Ngalo lonke ixesha uhamba ngenqanawa kwindlela entsha egayiweyo, uqhuba imoto phezu kwefektri encinci yeekhemikhali eyayikhe yaduma kwi-180°C. Kodwa isityalo se-asphalt sisebenza njani, kwaye kutheni abakhi, abatyali-mali, okanye abahambi abacinga ngendalo kufuneka bakhathalele? Hlala ubukele—ekupheleni kwale ncwadi imfutshane uya kuba nakho ukuhamba uye nakweyiphi na indawo yomsebenzi kwaye uthethe ngokungathi yindawo yakho.
Entliziyweni yaso, isityalo se-asphalt sisivumelwano esichanekileyo sobushushu, ikhemistri, kunye nefiziksi yoomatshini. Ulandelelwano luhlala lufana:
Utshintsha ukusuka kwibhetshi ukuya kwi-continuous? Akukho xhala. Izityalo ezixutywe nee-drum zisonga amanyathelo ama-3-6 kwi-drum enye ende, zitshintsha ulawulo oluchanekileyo lweresiphi ukuze zivelise i-ton ephezulu ngeyure engama-20%.
I-asphalt pavement ephinde yafunyanwa (i-RAP) ayilahlwa nje kuphela; ingena ngekhola ephakathi kwedrum apho i-virgin aggregate esele ishushu ukuya kwi-180 °C ivutha umswakama ngaphandle kokutshisa i-bitumen endala. Ishushu kakhulu kwaye ufumana umsi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka; ipholile kakhulu kwaye ufumana ingxolo enamathelayo, engadibaniyo.
Emva kokuba igesi yokukhupha umoya iphume kwidrama, i-pulse-jet baghouse traps ifikelela kwi-1 micron. Izityalo zanamhlanje zifaka i-activated carbon okanye i-lime slurry kwi-nail polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (ii-PAH). Isiphumo: i-stack opacity engaphantsi kwe-10%, edlula uninzi lweetshimini zekofu eziroaster.
Ngaba wakha waphawula ukuba ezinye ii-silos zikhanya kancinci ebusuku? Ingubo egqunyiweyo ijikeleza ubushushu obuqokelelweyo ijikeleze ikhowuni yesilo, ithintela "iindawo ezishushu" ezikhupha i-bitumen kwaye ziguqule umxube wakho obizayo ube yi-popcorn ebuthathaka.
“Izityalo ze-asphalt zizidalwa ezikhupha umsi.” Loo mgca sele ukho kwiminyaka yoo-1970. Ukususela oko uvavanyo lwe-EPA Method 9 lwaba yinto eqhelekileyo, ukukhutshwa okuqhelekileyo kwe-emissions ngetoni nganye yomxube kuye kwehla ngama-97%. Izitshisi ze-NOx eziphantsi, ii-variable-frequency drives kwi-motor nganye, kunye nezongezo zomxube ofudumeleyo ezinciphisa amaqondo obushushu emveliso ukuya kwi-135 °C zonke ziyahlangana. Ingongoma ephambili: ngoku ukhupha isityalo esingaphantsi kweetoni ezingama-200 ngeyure kunokuba umalume wakho wayesebenzisa i-asphalt paver enye.
Izinzwa eziqhagamshelwe kwilifu zilandelela uxinzelelo lwebhanti, ukungcangcazela kweebheringi, kunye ne-ionization yelangatye lesitshisi. Iimodeli zokufunda ngomatshini zibonisa ukungaqheleki kwiiveki ngaphambi kokuba ibhanti yokufunxa ebandayo iqhawuke ngo-2 kusasa—ndikholelwe, akukho mntu ufuna ukwenza i-splice ngethotshi. Kwiminyaka engama-25 yobomi besityalo, uhlalutyo lokuqikelela lunokonga ukuya kuthi ga kwi-US $1.2 yezigidi ngexesha lokungasebenzi elingacwangciswanga.
Isithili saseMidwestern sitshintshe ukusuka kwi-100% virgin ukuya kwi-40% RAP mix. Ixabiso lokuqala: US $180 k kwikhola entsha yeRAP kunye nescreen. Imbuyekezo: Iinyanga ezili-14 ngenxa yokonga ngonyaka kwe-US $110 k kwi-virgin aggregate kunye ne-bitumen. Ibhonasi: i-modulus yokuqina kwendlela iphucuke nge-8%, kuba i-bitumen egugileyo iyayiqinisa i-mastic. Ayilunganga "kwinkunkuma" njengoko amaphepha amadala e-spec akuxelele ukuba ulahle inkunkuma.
Ii-OEM zezityalo zizama izitshisi zehydrogen kunye ne-60% ye-RAP mixes zisebenzisa i-bio-rejuvenators ezivela kwi-pine resin. Ukuba iikhredithi zekhabhoni zihlala zingaphezulu kwe-US $70 ngetoni, lindela ukuba abo baqalayo bafumane kwakhona ii-retrofit kwiminyaka engaphantsi kwemine. Okwangoku, izixhobo zokuxuba i-foam ezifudumalayo eziphinda zifakwe kwisityalo esikhoyo zehla ngaphantsi kwe-US $30 k, oko kuthetha ukuba neepavers ezincinci zinokubhida kwiikhontrakthi "zendlela eluhlaza" xa sele zigcinelwe iinkunzi ezinkulu.