Characterization of pozzolanic materials from the Holguín Region, Cuba, and their application in the production of cements for the manufacture of low-cost housing |
This Research Project is a continuation of the previous PDI (AL 15 PID 32), approved and granted after application number: ced5a584-5714-4ba6-b676-b4ca6b29721c, made from the call for aid to carry out activities with Latin America, through the Rectoral Resolution of November 11, 2014 of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. With this request, a new opportunity opens to continue the still unfinished tasks that were started under the budget assigned in the previous award.
The request formulated in this new call aims to continue deepening the study and knowledge of the geological formations where volcanic and volcanosedimentary materials with pozzolanic properties lie, located in the Holguín Region, Cuba. With the work proposed in this document, the enhancement of these raw materials is planned for the industrial production of cements, mortars and concrete, which will be destined for the construction of low-cost social housing for the inhabitants of that town who have been affected by hurricanes in the last three years.
Project Director: Domingo Alfonso Martín Sánchez
Call: Aid for carrying out activities with Latin America (Rectoral Resolution of October 28, 2015).
Goals
Delimit, characterize, standardize and establish the quality of the natural pozzolan deposits in the Holguín Region, Cuba, to enhance their value as raw materials in the production of pozzolanic cements, and provide an urgent response to the demand for social protection housing. to those affected by the hurricanes.
Project results
- Satisfaction of social demand
- New regional development alternatives
- New sources of employment, direct and indirect
- Reliable, systematic and extensive information on the quality of natural pozzolans in the Holguín Region
- Standardization of raw materials and manufactured products
- Improvement of environmental conditions on farms
- Rational and intensive use in the manufacture of cement and other essential products
- Information about potential projects and their funding sources
- New technologies and products. Patent development and technology transfer
Planned activities
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Inform the component parts about the concession and implementation of the project, as well as the action plan
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Hold a meeting where tasks, completion deadlines, expectations for improvement, research opportunities and technology transfer are set.
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Create a web page that reports on the evolution of the project, compliance with the stages and objectives achieved
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Plan and execute field, office and laboratory campaigns to determine and characterize, through sampling and testing, the quality of natural pozzolans from the Holguín Region.
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Write and publish the report on the situation of natural pozzolans in this region once the results have been correctly compiled, evaluated and interpreted
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Prepare and discuss between the parties the advisory plan for the rational use of natural pozzolans.
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Make contacts with new companies
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Link the project with regional and national projects to ensure its continuity
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Give conferences, seminars and round tables to teachers, students and businessmen in the region
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Define with the counterpart the need, objectives, working hypothesis and scope of the new Doctoral Theses, Master's Thesis and Degree Final Projects
List of participants
For Spain:
- Mr. Domingo Alfonso Martín Sánchez. Doctor in Geological Sciences and Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers
- Mr. Jorge Luis Costafreda Mustelier. Doctor of Geological Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Researcher hired by the Gómez-Pardo Foundation of the Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers
- Mr. Benjamín Calvo Pérez. Doctor of Mining Engineer and Professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Department of Geological Engineering of the ETSI of Minas
- Mr. José Luis Parra y Alfaro. Mining Engineer Doctor. Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers
- Mr. Alberto Ramos Millán. Mining Engineer Doctor. Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Higher Technical School of Mining and Energy Engineers
For Cuba:
- Mr. Carlos Leyva Rodríguez. Doctor of Geological Engineering and Full Professor at the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba
- Mr. Gerardo Orozco Melgar. Doctor in Geological Sciences and Full Professor at the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba
- Da. Daylé Silega Martínez. Geological Engineer. Head of the Department of Geology and Mines. Instructor Professor at the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba. PhD candidate
- Mr. Roger Almenarez Reyes. Master of Science, Engineer in Metallurgy and Materials and Assistant Professor from the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba. PhD candidate
- Mr. Yosbel Guerra González. Master of Science, Engineer in Metallurgy and Materials and Assistant Professor from the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba. PhD candidate
- Mr. Alkaid Benítez Pérez. Civil engineer. Assistant Professor. University of Holguín Oscar Lucero Moya. PhD candidate
- Mr. Roberto Claro Sánchez. Geological Engineer. Instructor Professor at the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba. Teacher
PROJECT COORDINATOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OR COUNTERPARTY INSTITUTION
Doctor Carlos Leyva Rodríguez. Doctor of Geological Engineering and Professor at the Higher Mining-Metallurgical Institute of Moa. Holguin, Cuba. Coordinator Address: Las Coloradas S/N, CP 83330, Moa. Holguin. Cuba.
