A method for reducing odors including the steps of admixing active agents and a diluting agent to liquid crumb rubber modified bitumen, wherein the active agents comprise 20 to 60 wt.-% of an aldehyde selected from alpha-hexyl cinnamaldehyde, 2-(4-tert.-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde, 2-benzylidenheptanal, or mixtures thereof, and 10 to 40 wt.-% of one or more alcohols having a boiling point of at least 150° C., calculated on the total weight of active agents. A crumb rubber modified bitumen composition as obtained by the method above. The use of a crumb rubber modified bitumen composition as obtained by the method above in road surfacing and road base materials, in insulating layers for buildings, in roofing materials and/or in sealing sheeting.

A pavement repair system is provided utilizing solid phase auto regenerative cohesion and homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization technologies. The system is suitable for use in repairing asphalt pavement, including pavement exhibiting a high degree of deterioration (as manifested in the presence of potholes, cracks, ruts, or the like) as well as pavement that has been subject to previous repair and may comprise a substantial amount of dirt and other debris (e.g., chipped road paint or other damaged or disturbed surfacing materials). A system utilizing homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization is suitable for rejuvenating or repairing aged asphalt, thereby improving properties of the paving material.

The present invention relates to an asphalt composition enabling one to provide an asphalt pavement in which the occurrence of rutting and fatigue cracking is inhibited and a method for producing the same, and to an additive for asphalt. The asphalt composition contains asphalt and cellulose, wherein the content of the cellulose is 0.01 part by mass or more and 10 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt, and a crystallization index of the cellulose is 50% or less.

According to an embodiment, a method for preparing an amorphous polypropylene copolymer comprises injecting a volume of hexane into a nitrogen-purged reactor, the volume of the hexane corresponding to 20% to 80% of a volume of the reactor, injecting, into the reactor, and mixing an amount of alkyl cocatalyst, the amount of the alkyl cocatalyst corresponding to 1 to 50 times a weight of a primary catalyst, injecting the primary catalyst into the reactor, stirring, and then injecting a molecular weight regulator; and injecting propylene and a monomer for copolymerization into the reactor at a temperature ranging from 40° C. to 90° C.

Asphalt emulsions and methods of forming an asphalt emulsion are provided. In one example, the asphalt emulsion includes a base asphalt component present in an amount of from about 40 to about 60 wt. % of the asphalt emulsion. Water is present in an amount of from about 40 to about 60 wt. % of the asphalt emulsion. An oxidized high-density polyethylene wax is present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 5.0 wt. % of the asphalt emulsion. A slow-setting cationic emulsifier is present in an amount of from about 1.0 to about 2.0 wt. % of the asphalt emulsion.

Provided is an asphalt modifier for an asphalt mixture and an asphalt mixture containing the same, and more particularly, to an asphalt modifier in which a coating layer containing low-melting-point polyethylene and an inorganic material is formed on a reinforcing fiber bundle. Preferably, the asphalt modifier according to the present disclosure is intended to be mixed with aggregate and an asphalt binder, and comprises: a reinforcing fiber bundle having a length of 8 to 34 mm and composed of a plurality of reinforcing fiber strands; and a coating layer forming the envelope of the reinforcing fiber bundle and comprising polyethylene and an inorganic material.

A method for preparing a paving material includes heating an aggregate comprising recycled asphalt pavement using an emitter generating electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from 2 microns to 1 millimeter. The method utilizes solid phase autoregenerative cohesion to prepare a material suitable for use as an aggregate in a hot mix asphalt pavement installation.

The low temperature cracking and high temperature rutting of polymer-modified asphalt concrete pavement can be reduced. The composite includes asphalt and at least one polymer that expands at low temperature, triggered by cooling-induced tensile stress, to reduce thermal cracking. The composite includes at least one polymer that expands at high temperature, so that the composite recovers after compression induced by traffic loading at higher temperatures, thereby reducing rutting. The system reduces thermal stress, and reduces or even eliminates thermal cracking and rutting. Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are used to improve asphalt compositions so that they better resist both thermal cracking and rutting. The SMP(s) can be incorporated into the asphalt, or a portion of fine aggregates can be replaced with SMP particles or SMP fibers, or aggregate replacement and asphalt modification can be combined.

Historically, bitumen from oil sands has been carried over land using trucks, pipelines, or by rail, and over water using tankers. Each mode of transportation faces economic or technical challenges of its own. Here there is provided a method for transporting bitumen, comprising: receiving in a dry bulk shipping container a load of discrete pellets with bitumen entrapped into the pellets, wherein the pellets have non-stick outer surfaces configured to prevent the bitumen from sticking to walls of the container when the pellets are carried in the container; and transporting the dry bulk shipping container containing the pellets over a distance. Alternatively or additionally, the pellets may have non-stick outer surfaces configured to prevent the load from caking when the pellets are carried in the container such that the load of bitumen pellets is substantially free-flowing when the transporting is completed.

A modified asphalt binder with improved elastic properties and methods of making such modified asphalt binder. The modified asphalt binders may include one or more of an asphalt binder, a solvent deasphalted (SDA) pitch, a polymeric material, and optionally, a ground tire rubber. The disclosed modified asphalt binders exhibit properties consistent with decreased susceptibility to rutting and thus may be used in asphalt concrete applications.