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Use of Hybrid Mineral Filler with High Emissivity in Asphalt Mixture for Cooling Road Pavements
- Source :
- Materials, Vol 16, Iss 1, p 175 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2022.
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Abstract
- Road asphalt pavements cover a high percentage of urban size and contribute to heat islands. This study proposed a new method to cool asphalt pavement by incorporating a kind of hybrid mineral filler (HMF) with high emissivity into a reference asphalt mixture prepared with limestone mineral filler (LMF). The physical, emissive, solar reflective, and rheological properties of asphalt mastic and the thermal performances of asphalt mixture were covered to investigate the possibility of the proposed strategy. From Fourier transform infrared spectrum test, it can be found that HMF was physically blended with asphalt. The emissivity results show that HMF increased the emissivity of asphalt mastic from 0.9204 to 0.9820. The asphalt mastic containing HMF had similar solar reflectance with the control one. In addition, HMF could enhance the rutting resistance of asphalt mastic according to the results of multiple stress creep recovery tests. When HMF replaced LMF, the thermal conductivity of the asphalt mixture with HMF increased by 0.26 W/(m·K) (the reference value was 1.72 W/(m·K)). The combined effect of high emissivity and thermal conductivity led to a lower surface temperature (i.e., −5.4 °C) in the tests. The results of this study demonstrate that HMF is a potential material to cool asphalt pavements.
- Subjects :
- asphalt pavement
emissivity
thermal conductivity
temperature reduction
urban heat islands
Technology
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TK1-9971
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Microscopy
QH201-278.5
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
QC120-168.85
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16010175 and 19961944
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Materials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.47475eff803d45319cf32544e0111cfc
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16010175