Ngaba wakha wazibuza ukuba kutheni uninzi lwee-DOT kunye nabaphangi babucala bethengisa kuGoogle "iinkonzo zezityalo ze-asphalt ezisetyenziswa ngokutsha ze-rap" ngentsimbi yesi-2 kusasa? Impendulo emfutshane ilula: uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali luyehla, amaxabiso apheleleyo ayanda kakhulu, kwaye imilinganiselo yozinzo ngoku iprintwa kwingxelo nganye yonyaka. Impendulo ende—nenomdla ngakumbi—ifihliwe kwindlela izityalo zanamhlanje ezisingatha ngayo i-asphalt pavement (RAP) ebuyiselweyo ngaphandle kokuguqula uhambo lwakho olugudileyo lube ngumnyhadala wemingxunya.
I-RAP ayisiyonto nje “izinto ezimnyama ezindala” ongazisebenzisa xa usuka kwindlela enkulu. Yingxubevange elawulwa ngokuqinileyo ye-asphalt binder endala kunye nee-aggregates ezisemgangathweni ophezulu esele zibonakalise ukuba zinokuphila iminyaka yezithuthi kunye nemijikelo yokunyibilika. Xa abakhi bethetha ngeenkonzo ze-rap recycling hot mix asphalt plants, bathetha ngothotho lweenkqubo—ukugaywa, ukuqhekezwa, ukuvavanywa, ukuxuba, ukuphinda kufudunyezwe, kunye nokubekwa phantsi—ezinika ezi ndlela zilahliweyo ubomi besibini. Inyani eyonwabisayo: imayile enye yendlela enkulu yasezidolophini eneendlela ezine inokukhupha malunga neetoni ezili-18,000 ze-RAP. Loo nto iphantse ibe yi-1,200 yeelori ezigcwele izinto ezicela ithuba lesibini.
Masithethe ngamanani enza abaphathi bezemali bancume. I-Virgin binder iyodwa ibiza ukuya kuthi ga kwi-60% yexabiso lezinto zomxube we-asphalt. Tshintsha i-40% ye-RAP kwaye uyicimile malunga ne-24% yaloo nto ngaphambi kokuba ilori yokuqala ibuyele kwi-paver. Yenza loo nto kwi-rehab ye-interstate eyi-100,000-ton kwaye sithetha ngokonga imali kwisigidi seedola. Ewe, zisixhenxe.
Kodwa ixabiso lisisiqingatha sebali. Iiarhente ngoku zinika amanqaku kubantu ababhidayo ngokwe-carbon footprint, kwaye amazwe aliqela—ajonga kuwe, eColorado naseCalifornia—anikezela ngokunciphisa amaxabiso ebhidi xa ufikelela kwiinjongo zozinzo. NgesiNgesi esilula: phinda usebenzise okungakumbi, phumelela umsebenzi omninzi, kwaye utyebise inzuzo yakho ngaphandle kokulola ipensele yakho kuyo yonke enye into ebhidayo.
Iziqwenga ezingacwangciswanga aziyi kuyinqumla. Iinkonzo zanamhlanje zicinezela i-RAP ukuya kwiinkcukacha eziqinileyo zobukhulu obuphezulu—ngokuqhelekileyo i-½ in. (12.5 mm)—zize ziyihluze ubuncinane zibe ziinxalenye ezimbini. Ii-overs zibuya ukuze ziphinde zidlule; i-mids ixela kwiibhini zokutya ezibandayo. Eli nyathelo lodwa linyusa ixesha lokusebenza kwesityalo nge-15% kwaye ligcina izikhalazo "zomsi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka" ezivela kubamelwane zingabikho.
Iidrama ezindala ezihamba ngaxeshanye zitshisa i-RAP ekupheleni kwesitshisi, zinyibilikisa i-binder kwaye zenze umxube ube buthathaka. Izityalo ze-counter-flow zesizukulwana esitsha zingenisa i-RAP ngezantsi, kude nomlilo ongenanto. Isiphumo: i-binder endala ihlala isebenza, kwaye umxube wakho ophinda usetyenziswe ugcina ukumelana nokuqhekeka kobushushu obuphantsi okudingayo, masithi, nge-Minnesota Februarys.
Nantsi inxalenye emnandi: iinjineli zifaka ii-rejuvenators ezilungisiweyo—ngamanye amaxesha ezisekelwe kwi-bio, ngamanye amaxesha ezixutywe neoyile enuka kamnandi—kwi-0.3% ukuya kwi-0.6% ngokobunzima bomxube. Ezi khemikhali ziphinda zilinganise i-asphaltenes kunye ne-maltenes, zibuyisela ukuguquguquka ukuze umxube osetyenzisiweyo usebenze njengeresiphi eyi-100% emsulwa. Cinga ngayo njengosuku lwe-spa lwee-molecules ze-asphalt ezidiniweyo.
Izityalo ezixabisa ityuwa yazo ngoku zifakela izikena ezikufutshane ne-infrared (NIR) ngaphezulu kwebhanti kunye nezifumanisi ze-gamma ngaphakathi kwidrama. Ezi gizmos zifunda umxholo we-binder, ukufuma, kunye nobushushu rhoqo emva kwemizuzwana engama-30, ii-feeder gates ezizitshintsha ngokuzenzekelayo kunye ne-burner fuel. Inguqulelo: umxube ohambelanayo, imithwalo embalwa eyaliwe, kwaye akukho fowuni ye-3 kusasa evela kumphathi weprojekthi onomsindo.
Endaweni yokuthutha iitoni ezingama-62,000 ze-RAP ukuya kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma, i-turnpike authority yasila, yasirhuqa, yaza yaphinda yasebenzisa i-94% yayo yaya kwi-high-modulus overlay. Umboneleli weenkonzo ze-rap recycling hot mix asphalt plants uqinisekisile ubomi bokudinwa beminyaka eli-12, kodwa uvavanyo lokuqala lwe-rutting sele lubonisa ukusebenza ngokulinganayo ne-virgin SMA—ngexabiso eliphantsi leyunithi ngama-28%. Abahlawuli berhafu bonge i-$3.4 yezigidi kunye neetoni ezingama-3,900 ze-CO₂. Ayilunganga umsebenzi wosuku.
Ukuthandabuza kusempilweni. Isitshixo kukuyila umxube olungeleleneyo: ukucubungula okulinganayo okukrelekrele, ukuxubana ngokuchanekileyo kwe-binder, kunye nolawulo oluqinileyo lomgangatho. Xa ezo bhokisi zijongiwe, idatha yethrekhi yeZiko leSizwe leTekhnoloji yeAsphalt (NCAT) ibonisa ukuba i-50% ye-RAP mixes inokulingana nokumelana ne-rut kunye nokunyamezela ukuqhekeka kwe-virgin mixes. Inguqulelo: indlela yakho ayizukuqhekeka ngaphambi komjikelo olandelayo wonyulo.
Ayizizo zonke iimpahla ezineebhini ezimbalwa zokutya okubandayo ezinokumelana ne-50% ye-RAP ngaphandle kokuguqula umxube wakho ube yi-braai enomsi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Khangela oku kulandelayo:
Phakathi kwamaxabiso eoyile aguquguqukayo, ukunqongophala okupheleleyo, kunye nemithetho yokusingqongileyo eqinayo rhoqo, abakhi abangayinakiyo inkonzo yezityalo ze-asphalt ezisetyenziswa ngokutsha ze-rap banika umsebenzi olandelayo kubakhuphisana nabo abakrelekrele. Ngoko ke, ukulungele ukuzikhusela kwisicelo sakho esilandelayo? Fumana umyili wakho womxube kwifowuni, ubuze amaqabane ezityalo anokunxulumana noluhlu olungasentla, kwaye ubukele inzuzo yakho ngetoni inyuka ngelixa inani lakho lekhabhoni lihla. Owu, kwaye kwixesha elizayo umntu ekuxelela ukuba i-asphalt esetyenziswa ngokutsha "lixabiso lesibini," ncuma nje kwaye umbonise amanani ePennsylvania Turnpike. Oko kudla ngokubathulisa ngokukhawuleza.