Representatives: Nicki Hosey and Briana McDermott

Alternatives for Asphalt

Synthetic Asphalt New Processes

More efficient mixing and milling units In-line liquid mass flow meters On-line monitoring systems New safety equipment

Improvements

Modifiers

Control pavement rutting, cracking, asphalt oxidation, and

Better Plants
Cleaner

water damage

Pavement warranties
More common

Crude oil

Pumped into a distillation tower --> 370C.

Several hydrocarbons drawn by boiling points--virtually unusable otherwise

Oil vaporizes and rises up the tower Vapor cools--molecules condense--heavier ones collecting at the bottom, lighter ones rising to the top. Heaviest hydrocarbons

Lighter hydrocarbons

Highest boiling points, pulled from bottom of tower.

Stream pulled from bottom --> reduced crude --> further distilled in vacuum distillation tower into asphalt and heavy gas oils. Asphalt further processed for sale

Pulled from higher locations as boiling points decrease.

Paving, roofing, industrial use.

Two different types of plants --> different amounts of asphalt.

Batch Plants:
350 metric tons per hour One batch (2-5.5 metric tons) --> 15-45 seconds

Drum Mix Plants:

Anywhere from 100 to over 900 metric tons per hour,

depending on drum design

Emissions

Dust Smoke Sulfur Dioxides

Electrostatic Precipitators Primary and Secondary Dust Collectors Enclosures
Eliminates and increases heating efficiency of process

Control/Prevention of Waste

Materials from old pavements reprocessed with new materials

Hot-Mix Recycling Cold-Mix Recycling Surface Recycling

Over 95 million metric tons of asphalt paving material is recycled each year. Americas most recycled material

Cost of Manufacturing in New England as of July 2012:

$75 per ton

Cost to Consumers in New England as of July 2012:

$147 per ton

Including crew and equipment costs, and installation.

Must be kept hot to remain a liquid.

250F and 350F

Loaded into a truck, barge or rail--pipelines cannot be

used over great distances due to temperature constraints

Heat transferred to surrounding environment

Convection, radiation
Asphalt surface temperature drops Cooler surface insulates interior mass.

Air temperature, rain, wind, length of haul affect the characteristics and temperature of crust.

More Efficient Healthier for the Environment Durable Safe Economic Transportation

Concrete

Cracking Vulnerable to heat Corrosion Expensive Non-recyclable

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