Episode III – Alligatoring for non-swamp people
Alligatoring is just one type of pavement failure characterized by its namesake. It generally signals that the pavement has reached the end of its original lifespan. Here’s the bad news: Most pavement...
View ArticleEpisode IX – Financial advantages
What are the Financial advantages of recycling? How about free asphalt mix for starters! I consider existing roads as asphalt banks. We have been making deposits to these accounts for 100 years. The...
View ArticleEpisode II – The downside of asphalt
It could be severe weather conditions, heavy traffic loads, poor construction or lighter usage design criteria but I have seen asphalt fail all around the world. From Chile to China and Russia, all...
View ArticleEpisode I – What is asphalt?
Here is my 5-minute primer on asphalt composition, on sale today for only 2 minutes. Asphalt or bituminous concrete is a mixture of stones, sand, a few trace elements and a black oil based tar called...
View ArticleEpisode IV – Why recycle?
We will concern ourselves here with recycling asphalt to repair damaged roads, we will cover other forms of recycling in a later episode. One of the by-products of using asphalt to build roads and...
View ArticleEpisode V – The heat cycle of bin type recyclers
Bin recyclers use the cleanest technology available to recycle just the proper amount required for the day. In spite of being the cleanest, most efficient and economical method of recycling asphalt,...
View ArticleEpisode VI – Propane and Natural gas as fuel for recyclers
Episode VI Propane and Natural gas as fuel for recyclers These fuels have two drawbacks: 1- They are mostly a non-renewable resource. 2- They have decreased energy content compared to liquid...
View ArticleEpisode VII – Infrared heat
Episode VII Infrared Heat If it weren’t for Infrared heat life would not be possible on earth, as a matter of fact the amount of infrared heat received by this corner of the universe makes this...
View ArticleEpisode VIII Environmental advantages of recycling whole asphalt
Episode VIII Environmental advantages of recycling whole asphalt Over 80% of removed asphalt is presently classified as recycled. But we can do a lot better for the environment because a large part...
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