quantities of spent coffee grounds and the drying shrinkage issue. The results demonstrate that the pregranulated ceramic materials have excellent thermal insulation properties and sufficient strength.