Reactive Extrusion of Waste Plastics with Compatibilizer and Lightly Pyrolyzed Crumb Rubber for Asphalt Modification

Ma, Yuetan; Demchuk, Zoriana; Polaczyk, Pawel; Zhou, Hongyu; He, Qiang; Baumgardner, Gaylon L.; Huang, Baoshan

doi:10.1177/03611981231211896

Title: Reactive Extrusion of Waste Plastics with Compatibilizer and Lightly Pyrolyzed Crumb Rubber for Asphalt Modification

Journal Article · 14 December 2023 · Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231211896 · OSTI ID:2234333

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering, Texas Tech University
Paragon Technical Services, Inc., Jackson, MS

Modifying asphalt is a potentially high-value application for reusing waste plastics because of the high-volume usage of asphalt in highway construction. However, simply blending hot plastics and asphalt encounters difficulties related to the poor solubility of polymers, which limits the formation of a swollen network with asphalt molecules. The polymer phases also tend to coalesce and separate from asphalt during high-temperature storage in static conditions. The present study developed an innovative process to stabilize waste plastics in asphalt and improve binder storage stability by using lightly pyrolyzed crumb rubber together with a chemical compatibilizer. Both polymers were extruded to produce a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) for asphalt modification. The mechanical performance and chemical reactions of TPEs were characterized via tension test and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The storage stability and rheological properties of modified binder blends were evaluated through laboratory asphalt stability test and dynamic shear rheometer test. Polymer phases and network structures were characterized through optical microscopy. It was found that the pyrolyzed and reactive extrusion process improved the rubber solubility and polymer interaction, and therefore the storage stability of modified binder blends. The co-existence of rigid plastic and soft rubbery regimes in an entangled network provided a promising pathway to improve the mechanical performance of asphalt binders in both high- and low-temperature domains.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 2234333

Journal Information:: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Journal Name: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board; ISSN 0361-1981

Publisher:: SAGE PublicationsCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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