Effect of an Organic Rectorite on the Properties of a Waste Engine Oil-Modified Asphalt

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2023-09

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Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Volume 13, issue 17

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Using waste engine oil (WEO) to partially replace petroleum-based asphalt binders offers a promising solution to mitigate the environmental impact of waste WEO while reducing the dependence on non-renewable asphalt resources. To enhance the comprehensive properties of a modified asphalt containing 6 wt% WEO, an organic rectorite (OREC) with various contents was introduced to the modified asphalt system. The effect of OREC on the structure, storage stability, rheological properties, and self-healing property of WEO-modified asphalt were evaluated using a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, softening point instrument, and rheometer. The results demonstrated that that no chemical reaction occurs between OREC and WEO-modified asphalt. The addition of OREC can enhance the storage stability and high-temperature stability while marginally decreasing the low-temperature cracking resistance and self-healing properties of WEO-modified asphalt. When the content of OREC increases to 2 wt%, the 48 h softening point difference value of the OREC + WEO composite-modified asphalt drops to 1.8 °C, and this composite-modified asphalt exhibits superior high-temperature rutting resistance, low-temperature cracking resistance, and self-healing property compared to the corresponding base asphalt. In summary, the addition of OREC can effectively offset the adverse effects of WEO on the properties of base asphalt.

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Funding Information: This research was funded by the Guangxi Transportation Science and Technology Demonstration Project (Grant number 2023-0002). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.

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modified asphalt, organic rectorite, rheological properties, self-healing property, waste engine oil

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Jia , M , Ling , X , Yao , S , Wang , D , Falchetto , A C & Yuan , D 2023 , ' Effect of an Organic Rectorite on the Properties of a Waste Engine Oil-Modified Asphalt ' , Applied Sciences (Switzerland) , vol. 13 , no. 17 , 9856 . https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179856