TTM Asphalt Plant - Wopanga Zida Zosakaniza ndi Kubwezeretsanso za Asphalt Waukadaulo Kuyambira 2004.
Ngati munayang'anapo msewu watsopano wokonzedwa ndikudzifunsa chifukwa chake malo ena amaoneka olimba ngati miyala pomwe ena amaoneka osinthasintha pang'ono, simuli nokha. Yankho lalifupi ndi njira yophikira. Malo osakanikirana ndi zomera (nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "hot-mix" kapena kungoti "bituminous surfacing") ndi konkire wa asphalt (AC) zonse zimachokera ku banja limodzi—mwala, mchenga, filler ndi bitumen—koma kuchuluka kwake, kutentha kosakanikirana ndi kuyang'anira khalidwe ndizosiyana kwambiri. Kumvetsetsa mipata iyi ndi sitepe yoyamba yosankha njira yoyenera yoyimitsa magalimoto anu, msewu wolowera kapena msewu waukulu wa m'mphepete mwa msewu.
Malo osakanikirana ndi zomera amapangidwa pa kutentha kochepa, nthawi zambiri 30–40 °C pansi pa konkire ya phula yosakanikirana ndi kutentha. Kutentha kochepa kumachepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta, kumachepetsa mpweya wa CO₂ ndi 15% ndikuletsa bitumen kuti isakalamba msanga. Koma AC imasakanizidwa pafupifupi 150–170 °C; kutentha kowonjezera kumathandizira kuti mainjiniya azikonda kwambiri magalimoto ambiri pakati pa mayiko. Chifukwa chake, ngati kukhazikika kuli patsogolo panu, mutha kudalira malo osakanikirana ndi zomera, pomwe misewu yambiri imakanabe AC.
Chinthu china chachikulu ndi mafupa a miyala. AC imagwiritsa ntchito chisakanizo chokhuthala komanso chokonzedwa bwino chomwe chimasiya mpweya wochepa (nthawi zambiri 4–6%). Malo osakanikirana ndi zomera amatha kukhala "opanda mipata" kapena "otseguka" kuti apange mphasa yokhala ndi mabowo ambiri. Mabowo amenewa amathandiza kuti madzi azituluka mbali zonse, kudula madzi otuluka ndi kupopera munyengo yamvula. Koma, mukudziwa, mabowo owonjezerawo amathanso kulola mpweya ndi chinyezi kulowa, kotero kulimba kumatha kuvulaza pokhapokha ngati zomangira zosinthidwa ndi polima zikugwiritsidwa ntchito. Mwachidule, AC ndi yokhuthala; malo osakanikirana ndi zomera ndi aluso kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito madzi otuluka.
Popeza pamwamba pake posakaniza zomera pamakhala pozizira pang'ono, pamafunika bitumen yochulukirapo (nthawi zambiri 5.5–6.0% ndi kulemera) kuti zitsimikizire kuti zikugwira ntchito bwino. AC imazungulira pafupi ndi 4.5–5.0%. Chomangira chowonjezera mu zosakaniza zosakaniza zomera chingasinthidwe ndi rabara kapena ma polima a SBS kuti chibwererenso ku ming'alu ya kutentha. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, AC imadalira kuuma kwake kwakukulu kuti ichotse ziphuphu zomwe zimayambitsidwa ndi magalimoto a matani 40. Mfundo yofunika kuikumbukira: ngati nyengo yanu isintha kuchoka pa 0 °C kufika pa 40 °C, chosakaniza cha zomera chokhala ndi polima chochuluka chingakupulumutseni ku ululu wopweteka womwe umabwera chifukwa cha vutoli.
Nthawi ndi ndalama, makamaka m'misewu ya m'mizinda. Malo osakanikirana ndi zomera amazizira mwachangu, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti nthawi zambiri mumatha kutsegula msewu kuti magalimoto azitha kuyenda mkati mwa maola awiri. AC ingafunike maola anayi mpaka asanu ndi limodzi isanakwane mphamvu yokakamiza yofunikira. Makhonsolo a mzinda amakonda kutembenuka mwachangu; makampani oyendetsa zinthu amadana ndi njira zodutsira mwadzidzidzi. Komabe, musaiwale kuti kuzizira mwachangu kumachepetsanso mwayi woti magalimoto azigwira ntchito, kotero ogwira ntchito ayenera, monga, pamasewera awo a A-game.
Tiyeni tikambirane za ndalama pa mita imodzi ya sikweya kwa zaka khumi. Malo osakanikirana ndi zomera nthawi zambiri amawononga ndalama zochepa ndi 8-12% chifukwa kutentha kochepa kumatanthauza kuti mphamvu zochepa zimawononga. Komabe, mpweya wake umatha kufulumizitsa okosijeni, kotero chivundikiro choteteza kutentha chaka chachisanu ndi chofala. AC imakhala ndi ndalama zambiri zoyambira koma nthawi zambiri imakhala yochepa yosamalira. Mu ntchito zolemera, moyo wa AC ukhoza kupitirira zaka 20 ndi zigamba zazing'ono zokha. Pa malo oimika magalimoto opepuka, malo osakanikirana ndi zomera amatha kufika zaka 15 ngati mukuyang'anira kutseka ming'alu. Chitani masamu a net-present-value ndipo mudzawona ma flip-flops opambana kutengera kuchuluka kwa magalimoto.
Anthu okhala m'mizinda amadana ndi phokoso la matayala. Malo otseguka osakanikirana ndi zomera amatha kuchepetsa phokoso la matayala ndi msewu ndi 3–5 dB(A) poyerekeza ndi AC yokhuthala. Kutsika kumeneko ndikokwanira kusintha phokoso la droning kukhala phokoso lakumbuyo, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zipinda zogona za chipinda chachiwiri zikhale bwino. Mabungwe am'deralo omwe akufunafuna ndalama zothandizira "zomangamanga chete" amatchulanso malo osakanikirana ndi zomera pachifukwa chimenecho. Koma kumbukirani, kapangidwe kake ka machubu kangatseke ndi zinyalala; kutsuka vacuum nthawi iliyonse masika kumapangitsa kuti mawu azikhala okoma.
Ku Gold Coast, ku Queensland, kukulitsa kwa M1 kunagwiritsa ntchito njira yopangira zinthu zosiyanasiyana zopangidwa ndi polymer ya 40 mm. Pambuyo pa ma ESAL mamiliyoni asanu (ofanana ndi ma axle loads) pamwamba pake panali kutsika kwa ma rut osakwana 2 mm, zomwe zinaposa malire a boma a 5 mm. Pakadali pano, kusintha kwa A14 Cambridge kupita ku Huntingdon ku UK kunakhala ndi stone-mastic AC chifukwa cha kulimba kwake kwakukulu (≥ 8 000 MPa) komwe kumafunika magalimoto 60 000 patsiku. Makontinenti awiri osiyana, nkhani ziwiri zopambana—umboni wakuti nkhaniyi ndi yolimba.
Kupaka utoto wosakanikirana ndi zomera kumapambana pa CO₂ yokhazikika, koma AC imalimbana ndi kubwezeretsanso. Mpaka 30% Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) ndikosavuta kusakanikirana ndi AC chifukwa matope atsopano amatenthetsanso bitumen yakale. Kupaka utoto wosakanikirana ndi zomera, wopangidwa kutentha kochepa, kumatha kuvutika kusungunula binder yakale kwathunthu, kotero kuchuluka kwa RAP nthawi zambiri kumakhala kotsekedwa pa 15%. Ngati mukufuna kukonza 30% yobwezeretsanso, AC ndiye njira yotetezeka. Kumbali ina, zowonjezera zosakaniza zotentha zikutseka mpatawo mwachangu.
Bweretsani zinthu zitatuzi pamsonkhano wanu wotsatira wa mapangidwe ndipo mudzachepetsa nthawi yosankha ndi theka.
Pamapeto pake, funso lakuti “kodi malo osakanikirana a zomera amasiyana bwanji ndi konkriti ya phula?” limadalira kutentha, malo opanda kanthu komanso chilakolako chosamalira kwa nthawi yayitali. Sankhani yomwe ikugwirizana ndi ma KPI anu oyendera magalimoto, nyengo ndi kukhazikika kwa zinthu, ndipo simudzalakwitsa kwambiri.