The present invention relates to an asphalt composition having excellent durability after being dried, an asphalt mixture, and a method for producing an asphalt mixture.

Disclosed are [1] an asphalt composition containing asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a polyester, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90 C. or higher and 140 C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40 C. or higher and 80 C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 17 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt; [2] an asphalt mixture including the asphalt composition as set forth [1] and an aggregate; and [3] a method for producing an asphalt mixture, including a step of mixing a heated aggregate, asphalt, a thermoplastic elastomer, and a polyester, wherein the polyester has a softening point of 90 C. or higher and 140 C. or lower and a glass transition point of 40 C. or higher and 80 C. or lower, and a ratio of the polyester is 1 part by mass or more and 17 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt.

A nonvolatile cold modified asphalt binder and a nonvolatile cold recycled asphalt mixture using the same are manufactured by optimally mixing a petroleum asphalt, a native asphalt, a polymer modifier, process oil, and an adhesive strength enhancer. The nonvolatile cold modified asphalt binder includes at least one petroleum asphalt selected from a straight asphalt or a blown asphalt; at least one native asphalt selected from gilsonite, glance pitch, and grahamite; a rubber-modified-compound (RMC) polymer modifier which is a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer including at least one of a styrene-butadiene block copolymer (SBS), a styrene-isoprene block copolymer (SIS), and a styrene-ethylene-butylene block copolymer (SEBS); at least one process oil selected from paraffin oil, naphthenic oil, aromatic oil, natural oil, and mineral oil; and at least one adhesive strength enhancer selected from rosin esters, modified acryls, modified silicones, polyvinyl esters, and silicone resins.

A process for the transportation and/or storage of road bitumen under cold conditions, including at least one chemical additive chosen from: a general formula compound (I): R.sup.1(COOH).sub.z wherein R.sup.1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based chain including 4 to 68 carbon atoms, and z is an integer ranging from 1 to 4, and a general formula compound (II): R(NH).sub.nCONH(X).sub.mNHCO(NH).sub.nR wherein: R and R, which are identical or different, contain a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbon-based chain having 1 to 22 carbon atoms and optionally including heteroatoms and/or rings having 3 to 12 atoms and/or heterocycles having 3 to 12 atoms; X contains a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbon-based chain having 1 to 22 carbon atoms and optionally including one or more heteroatoms and/or rings having 3 to 12 atoms and/or heterocycles having 3 to 12 atoms.

Bitumen pellets including at least one chemical additive chosen from: a compound of general formula (I): R1-(COOH)z in which R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon-based chain including from 4-68 carbon atoms, and z is an integer ranging from a compound of general formula (II): R(NH)nCONH(X)m-NHCO(NH)n-R in which: R and R are identical or different, contain a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbon-based chain having from 1-22 carbon atoms and optionally including heteroatoms and/or rings having from 3-12 atoms and/or heterocycles having from 3-12 atoms; X contains a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, cyclic or acyclic hydrocarbon-based chain having from 1-22 carbon atoms and optionally including one or more heteroatoms and/or rings having from 3-12 atoms and/or heterocycles having from 3-12 atoms; n and m are integers having, independently of one another, a value of 0 or of 1.

Provided are an asphalt composition for road pavement, which is excellent in drying strength, strength after immersion in water, and strength after immersion in petroleum, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method.

[1] An asphalt composition for road pavement including asphalt, a polyester resin, and an aggregate, wherein the polyester resin is a polyester having an alcohol component-derived constituent unit containing 65 mol % or more of an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a carboxylic acid component-derived constituent unit containing 50 mol % or more of at least one selected from the group consisting of terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid and has a softening point of 95 C. or higher and 130 C. or lower and a hydroxyl group value of 20 mgKOH/g or more and 50 mgKOH/g or less, and a ratio of the polyester resin is 5 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt; [2] a method for producing an asphalt composition for road pavement including a step of mixing asphalt, a polyester resin, and an aggregate at 130 C. or higher and 200 C. or lower for 30 seconds or more, wherein the polyester resin is a polyester having an alcohol component-derived constituent unit containing 65 mol % or more of an alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A and a carboxylic acid component-derived constituent unit containing 50 mol % or more of at least one selected from the group consisting of terephthalic acid and isophthalic acid and has a softening point of 95 C. or higher and 130 C. or lower and a hydroxyl group value of 20 mgKOH/g or more and 50 mgKOH/g or less, and the polyester resin is mixed in a ratio of 5 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt; and [3] a road paving method including a step of laying an asphalt composition obtained by the method as set forth above in [2], thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer, are disclosed.

A modified asphalt composition comprises or is produced from asphalt and phosphorous acid. The composition optionally further comprises one or more of an ethylene copolymer that comprises copolymerized units derived from ethylene and an epoxy-containing comonomer and a nonreactive polymer such as a styrene/conjugated-diene block copolymer. Further provided are processes for producing the composition in addition to products such as paving materials and roofing materials that comprise the compositions.

Asphalt composition for road pavement, which is excellent in drying strength, strength after immersion in water, and bending strength, a method for producing the same, and a road paving method. The asphalt composition includes asphalt, a polyester resin, and an aggregate. The polyester resin is a specific polyester, and the amount of the polyester resin ranges from 2 through 30 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of asphalt. The method for producing an asphalt composition for road pavement, includes a step of mixing asphalt, the polyester resin, and an aggregate at 130 C. or higher and 200 C. or lower, wherein the polyester resin is used in an amount ranging from 2 through 30 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the asphalt. The road paving method including a step of laying the asphalt composition, thereby forming an asphalt paving material layer.

An asphalt modifier comprising a polyolefin-based copolymer comprising an ethylene-derived monomer unit and a monomer unit having an epoxy group is disclosed. The content of the monomer unit having an epoxy group is 13% by mass or more based on the mass of the polyolefin-based copolymer.

A binder composition for asphalt pavements that includes: an asphalt binder; an elastomeric polymer; a wax modifier; and optionally at least one of: i) fumed silica or fumed alumina; and ii) a saponified fatty acid and a resin acid gelling compound. The composition is applied as a tack coat and/or a stress absorbing membrane interlayer and is non-tracking.

A method of forming a pavement construction joint that involves dispensing a band of a void reducing joint composition on a substrate using at least one spray application vehicle, wherein the band comprises a width of about 4 to about 24 inches. A paving pass is applied over the band of joint composition, wherein the paving pass is positioned against an edge of a previously laid portion of pavement to form a pavement construction joint having a volume of air voids. At least a portion of the joint composition migrates upward to reduce the volume of air voids. The composition is resistant to flow when applied and migrates into hot mix asphalt in the area of the longitudinal joint to reduce air voids to 7% or less and reduce water permeability. The composition becomes tack-free quickly after application. The composition bonds to asphalt, concrete, brick, stone and metal.