Application of Distillery Slop from Liquor Production to the Cement Mix for Interlocking Blocks

Abstract

This article presents the application of distillery slop from liquor production to the cement mix for interlocking blocks for the benefit of community enterprise development and as a guideline for utilizing the waste from the distillery slop incinerator system. Using a sample size of 12.2x25x10 cm3 cement-mixed interlocking block production, the ratio of Portland cement to distillery slop with laterite (C/B ratio) was 1:6. The ratio between distillery slop-to-laterite 0 10 30 50 75 and 100 and the age of curing 7, 14, and 28 days. The mechanical and physical properties were evaluated with the product standard TCPS.602/2547, which included compressive strength, moisture content. Based on the result obtained, it can be summarized that the optimum distillery slop-to-laterite ratio was found to be 30:70.