Technological, environmental and economic aspects of Asphalt recycling for road construction

  • Shuli Liu
  • , Ashish Shukla
  • , Taranjit Nandra

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    Abstract

    The biggest contributor to the energy consumption (up to 90% of the total) in the Asphalt plants is the fuel used for heating and drying the virgin aggregates in processing of Reclaimed Asphalt Planings (RAP). Proposed review evaluates the currently used technologies to process RAP into Asphalt mixtures. Theoretical comparison is conducted for all the technologies to obtain the effects they have on energy consumption, carbon emissions and costs. The proposed research will evaluate different technologies for RAP mixing and potential benefits technology can bring in terms of cost and greenhouse gas mitigation. Comparative analysis shows parallel drum dryer are most efficient and emit less greenhouse gas with comparison to other discussed technologies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)879-893
    JournalRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
    Volume75
    Early online date15 Nov 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2017

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    This paper is not yet available on the repository. There is a 12 month embargo period until 15 November 2017

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    Keywords

    • RAP
    • Energy efficiency
    • Road construction

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