TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovative application of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) derived additive as an antistripping agent for asphalt mixture
T2 - Experimental investigation and molecular dynamics simulation
AU - Li, Rui
AU - Leng, Zhen
AU - Yang, Jun
AU - Lu, Guoyang
AU - Huang, Man
AU - Lan, Jingting
AU - Zhang, Hongliang
AU - Bai, Yawei
AU - Dong, Zejiao
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the insightful discussions about molecular dynamics simulation with Dr. Yangming Gao from Aston University in UK and Dr. Chi Zhang from ETH in Switzerland.
Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the funding support from the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund through ECF Project 84/2017 and Science and Technology Project of Henan Provincial Department of Transportation (Project number: 2020J6).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/9/15
Y1 - 2021/9/15
N2 - Moisture-induced damage represents one of the major challenges to the durability of asphalt pavement, which may lead to various premature distresses, such as cracking, ravelling and potholes. To reduce the moisture-induced damages, antistripping agents have been commonly used in asphalt mixtures. On the other hand, the fast-growing waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from the end-of-life plastic products poses a serious problem to the environment. How to recycle and reuse the waste PET is becoming a major concern. This study aims to develop a value-added recycling approach of reusing waste PET as an antistripping agent for asphalt mixture. To achieve this objective, waste PET was first collected and went through an aminolysis reaction to yield the amine-based PET additive, which was used to modify bitumen. The infrared spectrum of the PET additive was then characterized, followed by the evaluation of moisture susceptibility through the boiling test and indirect tensile strength (ITS) test. In addition, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was conducted to analyze the effect of the PET additive on the density and the cohesive energy density (CED) of the binder, and the interface bonding between binder and aggregate at the molecular level. The results from both experiments and MD simulation consistently indicate that the waste PET derived additive can effectively increase the resistance to moisture-induced damage of asphalt mixture.
AB - Moisture-induced damage represents one of the major challenges to the durability of asphalt pavement, which may lead to various premature distresses, such as cracking, ravelling and potholes. To reduce the moisture-induced damages, antistripping agents have been commonly used in asphalt mixtures. On the other hand, the fast-growing waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from the end-of-life plastic products poses a serious problem to the environment. How to recycle and reuse the waste PET is becoming a major concern. This study aims to develop a value-added recycling approach of reusing waste PET as an antistripping agent for asphalt mixture. To achieve this objective, waste PET was first collected and went through an aminolysis reaction to yield the amine-based PET additive, which was used to modify bitumen. The infrared spectrum of the PET additive was then characterized, followed by the evaluation of moisture susceptibility through the boiling test and indirect tensile strength (ITS) test. In addition, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was conducted to analyze the effect of the PET additive on the density and the cohesive energy density (CED) of the binder, and the interface bonding between binder and aggregate at the molecular level. The results from both experiments and MD simulation consistently indicate that the waste PET derived additive can effectively increase the resistance to moisture-induced damage of asphalt mixture.
KW - Adhesion
KW - Antistripping
KW - Moisture damage
KW - Molecular dynamics simulation
KW - Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121015
DO - 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121015
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85106222165
SN - 0016-2361
VL - 300
JO - Fuel
JF - Fuel
M1 - 121015
ER -