TTM Asphalt Plant - Wopanga Zida Zosakaniza ndi Kubwezeretsanso za Asphalt Waukadaulo Kuyambira 2004.
Nthawi iliyonse mukayenda mumsewu watsopano, mumakhala mukuyendetsa galimoto kudutsa fakitale yaying'ono ya mankhwala yomwe kale inkatentha kwambiri pa 180 °C. Koma kodi fakitale ya phula imagwira ntchito bwanji, ndipo n'chifukwa chiyani makontrakitala, amalonda, kapena ngakhale anthu oyenda pansi omwe amasamala zachilengedwe ayenera kusamala? Pitirizani—pomaliza kuwerenga mwachidule uku mudzatha kuyenda pamalo aliwonse antchito ndikulankhula ngati kuti ndinu mwini wa malowo.
Pamtima pake, chomera cha phula ndi mgwirizano wolondola wa kutentha, chemistry, ndi mechanical physics. Mndandanda wake nthawi zambiri umakhala wofanana:
Kusintha kuchoka pa gulu kupita ku lopitirira? Palibe nkhawa. Zipangizo zosakaniza ng'oma zimapinda masitepe 3-6 kukhala ng'oma imodzi yayitali, kusintha njira yolondola yophikira kuti pakhale mphamvu yotulutsa tani pa ola limodzi yokwera ndi 20%.
Palavimenti ya asphalt yobwezeretsedwa (RAP) simangotayidwa mkati; imalowa kudzera mu kolala ya mid-drum komwe virgin aggregate yomwe yatenthedwa kale kufika pa 180 °C imayatsa chinyezi popanda kuyatsa bitumen yakale. Kutentha kwambiri ndipo mumapeza utsi wabuluu; kuzizira kwambiri ndipo mumapeza chisokonezo chomata komanso chosagwirizana.
Mpweya wotulutsa utsi ukatuluka mu ng'oma, thumba la pulse-jet baghouse limasunga tinthu tating'onoting'ono mpaka 1 micron. Zomera zamakono zimalowetsa carbon kapena laimu slurry ku nail polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Zotsatira zake: kuonekera kwa stack pansi pa 10%, komwe kumaposa ma chimney ambiri opangidwa ndi khofi.
Kodi munayamba mwaonapo momwe ma silo ena amawala pang'ono usiku? Chophimba chimazungulira kutentha kwa mulu mozungulira silo cone, kuletsa "malo otentha" omwe amawonjezera phula ndikusintha kusakaniza kwanu kokwera mtengo kukhala popcorn wosalimba.
"Zomera za asphalt ndi zilombo zotulutsa utsi." Mzere umenewo ndi wa m'ma 1970. Kuyambira pamene mayeso a EPA Method 9 anayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito, mpweya woipa pa tani imodzi ya zosakaniza watsika ndi 97%. Ma burners otsika a NOx, ma frequency drives osinthasintha pa mota iliyonse, ndi zowonjezera zotentha zomwe zimachepetsa kutentha kwa kupanga kufika pa 135 °C zonse zikuwonjezeka. Mfundo yofunika: tsopano mumatulutsa mphamvu zochepa zogwiritsa ntchito chomera cha matani 200 pa ola limodzi kuposa momwe amalume anu ankagwiritsira ntchito phula limodzi.
Masensa olumikizidwa ndi mitambo amatsatira kugwedezeka kwa lamba, kugwedezeka kwa mabearning, ndi kuyaka kwa lawi la burner. Magalimoto ophunzirira makina amawonetsa zolakwika milungu ingapo lamba wozizira asanadule nthawi ya 2 koloko m'mawa—ndikhulupirireni, palibe amene akufuna kupanga cholumikizira pogwiritsa ntchito tochi. Pazaka 25 za moyo wa fakitale, kusanthula kwamtsogolo kumatha kusunga ndalama zokwana US $1.2 miliyoni panthawi yosagwira ntchito.
Chigawo cha Midwestern chinasintha kuchoka pa 100% virgin kufika pa 40% RAP mix. Mtengo woyamba: US $180 k kuti mupeze kolala yatsopano ya RAP ndi sikirini. Kubweza: Miyezi 14 chifukwa cha ndalama zokwana US $110 k pachaka zomwe zinagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zinthu za virgin aggregate ndi bitumen. Bonasi: njira yolimba ya msewu inakula ndi 8%, chifukwa bitumen yokalamba bwino imalimbitsa mastic. Sizoipa chifukwa cha "zinyalala" zomwe mapepala akale amakuuzani kuti muchotsere zinyalala.
Makampani opanga mafakitale akuyesera zoyatsira hydrogen ndi 60% RAP mixes pogwiritsa ntchito bio-rejuvenators zochokera ku pine resin. Ngati carbon credits ikadali pamwamba pa US $70 pa tani, yembekezerani kuti makampani oyamba adzapezanso ndalama zokonzanso mkati mwa zaka zosakwana zinayi. Pakadali pano, zida zotenthetsera thovu zomwe zimakonzedwanso pafakitale iliyonse yomwe ilipo zikutsika pansi pa US $30 k, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ngakhale ma pavers ang'onoang'ono amatha kuyitanitsa mapangano a "green highway" akasungidwa kwa anyamata akuluakulu.