US Road Recycling: FHWA Standets, RAP Economics, and Market Role of Rejuvenators

Indastri Insait · Jun 10, 2023
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Jun 10, 2023

Amerika i gat bikpela RAP saplai sen long wol. Dispela atikol i glasim hau 'asphalt rejuvenation' i kamapim gutpela samting long maket bilong Amerika na hau ol saplaia bilong ol narapela kantri i ken kam insait.

Skel bilong US RAP: Em i bikpela tru long wol, tasol mak bilong yusim i gat rot yet long gro

Amerika i gat bikpela RAP saplai sen long wol. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) i tok, Amerika i save kamapim samting olsem 60 milien tan bilong RAP long olgeta yia, na samting olsem 75% bilong en ol i save yusim gen. Dispela i mekim US i kamap nambawan kantri long wol we i save kamapim na baim RAP. Tasol, mak bilong yusim i gat rot yet long kamap gutpela moa — long planti stet, RAP konten i stap tasol long 20-30%, na 60%+ em i teknikel rot bilong winim. Ol bikpela samting we i pasim rot bilong skruim RAP konten em i no teknikel tasol em i institusenel na ekonomik: namba wan, ol teknikel standet i no wankain long olgeta stet, wantaim sampela stet i kisim ol hai-RAP konten i bihainim yet ol low-RAP konvensen; namba tu, ol RAP prais mekanisme i no gutpela olgeta — long sampela rijon, RAP saplai i winim lokal diman na prais i pundaun aninit long riplesmen veliu bilong en; namba tri, ol kontrakta i no laik kisim hevi — ol i no klia long wok bilong ol 'high-RAP content' na dispela i mekim ol kontrakta i laikim ol 'conservative' disain.

FHWA Stendet: Rot bilong Teknikel Kompliens bilong Hai-RAP Konten

FHWA i bin pablisim 'Asphalt Rejuvenators for High-RAP Mixtures' gaid (FA HWA-NHI-16-011) long 2019, we i givim klia teknikel komplaens rot bilong hai-RAP risaikel. Ol bikpela rekomendesen em: namba wan, skelim bilong 'rejuvenator' i mas bihainim pefomens na i no long 'composition' — lukluk long 'post-rejuvenation' 'bitumen penetration', 'softening point', 'ductility', na 'post-RTFOT' pefomens; namba tu, rekomendim yusim bilong 'blending chart' rot bilong skelim 'blending effect' bilong fres na risaikel kolta; namba tri, rekomendim 'fatigue' na 'low-temperature' pefomens tes bilong ol 'recycled mixtures'; namba foa, strongim yusim bilong 'warm-mix' teknoloji long daunim 'mixing temperature' na ol 'emissions'. Long ol foren saplaia, FHWA gaid i salim wanpela klia toksave: maket akses bilong ol 'rejuvenator' i dipen long pefomens data, i no kantri we ol i kam long en. Ol i wokim dispela 'rejuvenator' bilong FangService wantaim ol samting we FHWA gaid i laikim — 25°C viskositi bilong 280 mPa·s, 'flash point' bilong 231°C, RTFOT viskositi resio bilong 1.1, na RTFOT mas senis bilong 0.9% — olgeta i bungim ol mak bilong FHWA gaid.

US RAP Price Mechanisms: Bilong wanem 'High-Inclusion Regeneration' i gutpela moa long sait bilong ikonomi

US RAP prais mekanisme i narakain long Yurop. Long Amerika, ol prais bilong RAP i save kamap long saplai na diman bilong ples na i no long riplesmen veliu. Long ol sentral na westen stet (olsem Texas, California), RAP saplai i planti na prais bilong en i ken go daun olsem $15-25 long wan wan tan — na fres agreget i ken kost olsem $40-60 long wan wan tan. Dispela prais difrens i min olsem yusim RAP i no sevim tasol ol kos bilong ol samting tasol tu i abrusim ol kos bilong 'virgin aggregate quarrying' na trenspot. Na tu, prais bilong kolta long Amerika i save stap olsem $500-700 long wan wan tan, na pe bilong senisim olpela kolta long RAP i stap aninit tru long dispela prais. Sapos yu yusim wanpela 'rejuvenator' long apim RAP konten long 30% i go long 60% dispela i save sevim samting olsem 30-40 kg bilong nupela 'bitumen' long wan wan tan bilong miks, na dispela i mekim yu sevim samting olsem $15-28 long wan wan tan long ol prais bilong nau. Long wanpela 100,000-ton projek, dispela tasol i sevim $1.5-2.8 milien long kos bilong kolta.

Fil Kes: Texas I-35 Haiwe Rigeneresen Projek

Insait long wanpela Texas I-35 haiwe rihabilitesen projek, Texas Dipatmen ov Trenspotesen (TxDOT) i adoptim wanpela hai-RAP rijeneresen solusen wantaim 60% RAP konten. Ol bikpela data: namba wan, RAP i kam long 'asphalt surfacing' we ol i bin putim 20 yia i go pinis, na ol i bin prosesim long 'grading system' bilong TxDOT; namba tu, 'rejuvenator dose' em 10% bilong 'bitumen mass' insait long RAP, na 'post-rejuvenation penetration' i kamap gut gen long 25 dmm i go long 50 dmm (virgin bitumen em 55 dmm); namba tri, temperaja bilong miksim i go daun long 175°C i go long 125°C, na i daunim fuel konsumsen long samting olsem 30%; namba foa, olgeta projek kos i bin stap olsem 32% daunbilo long konvensenel hot-miks solusen, wantaim kabon kredit reveniu bilong samting olsem $500,000. Bikpela samting bilong dispela keis em olsem em i soim olsem insait long institusenel fremwok bilong ol US federal haiwe, hai-RAP rijeneresen i no inap long kamap tasol long sait bilong teknikel tasol em i gutpela tu long sait bilong ekonomi — ol enjinia bilong TxDOT i tok olsem taim ol i tingim mani bilong kabon kredit na sevings bilong mentenens saikel ekstensen i go insait long projek fainens, komprehensif kos i winim 40% daunbilo long konvensenel rot.

Disisen bilong baim samting: Rot bilong ol Foren Saplaia long go insait long US Maket

Long ol foren asphalt rejuvenator saplaia we i laik go insait long maket bilong Amerika, ol rot bilong bihainim lo na wok bisnis i nidim gutpela plening. Namba wan, teknikel setifikesen — redim ol teknikel pepa na tes data bihainim ol samting AASHTO na FHWA i laikim, wantaim ol indipenden tes we ol US-akreditet leboretori i mekim (olsem AASHTO Materials Verification Laboratories). Namba tu, ol lokal ejensi — kamapim ol wok bung wantaim ol saplaia o distributa bilong kolta long Amerika long yusim ol kastoma netwok na ol wok bilong ol long sait bilong lojistik. Namba tri, pailot projek — wok bung wantaim wanpela stet DOT (olsem TxDOT o Caltrans) long pinisim wanpela pailot projek, na bungim ol data bilong enjiniaring na rekot bilong pefomens bilong ol lokal bilong Amerika. Namba foa, indastri asosiesen patisipesen — joinim Nesenel Asfalt Pevemen Asosiesen (NAPA) o ASTM Intanesenel long tekpat long indastri standet divelopmen na teknikel eksens. Bihain long dispela 4-pela step, ol foren saplaia i ken insait long pablik bid long maket bilong Amerika. Bikpela tingting em olsem maket bilong Amerika i gat 'teknoloji-driven' — sapos pefomens data i strong inap, ol foren prodak i ken resis wantaim ol lokol bren. I no olsem maket bilong Yurop, ol institusenel banis bilong ol non-lokal saplaia long maket bilong Amerika i liklik tru. View the Asphalt Rejuvenator Supplier

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