New routes for roads: Using recycled greenhouse films to modify bitumens

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 218-227

  González, Oscar ^a   Muñoz, Maria Eugenia ^a   Santamaría, Anton ^a   García Morales, Moises ^b   Navarro, F Javier ^b   Partal, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Greenhouse films; Modified bitumen; Recycled polyethylene and EVA; Road pavement; Rutting

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS PAVING MATERIALS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS; VISCOELASTICITY;

GREENHOUSE FILMS; MODIFIED BITUMEN; PLASTIC WASTES; RECYCLED POLYETHYLENES; ROAD PAVEMENTS;

PAVEMENTS;

BITUMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ETHYLENE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PAVEMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; POLYMER; VISCOELASTICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34249784542     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2007.013246     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Airey, G.D., Singleton, T.M. and Collop, A.C. (2002) 'Properties of polymer modified bitumen after rubber-bitumen interaction', J. Mat. Civil Eng., Vol. 14, pp.344-354.
2. Bahia, H.U. and Davies, R.J. (1994) 'Effect of Crumb Rubber Modifiers (CRM) on performance-related properties of asphalt binders', Amer. Assoc. Paving. Tech., Vol. 63, pp.414-449.
3. Barral, M., Santamaría, A., Peña, J.J. and Muñoz, M.E. (2003) 'Ternary gels of a polymer blend and a recycled oil: their use as bitumen modifiers', Macromol. Mater. Eng., Vol. 288, pp.951-956.
4. Espí, E., Díaz, T., Fontecha, A., Jiménez, J.C., López, J. and Salmerón, A. (2001) Los Filmes Plásticos en la Producción Agricola (in Spanish), Mundi-Prensa, Madrid.
5. García-Morales, M., Partal, P., Navarro, F.J., Martinez-Boza, F., Gallegos, C, Gonźalez, N., González, O. and Muñoz, M.E. (2004) 'Viscous properties and microstructure of recycled EVA modified bitumen', Fuel, Vol. 83, pp.31-38.
6. González, O., Peña, J.J., Muñoz, M.E., Santamaría, A., Pérez-Lepe, A., Martínez-Boza, F. and Gallegos, C. (2002) 'Rheological techniques as a tool to analize polymer-bitumen interactions: bitumen modified with polyethylene and polyethylene-based blends', Energy and Fuels, Vol. 16, pp. 1256-1263.
7. González, O., Muñoz, M.E., Santamaría, A., García-Morales, M., Navarro, F.J. and Partal, P. (2004) 'Rheology and stability of bitumen/EVA blends', European Polym. J., Vol. 40, pp.2365-2372.
8. Hinch, E.J. and Acrivos, A. (1980) 'Long slender drops in a simple shear flow', J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 98, pp.305-328.
9. Isacsson, U. and Lu, X. (1999) 'Characterization of bitumens modified with SEBS, EVA and EBA polymers', J. Materials Sci., Vol. 34, pp.3737-3745.
10. Lu, X. and Isacsson, U. (2001) 'Modification of road bitumens with thermoplastic polymers', Polymer Testing, Vol. 20, pp.77-86.
11. Morrison, G.R., Hedmark, H. and Hesp, S.A.M. (1994) 'Elastic steric stabilization of polyethylene-asphalt emulsions by using low molecular weight polybutadiene and devulcanized rubber tire', Colloid Polym. Sci., Vol. 272, pp.375-384.
12. Murphy, M., O'Mahony, M., Lycett, C. and Jamieson, I. (2000) 'Bitumens modified with recycled polymers', Materials and Structures, Vol. 33, pp.438-444.
13. Murphy, M., O'Mahony, M., Lycett, C. and Jamieson, I. (2001) 'Recycled polymers for use as bitumen modifiers', J. Mat. Civil Eng., Vol. 13, pp.306-314.
14. Navarro, F.J., Partal, P., Martínez-Boza, F., Valencia, C. and Gallegos, C. (2002) 'Rheological characteristics of ground tire rubber-modified bitumens', Chem. Eng. J., Vol. 89, pp.53-61.
15. Panda, M. and Mazumdar, M. (2002) 'Utilization of reclaimed polyethylene in bituminous paving mixes', J. Mat. Civil Eng., Vol. 14, pp.527-530.
16. Romera, R., Santamaría, A., Peña, J.J., Muñoz, M.E., Barral, M., García, E. and Jañez, V. (2006) 'Aspects of the rejuvenation of aged bitumen', Rheologica Acta, Vol. 45, pp.474-478.
17. Yousefi, A.A., Ait-Kadi, A. and Roy, C. (2000) 'Composite asphalt binders: effect of modified RPE on asphalt', J. Mat. Civil Eng., Vol. 12, pp.113-123.