Behaviour of Hot Mix Asphalt Incorporating Untreated and Treated Waste Cooking Oil

• Published in: International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology
• Main Author: Azahar W.N.A.W.; Kasim N.; Ismail N.N.; Jaya R.P.; Hainin M.R.; Masri K.A.; Bujang M.; Al-Saffar Z.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85106338711&doi=10.1007%2fs42947-021-00038-w&partnerID=40&md5=c9b7837d3ba85f7c2cfc9bb8e714e408

The recyclability of waste cooking oil (WCO) as rejuvenator for aged asphalt mixture improved the serviceability of pavement itself. Currently, the researcher is exploring the new potential of WCO as modifier for binder modification. However, the issue of compatibility properties in the modification of binder with WCO arises since the poor mechanical performance of asphalt mixture is globally recorded thus reflected the weakness of adhesion bonding inside the pavement material. Basically, the superior mechanical performance of asphaltic concrete exhibited good adhesion bonding between binder-aggregates interaction in bituminous mixture. In fact, the potential of high adhesiveness binding properties is affected by the chemical theory which is mostly related to the polarity factor. Therefore, it is vital to conduct the chemical analysis and microstructure observation to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the polar group behaviour for the internal structure in pavement material that influencing the adhesion performance for the structural arrangement material in the mixture. Therefore, excellent adhesion is capable of improving mechanical performance of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). The identification of chemical composition for polarity group determination was identified by using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC–MS). Meanwhile, the adhesiveness measurement between binder-aggregate interactions in the mixture was observed with Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) which physically resulting in mechanical performance by conducting resilient modulus test, dynamic creep test and indirect tensile strength (ITS) test. Results showed that the incompatibility characteristic is revealed between untreated WCO and conventional binder (PEN 60/70) based on the identification of polar and non-polar compounds interaction. Thereby, exhibits the existence of gap and void structure arrangement in HMA through FESEM visualization hence affecting the poor mechanical strength of asphalt mixture. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Chinese Society of Pavement Engineering.