Asphalt saturation of roofing felt on the felt machine. Final report. Progress report, January 1980-July 1981
The asphalt roofing industry manufactures approximately 10 million tons of product annually. This requires an estimated 40 trillion Btu's in process heat and 4 million tons of asphalt having a fuel value of 140 trillion Btu's. Pilot equipment was installed on a commercial felt machine to determine whether saturation on the felt machine was feasible and whether energy savings would result. A process was demonstrated by which adequate saturation levels can be achieved. Energy savings are estimated at 6.3 trillion Btu's per year on an industry-wide basis. An economic study with consideration of the rapid industry conversion from organic felt to the less energy-intensive glass mat-based roofing precluded further process scale-up and plans for commercialization.
- Research Organization:
- GAF Corp., South Bound Brook, NJ (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC01-78CS40166
- OSTI ID:
- 5230494
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CS/40166-T1; ON: DE82011115
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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