scholarly journals A Laboratory Study of Warm Mix Asphalt with Synthetic Zeolite

Author(s):  
Roshani Patidar

Warm mix asphalt (WMA) is a recent technology used to reduce working temperatures without affecting the property of pavement. warm mix asphalt technology is a find out the optimum temperature of asphalt mixture. A number of WMA processes have been developed in recent days. One of the processes is the use of synthetic zeolite as an additive. A number or try in the laboratory to develop warm mix asphalt and using synthetic zeolite as an additive at a specified mixing and optimum temperature which were obtained after a number of trials. Warm mixing with additive is becoming popular because of mixing at a lower temperature which reduces the fuel usage and emission of hazardous gases consequently decreases the mixing as well as compaction temperature of the mix. Reduction of 20º C to 40º C has documented, such reduction has the obvious benefits of cutting fuel consumption and decreasing the production of greenhouse gases. Also, there will improvement in the performance of the pavement. In the present study, The mix asphalt with aggregate gradation as per MORTH specifications was made with varying binder contents (5%,6% and7%). The zeolite content was 0.3% by weight of aggregate. Stone dust and VG 30-grade Asphalt were used as a binder for the mixes. and the help of laboratory tests to find the physical properties of WMA with synthetic zeolite at optimum temperature. These additives are zeolites, that is, minerals of the aluminosilicate group, the crystalline structure of which contains water bound in a specific way. Its release, at mixed asphalt production temperatures, causes asphalt foaming. It is currently known that zeolites can be used in WMA, including natural and synthetic zeolites obtained using chemical reagents and waste. This review presents the results of studies of WMA technology, including the effects of zeolite addition on asphalt properties and mixes asphalt, as well as related environmental, economic, and technological benefits.

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongjoo Kim ◽  
Jaejun Lee ◽  
Cheolmin Baek ◽  
Sunglin Yang ◽  
Sooahn Kwon ◽  
...  

A number of warm-mix asphalt (WMA) technologies are used to reduce the temperature at which the asphalt mixtures are produced and compacted, apparently without compromising the performance of the pavement. The main objective of this study is to determine whether the use of an innovative wax-based LEADCAP WMA additive influences the performance of the asphalt mixture, which is produced and compacted at significantly low temperatures. The WMA pavement using LEADCAP additive (WMA-LEADCAP) along with a control HMA pavement was evaluated with respect to their performances of rutting resistance, crack resistance, and viscoelastic property based on the laboratory dynamic modulus test, indirect tensile strength test, and in-door accelerated pavement test (APT) results. With the limited data carried out, the LEADCAP additive is effective in producing and paving asphalt mixture at approximately 30°C lower temperature than a control HMA mixture, and the performances of WMA-LEADCAP pavement are comparable to a control HMA pavement.


2019 ◽  
Vol 276 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Leo Sentosa ◽  
S Subagio Bambang ◽  
Harmein Rahman ◽  
R. Anwar Yamin

Modifying asphalt aims to improve the performance of the asphalt pavement construction as indicated by increased resistance to permanent deformation and fatigue crack. Asbuton Semi Extraction is one of the materials that can be used for asphalt modification. The addition of Asbuton semi-extraction increases the value of Bitumen Stability Modulus, resistance to permanent deformation and can also increase the asphalt PG value, but require a higher temperature for mixing and compaction. The high temperatures for the manufacture of asphalt mixtures require considerable energy at a more expensive cost and will result in large emissions. The asphalt mixing technology currently being developed is Asphalt Warm Mix, that is asphalt mixture with mixing temperature below 1500°C. One method is to use zeolite additives. The asphalt mixture with the addition of synthetic zeolite can be prepared by mixing and compaction temperatures lower than 30°C of the hot mixture. From the Marshall test, it is known that zeolite addition of 0.3% of the total weight of the mixture gives the characteristic values of the asphalt mixture which still meets the requirements of the specification used. Increased zeolite levels minimize the value of mixed resistance to the immersion indicated by the IRS Marshall value.


2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 3249-3253
Author(s):  
Hui Dou ◽  
Bo Li ◽  
Wen Hong Ren ◽  
Qiang Wang

The volume parameters of asphalt mixtures is sensitive to compaction temperature. Warm-mix Asphalt (WMA) was green paving technology, which can allow paving at lower temperature. In this study, a laboratory investigation of the volumetric properties of WMA with Sosabit was carried out by the method of Marshall. And the effect of different asphalt such as modified asphalt such as Kalamay, Shell, SK and Kalamay 90# asphalt on volumetric properties of WMA at different temperature was analyzed. Based on this, the minimum compaction temperatures of WMA with Sosabit was proposed. The result showed that bulk density and VFA are decreasing and air voids and VMA increasing with the decreasing temperature; the volume indicators to meet the regulatory requirements when the temperature is 170°C~143°C for three WMA-SBS temperature and 150°C~115°C for WMA-90#; compaction temperatures of modified asphalt and asphalt mixture after adding Sosabit can lower up to 133°C and 118°C respectively.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 2398
Author(s):  
Zainalabidine Nihad Abd Al-Mahdi ◽  
Saad Issa Sarsam

Development of hazardous gases emissions through the production and construction of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) have encouraged the transition to Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) which is considered as one of the best choices of sustainable materials in asphalt pavement. The temperature reduction in the mixing, handling, and compaction of the mix gets in saving energy, cutting emissions and significant cuts in construction costs. In this investigation, two WMA mixtures have been prepared in the laboratory using medium curing cutback (MC-30) and cationic emulsion asphalt. HMA mixture was also prepared for comparison. Marshall size Specimens of (101.6 mm) in diameter and (63.5 mm) in height were constructed from these mixtures and subjected to repeated Indirect Tensile Strength test (ITS) to determine the effect of asphalt type and content on deformation and resilient behavior of asphalt mixture. Another group of cylindrical specimens of (101.6 mm) diameter and (101.6 mm) in height have been constructed from these mixtures and subjected to repeated compressive stresses test to determine the rutting resistance of asphalt mixture. Test results were analyzed and compared. It was concluded that, the permanent deformations for cutback and emulsion treated WMA was higher than that of HMA by (50 and 35) % respectively. The Resilient Modulus (Mr) at 25 ⁰C under repeated (ITS) for cutback and emulsion treated WMA was lower than that of HMA by (39.95 and 27.94) % respectively. On the other hand, the (Mr) for cutback and emulsion treated WMA was higher than that of HMA by (43.75 and 5.47) % respectively under repeated compression load at stress level 0.138 (MPa).


2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 678-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebrahim Sangsefidi ◽  
Ali Mansourkhaki ◽  
Hasan Ziari

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3005
Author(s):  
Jiangang Yang ◽  
Chen Sun ◽  
Wenjie Tao ◽  
Jie Gao ◽  
Bocheng Huang ◽  
...  

In this study, the compaction characteristics of recycled hot-mix asphalt (RHMA) were evaluated using the void content (VV), compaction energy index (CEI), slope of accumulated compaction energy (K), and lock point (LP). Then, the effects of the compaction parameters, including the gradation of the RHMA, reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) content, temperature of gyrations, and number of gyrations, on the compaction characteristics of RHMA were investigated. An orthogonal experiment was designed and the data collected were analyzed via range analysis; then, a regression model was generated relying on a quadratic polynomial. Furthermore, the regression model was used for the comparison and prediction of the mixture’s compactability during the material design. Finally, the compaction mechanism of RHMA was discussed from the perspective of the void content of RAP particles. The results showed that a finer aggregate gradation, a higher gyration temperature, a greater number of gyrations, and a higher RAP content were effective for increasing the compactability of RHMA. The range analysis results suggest that the gradation of RHMA has the greatest influence on compactability, followed by the RAP content. The RAP aggregate cannot diffuse to a new mixture completely, so the remained RAP particle reduces the void content of RHMA. Therefore, a higher RAP content up to 50% can help RHMA to achieve the designed void content with higher efficiency.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1047 ◽  
pp. 179-185
Author(s):  
Siti Zubaidah Mohd Asri ◽  
Faridah Hanim Khairuddin ◽  
Choy Peng Ng ◽  
Noor Aina Misnon ◽  
Nur Izzi Md Yusoff ◽  
...  

Pavement failures such as fatigue, rutting, cracking, bleeding, and stripping are typical pavement deterioration. Researchers have been experimenting with pavement modification to overcome these problems. This study determines the optimum binder content (OBC) for modifying an asphalt mixture with a partial replacement of coarse aggregate (5mm-14mm sieve size) with palm kernel shell (PKS). A 60/70 penetration grade bitumen was mixed with 10, 20 and 30% PKS at selected aggregate gradation following the Public Work Department of Malaysia (JKR/SPJ/2008-S4) specification. The preparation of 60 samples of unmodified and modified asphalt mixture employed the Marshall Method compacted with 75 blows. The OBC was determined based on five volumetric properties of asphalt mixture namely stability, flow, bulk density, void filled with asphalt, and void in total mix. The OBC and volumetric properties of the modified PKS asphalt mixture samples were compared with unmodified asphalt mixture samples in accordance to the specification. Results showed that the OBC sample with 30% aggregate replacement produced the highest OBC value of 5.53% relative to the control sample with 5.40% OBC. The trend for OBC with PKS replacement begins with 10% PKS with 5.30% OBC, 20% PKS with 5.32% OBC and 30% PKS. All volumetric properties of the PKS samples are within the specification limit. Thus, PKS has a promising potential as a coarse aggregate replacement in asphalt mixture.


2018 ◽  
Vol 159 ◽  
pp. 01006
Author(s):  
Bagus Hario Setiadji ◽  
Supriyono ◽  
Djoko Purwanto

Several studies have shown that fractal theory can be used to analyze the morphology of aggregate materials in designing the gradation. However, the question arises whether a fractal dimension can actually represent a single aggregate gradation. This study, which is a part of a grand research to determine aggregate gradation based on known asphalt mixture specifications, is performed to clarify the aforementioned question. To do so, two steps of methodology were proposed in this study, that is, step 1 is to determine the fractal characteristics using 3 aggregate gradations (i.e. gradations near upper and lower bounds, and middle gradation); and step 2 is to back-calculate aggregate gradation based on fractal characteristics obtained using 2 scenarios, one-and multi-fractal dimension scenarios. The results of this study indicate that the multi-fractal dimension scenario provides a better prediction of aggregate gradation due to the ability of this scenario to better represent the shape of the original aggregate gradation. However, careful consideration must be observed when using more than two fractal dimensions in predicting aggregate gradation as it will increase the difficulty in developing the fractal characteristic equations.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 962-967
Author(s):  
Hongchang Wang ◽  
Minggang Zhou ◽  
Ming Li ◽  
Kunitomo Sugiura

Porous asphalts pavement arouses the attentions of the world by its good performance such as reduce the potential for hydroplaning, reduce splash and spray, improve visibility, decline traffic noise, and improve driving safety. But the void clogging lessens its durable function. So in this paper appropriate clogging agent was choose, and seepage coefficients were tested by using asphalt mixture pavement surface permeameter to simulation multi-cycle drainage clogging test. The influence of asphalt mixture design parameter such as the porosity, the maximum sizes of the aggregate, gradation and asphalt on the drainage and counter-clogging ability of porous asphalts was researched. The tests indicated that the porosity has an obvious influence on both porous asphalts’ permeable ability and counter-clogging ability. Comparing the specimen of 21% void to the ones of 16% void, the drain ability is improved 49.8%, the counter-clogging ability is improved 55.0%. The maximum sizes of the aggregate has an obvious influence on porous asphalts’ counter-clogging ability, but no an obvious influence on the drain ability. Comparing the specimen of 16mm to the 13mm, the counterclogging ability is proved 48%. PAC with the coarser graduation has a better performance on drain and counter-clogging ability. TPS modifier changes PAC little on drain and counter-clogging ability.


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