CECABASE® RT: Aditivo para

mezclas tibias de asfalto

HMAs
 HMA, besides being simple to produce,have as a result
good final properties (workability, void, cohesión, módulo,
etc.). However, they have a bad impact on environment and
crew:

 Energy consumption: aggregates dry/heat, de 20ºC a

160/180ºC.
 Pollution emissions: (CO2, NOx, dust, VOC), of hot bitumen
and fuel at production.
Reducir la
temperatura de
Also there are social and economical issues: las mezclas
calientes se
 Global heat (Co2 emissiones) está
Public claims due to disturbs in HMA convirtiendo en
production places. un desafío
alrededor del
 Fuel cost increase. mundo
WMA advantages

Advantages to produce mixes at

lower temperatures.
 Fuel consumption reduction.
 CO2, NOx, dust, y VOC. emissions
reduction
 Lower bitumen ageing during the mix
production increasing the pavement
durability.
 Higher security during laydown
(besides making it more confortable
due to lower Tº)
 Faster traffic opening.
Aditivos Cecabase® RT
 Cecabase® RT is a chemical additive that gives workability to
bitumen mixes at lower temperatures.

 Liquid additive, easy to add to bitumen.

 Only 0.2 and 0.5 % in bitumen is needed.
 No process modification is required
 Production temperatures reduction until 45ºC are obtained.
 No modification on bitumen viscosity.

 Cecabase® RT is easy to
use and allows flexibility on
mix production.

 Continous or batch production.

 Compatible with all bitumen and formulation.
 Stable in bitumen for more than 10 days.
Bitumen rheology+Cecabase RT®

100
Purebitumen
Pure bitumen
+0.3 % de
0.3% aditivo
additive
+0.5
0.5% additive
% de aditivo

Viscosity (Pa s)
10

With CECABASE® 0.1

80 100 120 140 160
RT there is no Temperature (°C)
modification on
bitumen viscosity.
Studies at electronic microscopic

 Good aggregates
repartition
 Excellent covering
of aggregates
1 mm
(even small
particles)
 No observable
differeces with
HMA.
 No emulsions or
foam found in the
25 m
mix.
Workability increased thanks to cecabase

 HMA produced at 160ºC,  WMA produced at 120ºC,

tested at 160ºC tested at 100ºC

120
Trabajabilidad relativa

100
Workability
80
increased only
60
adding
Cecabase® RT
40

20

0
HMA 160°C WMA without additive WMA 0.3%
120°C CecabaseRT910 120°C
Lab tests
Standart lab tests
Standart lab tests were done to compare the performance of a WMA with
Cecabase® RT with a regular HMA

Materials used Production Tº

HMA WMA
Fracción de weight %
agregados
(mm)
Bitumen Tº (°C) 160 160
Filler 2.5
0/2 33.5
Agregados minerales T 160 115
2/6 20 (°C)

6/10 44
Temperatura de 160 110
compactation (°C)
5.8 g de asfalto en 100 g de
mezcla

0.4 % of Cecabase® en asfalto, a 160ºC, was added to prepare the

WMA
Mezcla tibia Cecabase® vs. Mezcla caliente

NF P 98-251-1 HMA WMA Límites

on the
norm
Void (%) 7.9 6.3
Test Duriez
Dry Cohesión R 12 12.7
(MPa)
Wet Cohesión r 10.5 11
(MPa)

Ratio r/R 0.87 0.87 >0.75

C
NF P 98-252 HMA WMA Límites
on the
norm

Compactador
Void after 10 giros
(%)
15.7 15.5 >11
C
Giratorio Void after 60 giros
(%)
8.6 8.1 5<P< 10
C
Void after 200 4.4 3.8
giros(%)
Standart lab tests
rutting

NF P 98-253-1 HMA WMA Límites

on the
norm

rutting (%)
After 30,000 cycles
4.11 4.19 <5
C
Void (%) 6.7 6.7 5<P<8
C

Very similar results were

obtained between HMA and
WMA with
Cecabase RT®
Field tests
Field Tests 1 : porosity
 4 lanes, 6.1% bitumen 35/50
HMA WMA without WMA (0.5% WMA (2.5%
additive Cecabase Parafinas)
RT)

Producción T (°C) 160 115* 115* 115*

Colocación T (°C) 160 120 120 120

Start of Compaction T (°C) 135 90 90 89

*mineral aggregate temperature

 The same equipment and conditions were used in all lanes

10

8
porosity (%)

4
C
2
Según
norma
0 NFP 98-130
Hot mix asphalt Warm mix asphalt Warm mix asphalt Warm mix asphalt
160-135°C Without additives 0.5%Cecabase RT with Paraffins
120-90°C 120-90°C 2,5% 120-89°C
Cohesion measure
 From cored samples
 The same hight for all

Tensile strength kN
14.00

12.00

10.00

8.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00
Mezcla caliente Mezcla tibia sin Mezcla tibia Mezcla tibia
aditivos 0.5%Cecabase 0.5%Cecabase
RT910 RT945
Field test in Argentina
 During Octubre 2008 a field test was made in
Argentina
 Surface layer
 Laydown below 110ºC
 Compaction below 100ºC
Advantages on environment
Fuel consumption Co2 produced
(KG/T mix) (KG/T mix) 23 %
WMA 5.5 17 savings
HMA minimum
7.1 22.2
Saving 1.6 5.2

Layout and production emissions measure

HMA WMA Difference

Tmezcla 160- Tmezcla 110-120°C
175°C
Efluentes Tº(°C) 65.6 50.3 -15°C

CO2 % 2.12 1.59 -25%

CO (ppm) 217 151.6 -30%

NOx (mg/m3 eq. NO2) 26.8 21.5 -25%

dust (mg/m3) 168 21 -88%

SMA field Test

•Bitumen penetration 50
+ SBS 3% bitumen
conent 6,3%
•Cecabase RT945 0.5%
•Production Tº 130°C
•laydown 120°C ,
compaction Tª 100°C
•No workability
problems
•Void content similar to
HMA
More examples of field tests

 Bitumen Grades : from 10/20 to 70/100

 Works done in Europe, EEUU, Australia, Argentina….
 300.000 tons of mix produced with Cecabase®, most in
France
 Bitumen content: from 4.5 to 7.2 %
 Aditivation procedures: in bitumen tank or in pipes
 Type of aggregates: ácidos/básicos 0-14 mm, RAP
 Type of plant: batch or continous
 compaction temperature range: 120-90ºC
 Transport time: more than 4 hours
 Hard weather conditions: 0ºC, lluvia con 7ºC…
Longer tranport times
More advantages
 Many advantages during field tests were observed:
 Easier sealing joining

 Lower work equipment required

 Longer work seasons

 Possible production increase upto 20 %

 more security of process with bad weather

and long transport times
 More quantities of RAP allowed (50% aprox)
Premios a Cecabase® a la innovación en Carreteras.

2007. Distinición
del Ministerio
Francés de
Industria.
Premio Pierre Potier

Premio 2008 de
la International
Road Federation
(EEUU)
El programa GRAA (Premios a la realización
global en carreteras) reconoce la excelencia e
innovación en el desarrollo de carreteras
alrededor del mundo.
Conclusiones
 Field and lab tests showed it is possible to reduce
production and compaction Tº in 45ºC.
 The mix production was made with no change in
process, obtaining a pavement with final properties
similar to a HMA.
 Big fuel consumption reduction and polution emmision
were observed.
 Other advantages of Cecabase® RT are increase of
transit times, and productivity increase.
Thanks.