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DOUBLE BARREL GREEN SYSTEM
AN EQUIPMENT MEANS TO PRODUCE WARM MIX
By
Malcolm Swanson, P.E.Vice President – Engineering
Astec, Inc.
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– Conserving our resources
– Reducing energy consumption
– Reducing Greenhouse Emissions
– Being more environmentally friendly
– And building a better, long-lasting pavement
SUSTAINABILITY
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GLOBALWARMING
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WARM MIX TECHNOLOGIES
ADDITIVES
Aspha-MinWAMEvothermSasobit
EQUIPMENT
Double Barrel Green
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The ASTEC Double Barrel Green System Is An Equipment Package That Enables
The Making Of Warm Mix By Adding Only Water to the Liquid Asphalt.
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Outline
•Background and Benefits of Warm Mix
•Equipment Explanation•Case Studies•Experience to Date
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Background• Mix temperatures 50-100F (28 – 44 C)
cooler than conventional mix methods
• Achieved by lowering the viscosity of the AC binder
• Methods: additives, additives with water, foaming with water only, etc.
• Foaming first introduced in the 1950’s
• High fuel cost and pressure to reduce emissions make Warm Mix more attractive.
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• Improves mix workability
• Reduces emissions
Eliminates blue smoke and odor
Less total emissions
• Improves Comfort & safety of workers
• Improves Pavements
• Extends resources via more recycle
• Less fuel
• Increases Plant Capacity
Benefits of Warm Mix
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Improves Workability
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Reduces Emissions
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CONVENTIONALHOT MIX
WARM MIX
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• Light oils are either put in asphalt or left in asphalt during refining
• These light oils boil above 285oF (140 C)
• By mixing at below 285oF (140 C), the boiling point is never reached… eliminating smoke (vapor) and corresponding smell
No Smoke – No Smell…Why?
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• Producing mix at lower temperatures requires less fuel burning.
• The increased ability to use RAP decreases emissions associated with production of virgin materials.
Reduces total emissions…Why?
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Improved Comfort and Safety of Workers
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No Smoke At PaverNo Extreme Temperatures
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Improves Pavements
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• Less oxidation of mix
• More uniformity of compaction
• With fractionating RAP…better
control of gradation
Why will we have a Longer Life Pavement?
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Extends Resources by Recycling More
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• Two deterrents to running recycle above 20% have been:
High Stack Temperature
Need for a softer virgin liquid to ensure compaction because of the stiffer liquid in the RAP
High Percentage Recycle Mix with Standard Grade of Asphalt
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• To achieve compaction (density)…run 275oF and foam virgin liquid
• By using a standard liquid 64-22, you produce a much softer product than
with virgin mix because:
Lower temperature results in less oxidation
Light oil remains in liquid
Steam produced from drying the RAP creates an inert atmosphere
Make High Percentage Recycle Mix with Standard Grade of
Asphalt
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Uses Less fuel
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Making Mix at 50 – 100 F Lower
Temperatures than Traditional HMA
Requires 11% to 25% Less Fuel
(Depends on Mix Type and Other
Conditions.)
Uses Less Fuel
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Increases Plant Production Capacity
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Lower Exhaust Gas Temperatures
and Less Fuel Burned Take Load Off
of the Exhaust System.
Increases Plant Production Capacity
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ASTEC Double Barrel Green System
Equipment Explanation
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DOUBLE BARREL GREEN
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•Injected At The Rate Of 2% Of The Liquid Asphalt By Weight
•Small Faction Of The Injected Water Becomes Trapped As Steam Bubbles In The Liquid Asphalt
•The Effect On The Mix Is To Extend The Workable Temperature Downward to about 212 F (100 C).
The Double Barrel Green System Injects Water Into Liquid Asphalt.
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WATER IS INJECTED INTO THE AC INSIDE THE FOAM NOZZLE.
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Steam Bubbles Produce Foamed AC.
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mm
FOAM EXPANDS THE LIQUID ASPHALT
AND INCREASES FILM THICKNESS
?
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THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF:
WATER TANK ANDCONTROL SKID…..
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FOAM UNIT MOUNTEDON DOUBLE BARREL ….
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CONTROL SYSTEM
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Nozzle Manifold
AC
Water
Hot Oil InHot Oil Out
Water Solenoid Valve
Water Manifold
Junction Box
AC Valve (one of nine)
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HOT OIL
WATER
LIQUID AC
FOAMED AC
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How much water ?
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How Much Water?How Much Water?
2% of liquid AC by weight2% of liquid AC by weight
2 LBS. of Water for 1 Ton of Mix2 LBS. of Water for 1 Ton of Mix
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Case Studies
Done byNational Center for Asphalt Technology
• Created in 1986• NAPA (National Asphalt Pavement
Association)• Auburn University (Alabama)• Created to improve pavements• Test Track• 17,500 sq. ft.(1626 sq.m) laboratory
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Andrea Kvasnak, PhD
• BS from University of Florida 1999• MS from University of Vermont
2002• PhD from Iowa State University
2006
Contact : [email protected]
www.ncat.us
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Case Study 1
• Completed April 18, 2007
• Three foam mixes (2% H2O to AC):
1. Base, 30% RAP
2. Surface Coarse, virgin aggregate
3. Surface Coarse, 30% RAP
• Two locations at Astec HQ
• Samples taken and tested by National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT)
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Case Study 2
• Completed June 21, 2007
• 50% RAP and PG 64-22 binder
•3400 ton job
• Location: North Terrace Rd, Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Samples taken and tested by National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT)
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Summary Conclusions of Cases 1 and 2
1.Coating and mixing of the warm mixes were equivalent to that expected for conventional hot mixes.
2.Workability of the warm mix at 250 F (121 C) to 270 F (132 C) was similar to that of hot mix at temperatures above 300 F (150 C).
cont’d
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Summary (cont’d)
3. There was no smoke.
4. There was evidence that the warm mix was susceptible to stripping. This has been a characteristic of warm mix in general. One reason could be that the binder is not aged during mixing. Potential solutions include using a harder AC or an anti-strip agent.
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• Southeastern Materials / City of Chattanooga, 3400 tons 50% RAP
• Columbia Bit. (Vancouver), 100tons Virgin.
• S.T. Wooten (Sims), 400tons, 20% and 40%
• S.T. Wooten (Sims), 400tons, 40%
• LoJac (Nashville), 1200tons, Virgin
• Shelly Materials (Columbus), 1200tons, 25%
• Boggs Materials (Rock Hill), 1200tons, 50%
• Columbia Bit. (Vancouver), 1500tons, 50%
• LoJac (Nashville), 500tons, 40%
High profile demonstrations:
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• Approximately 50 tons of mix made at 300 tph with 20% RAP at 138 C.
• Stored for 24 hours and checked – all normal
Few tons of mix sold to a private customer.
No problems. Mix behaved normally.
• Stored for another 24 hours (48 total) and emptied– all normal.
7-26-07 to 7-28-07 Storage Test
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Questions ?
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