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Effect of rejuvenator type and dosage on rheological properties of short-term aged binders

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Using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) material in pavement construction is typically an environmentally friendly practice. However, the asphalt available in RAP is already oxidized and stiffened due to various environmental processes. To compensate these problems, rejuvenators can be mixed with aged binder with the aim of restoring its original properties. This study investigates the performance of aged binders blended with three different types of rejuvenators. Thin film oven test aged PG 58–28 binder was mixed with raw waste cooking oil (R1), modified waste cooking oil (R2), and Hydrolene H90T (R3) at the concentrations of 3%, 6% and 9% by the weight of the total binder. To enhance rutting resistance, styrene–butadiene–styrene was also blended with rejuvenated binders and tested. Frequency sweep testing at a wide range of temperatures and frequencies was conducted in the Dynamic Shear Rheometer, and time–temperature superposition was used to obtain parameters including Superpave, Glover-Rowe, Shenoy, Crossover frequency and Rheological index parameters. In addition, the Multi Stress Creep Recovery test was performed to gain an in-depth understanding of the rutting performance of the binders. Based on the comparative study of different rejuvenated binders, the binder rejuvenated using a chemically modified waste cooking oil seems to most be effective in improving the overall performance of the binder without compromising its rutting resistance. In addition, the relationship between different cracking parameters indicated that they are not all compatible with each other in terms of ranking binder performance. Finally, the MSCR parameter seems to more effectively capture the influence of rejuvenation and SBS addition to rejuvenated binders more than other parameters.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Developments and Multi-Material Stewardship Board of Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for research funding. The authors wish to extend our gratitude to Dr. Lidan Tao and Dr. Helen Zhang from the Environment Engineering Lab at Memorial University and to Yellowline Asphalt Products Limited for technical and laboratory support to execute this project. We also thank Eco Oil Limited, NJs Kitchen Restaurant, and HollyFrontier Corporation for providing rejuvenator for this work.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Developments and Multi-Material Stewardship Board of Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for research funding.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, A1B 3X7, Canada

    Rayhan Bin Ahmed

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Kamal Hossain

  3. Yellowline Asphalt Products Limited, Hamilton, ON, L8H 0A5, Canada

    Mike Aurilio

  4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61822, USA

    Ramez Hajj

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Dr. KH conceptualized the project and wrote the proposal for funding. RBA and Dr. KH designed the experiment, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper. Additionally, RBA conducted an extensive review on the topic and the review report was published in Construction and Building Materials; MA contributed to the testing and analyzing the data from the DSR and gave inputs in the paper; Dr. RH contributed to the data analysis, interpretation of the results, and writing of the manuscript.

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Ahmed, R.B., Hossain, K., Aurilio, M. et al. Effect of rejuvenator type and dosage on rheological properties of short-term aged binders. Mater Struct 54, 109 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-021-01711-z

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