Effect of Antioxidant Additives and Recycling Agents on Performance of Asphalt Binders and Mixtures – Phase II

The use of recycling agents (RAs) (i.e., rejuvenators or softening agents) has gained significant attention from industry on a global scale. Its recent worldwide interest has grown as the world’s population is placing a much larger focus on world climate, pollution, and ways to control the CO2 excess through reduce, reuse, and recycle. The recycling of waste materials and reducing the carbon footprint of manufactured products through the conservation of energy and reduction on the use of raw materials has become a primary focus. The use of properly engineered RA’s and mix designs can effectively recover the properties of the aged asphalt binders and provide equivalent and in some cases better performing pavements. Current research has found that RAs can improve the cracking resistance, while being capable of maintaining the rutting resistance of the mixtures. However, there are some concerns about the effect of RAs on the moisture damage resistance [and the long term performance (aging) of these additives. The idea of modifying the properties of aged binders using RAs and providing long-term age resistance through the addition of antioxidants seems to be a viable solution. Based on the test results that the PI obtained from the previous research (funded proposal number: SPR-P1(20) M116), the combination of these technologies was proved effective and can bring significant pavement life cycle cost savings, provide longer-lasting and more sustainable roadway pavements. However, the focus of this first phase of this research was to investigate if this chemistry combination would work, so it was tested on only one antioxidant, one unmodified asphalt binder and a selection of RAs.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $145,238.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Nebraska 2
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68502
• Project Managers:

  Halsey, Lieska

• Principal Investigators:

  Hu, Jiong

  Teixeira, Jamilla

• Start Date: 20200701
• Expected Completion Date: 20241231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antioxidants; Asphalt additives; Asphalt mixtures; Bituminous binders; Mix design; Recycled materials
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01735835
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Nebraska Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 6 2020 2:01PM