Utilização da cera de carnaúba como aditivo redutor de temperaturas de usinagem e compactação de misturas asfálticas.

Abstract

Warm mixtures appear as an option for reducing temperature machining and compression, an alternative that provides economic advantages, environmental and technical. This paper deals with the use of carnauba wax type 1, the levels 1, 2 and 3% (m / m), as an additive incorporated into the asphalt mixtures for obtaining mixtures of lukewarm. Wax type 1 was used to modify the binder 50/70 and evaluated its effects from empirical tests: penetration point testing the softening and rotational viscometer. The modified asphalt binder 2:03% carnauba wax showed a considerable reduction in temperature machining (TU) of 9 ° C, reducing pollutant emissions (CO 2 and VOCs, for example) and energy expenditure. SUPERPAVE the method was used, in order to producing the specimens which were used to make mechanical analysis. As order to evaluate the effects of reducing the production and compaction temperatures and the influence of the incorporation of the additive in the asphalt mixture, tests were conducted Mechanical: tensile strength, modulus of resilience, moisture damage (Lottman) Fatigue, Flow Number, Cántabro and dynamic modulus. The mixture with 2% wax carnauba showed better results than the mechanical and rheological analysis, further reducing the temperature machining and compression. It is expected that such research can contribute to the reduction of damage to the environment, most technical and economic feasibility. Therefore, carnauba wax meets certain requirements mechanical and rheological properties for use as an additive in warm asphalt mixes.