›› 2017, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (10): 46-51.

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PROPERTIES OF ROAD BIO-BINDER AND ITS MIXTURE

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  • Received:2017-04-07 Revised:2017-05-11 Online:2017-10-12 Published:2017-09-28

Abstract: Bio-oil was prepared using wood powder,and then mixed with 50#asphalt product and additives to obtain bio-binders with different bio-oil/asphalt ratios.The penetration,softening point,ductility(10 ℃)and other properties of the samples before and after RTFO aging were investigated.The bio-binder meeting the requirements of the specification was selected followed by preparation of bio-binder mixture.The rutting test,freeze-thaw splitting test,small beam bending test,low temperature bonding test were conducted for the mixture to investigate the effect of the amount of bio-oil blended into asphalt on the performance of the road bio-binder.The results showed that with increasing the bio-oil amount added,the penetration and ductility along with the low temperature crack resistance are improved;the softening point is reduced,indicating the negative effect for the high temperature performance.Compared with that of 50#asphalt mixture,the maximum bending strain ratio of the bio-binder mixture with 10%w bio-oil is improved by 20.90%,the splitting tensile strain of freeze-thaw cycle samples increases by 12.56%,the water stability and low temperature performance are all improved; the bond ability is improved greatly while the high temperature performance is decreased in some extent.The properties of bio-binder mixture satisfies with the requirements of specification(JTG E20—2011)when the bio-oil content is 10%.

Key words: road engineering, bio-binder, experimental study, road performance, bio-heavy oil