Abstract
More and more recycled asphalt mixtures with high reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) content are used in road pavement. Having determined and evaluated RAP composition (aged bitumen content and aggregate gradation) and properties, a suitable recycling agent and virgin materials are selected in the design process. The gradation of hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixture that is recycled in an asphalt mixing plant (AMP) shall correspond to its optimal gradation set out in its job-mix formula (JMF). When RAP is recycled in an AMP, inevitable systematic and random errors of performed technological operations and inhomogeneity of virgin materials and RAP have a significant influence. These factors influence the variation of components quantities of recycled hot mix asphalt (RHMA) mixture and deviations from JMF. In this study, the principles of asphalt pavement hot recycling are systematized, which allows analysis of the factors of components’ interaction influencing the results of the recycling process. The paper also presents and analyses asphalt recycling technologies in AMP and their comparative analysis. During the season of asphalt mixture production in 2014, statistical parameters were calculated according to the data obtained from one of the companies, which collected and systematized RAP batch masses, when before batching it was pre-dried and pre-heated in an additional dryer. These parameters of batch mass and RAP content in RHMA position and variation were used when evaluating the accuracy and precision of the recycling process in AMP. The obtained data showed that when RHMA mixtures are produced in a modern batch-type AMP, RAP is batched accurately, but not precisely enough.
Highlights
Production of asphalt can incorporate reclaimed materials from the deconstruction of road surfaces
The aim of the study is to present the analysis of mandatory actions of asphalt pavement hot recycling based on scientific principles and to investigate the parameters of technological operations, performed in batch asphalt mixing plant (AMP) with additional reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) drying and heating
The experiment data show that when producing recycled hot mix asphalt (RHMA) mixture
Summary
Production of asphalt can incorporate reclaimed materials from the deconstruction of road surfaces. This aids in reducing production costs and saves natural resources, bitumen, and aggregates. Premature cracking due to the aged bitumen is one of the main reasons that agencies are reluctant to increase allowed RAP content in the mixtures [1,2]. Another reported problem is the variability of RAP material, which does not allow to securely assume that the produced mixture properties will reflect laboratory design [3]. Problems with production technology have been reported, including excessive emissions and issues with consistency of mixture that has resulted in poor pavement performance [4,5]
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