An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology

The asphalt industry is constantly attempting to reduce its emissions as concerns are growing on global warming. This is done by decreasing the mixing and compaction temperatures of asphalt mixtures without affecting the properties of the mix which is possible through numerous available technologies...

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Main Authors: Kheradmand, Behnam, Muniandy, Ratnasamy, Law, Teik Hua, Yunus, Robiah, Solouki, Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36437/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36437/1/An%20overview%20of%20the%20emerging%20warm%20mix%20asphalt%20technology.pdf
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author Kheradmand, Behnam
Muniandy, Ratnasamy
Law, Teik Hua
Yunus, Robiah
Solouki, Abbas
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Muniandy, Ratnasamy
Law, Teik Hua
Yunus, Robiah
Solouki, Abbas
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description The asphalt industry is constantly attempting to reduce its emissions as concerns are growing on global warming. This is done by decreasing the mixing and compaction temperatures of asphalt mixtures without affecting the properties of the mix which is possible through numerous available technologies in the industry. The production of asphalt mix is done by warm mix asphalt (WMA) technology at considerably lower temperatures (120°C or lower). Less energy consumption, lower mixing and compaction temperatures, early site opening, reduced ageing, fewer emissions, cool weather paving, better workability and, finally, an extended paving window could be mentioned as some of the benefits obtained by using the WMA. This paper presents the WMA techniques and technologies such as foaming techniques, wax and chemical additives techniques. Additionally, the performance of WMA popular technologies such as Sasobit®, WAM®-Foam, Evotherm®, Low energy asphalt, Rediset® WMX and REVIX™ are fully described.
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spelling upm-364372015-09-18T00:32:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36437/ An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology Kheradmand, Behnam Muniandy, Ratnasamy Law, Teik Hua Yunus, Robiah Solouki, Abbas The asphalt industry is constantly attempting to reduce its emissions as concerns are growing on global warming. This is done by decreasing the mixing and compaction temperatures of asphalt mixtures without affecting the properties of the mix which is possible through numerous available technologies in the industry. The production of asphalt mix is done by warm mix asphalt (WMA) technology at considerably lower temperatures (120°C or lower). Less energy consumption, lower mixing and compaction temperatures, early site opening, reduced ageing, fewer emissions, cool weather paving, better workability and, finally, an extended paving window could be mentioned as some of the benefits obtained by using the WMA. This paper presents the WMA techniques and technologies such as foaming techniques, wax and chemical additives techniques. Additionally, the performance of WMA popular technologies such as Sasobit®, WAM®-Foam, Evotherm®, Low energy asphalt, Rediset® WMX and REVIX™ are fully described. Taylor & Francis 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36437/1/An%20overview%20of%20the%20emerging%20warm%20mix%20asphalt%20technology.pdf Kheradmand, Behnam and Muniandy, Ratnasamy and Law, Teik Hua and Yunus, Robiah and Solouki, Abbas (2014) An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology. International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 15 (1). pp. 79-94. ISSN 1029-8436; ESSN: 1477-268X 10.1080/10298436.2013.839791
spellingShingle Kheradmand, Behnam
Muniandy, Ratnasamy
Law, Teik Hua
Yunus, Robiah
Solouki, Abbas
An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
title An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
title_full An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
title_fullStr An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
title_full_unstemmed An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
title_short An overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
title_sort overview of the emerging warm mix asphalt technology
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