ELECTRIC PULSE TECHNOLOGY FOR AGGREGATE AND AGGREGATE-BASED CONCRETE PRODUCTION
In this paper, some aspects of electric pulse technology used for crushing aggregates and their properties are shown. The paper presents technical facilities and instrumentation of the processing line main units of electric pulse technology. Experimental data are given for concrete properties based on catalyzed aggregates. The improved quality of aggregates obtained using this technology and controlled both by discharge channel energy and its yield period was indicated. The properties of the contact area between the catalyzed aggregate surface of pore formation and cement matrix were studied. Aggregate concretes obtained by the electric pulse technology meet the requirements for high-strength concretes having the improved values of cement consumption per strength unit and weight strength per cement consumption unit.