Abstract
De-icing of pavement is essential for road traffic safety and road maintenance. The addition of graphene can endow bituminous material with electrical conductivity. The aim of this work is to evaluate a cleaner de-icing production of bituminous material blending with graphene by electrothermal energy conversion. The dispersion state of different amount of graphene in bitumen was investigated. Electrical resistivity values of bitumen samples decreased sharply with the increase in the amount of graphene addition. The graphene/bitumen sample has a resistivity of 0.87 × 10−2 Ω m when the amount of graphene added is 3.0 wt%. Thermal conductivity values of bitumen samples were measured and infrared thermographs of bitumen samples were used to prove the enhancement of thermal transmission in bitumen with the additive of graphene. The surface temperature of the bitumen samples blending with graphene can reach 39.3 °C when the voltage is greater than 50 V. The surface de-icing capability was evaluated by comparing ice shear force values of graphene/bitumen samples under direct current voltages. It was found that with only 0.5% graphene can realize the electrothermal de-icing purpose. These results prove the feasibility of this de-icing method using appropriate quantity of graphene.
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