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Hull as an Additive in
making Bricks
Submitted by:
Bagon, King Anthony A.
Enero, Ma. Reana B.
Leonardo, John Paul T.
Ngo, Celene Pia J.
Villamonte, Daryll John V.
Submitted to: Engr. Daniel Guillen
Date: October 5, 2016
I. ABSTRACT
This research has aims to study the effectiveness of rice hull as
an additive in making bricks. Bricks were made from soil-cement
mixes with one having rice hull as an additive. The mixture is
composed
of
1:3:4
ratios
(1-cement;
3-soil;
4-rice
hull).
with the rice hull did not break while the one without the rice hull
broke. That shows the effectiveness of rice hull as an additive in
making bricks.
II. INTRODUCTION
Philippines is known to be an agricultural country. The country's
main agricultural crops are rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane,
bananas, pineapple, coffee, mangoes, tobacco, and abaca (a
banana-like plant). Having rice as one of the countrys main
agricultural crop, the Philippines is the worlds eighth-largest rice
producer. Being an agricultural country, how does the country
uses the waste product in agriculture such as rice hull?
The rice hull (or husk) is the outermost layer of the paddy grain
that is separated from the rice grains during the milling process.
Around 20% of paddy weight is hull and rice production in Asia
produces about 770 million tons of hulls annually. Rice hull was
largely considered a waste product that was often burned or
dumped on landfills, according to Martin Gummert, postharvest
expert at the International Rice Research Institute.
In this contest search to make something out of the agricultural
waste such as rice hull, various researches have been made to
use rice hull as an alternative building material to clay bricks.
The primary use of bricks has been for wall coverings over the
years, but they can be used for decorative purposes as well.
Historically, the common brick has been molded from clay and
fired in a kiln. But that isn't the only way you can make brick.
Price/unit
Amount
Cost
needed per
CEMENT
SOIL
170php/40 kg
41php/ m
RICE HULL
TOTAL
1php/kg
brick
376.5 g
936.75 g
1.6php
4php
200 g
.2php
5.8php
Labor - 5 employees
Minimum wage 454
Water 196.33 per day
Miscellaneous 500
*350 bricks per day
((5.8x350) + (454x5) + 196.33 + 500)/350 = 14.28php
For profit, we could set the amount for 15php per brick.
http://www.ijera.com/papers/Vol2_issue5/KX2519061910.p
df
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248284934_Prop
ertiPr_oo_clay-sand-rice_husk_ash_mixed_bricks
VII. ATTACHMENTS