Abstract: A modified bitumen composition used in asphalt-coated roads as a binding raw material having petrocoke, a derivative of carbon based crude oil, and extract, a base oil unit by-product, as additives, and to a method of producing the same. The modified bitumen composition of the invention contains at least 55% by weight of bitumen with a penetration in the range of 40 to 110 as per EN 1426 standard, and 1%-40% by weight of petrocoke with a particle size preferably less than 300 micrometers, and 2% to 5% by weight of extract, a base oil unit by-product, as additives. Determination of the amount of the additives petrocoke and extract to be added to the bitumen, optimum values of such parameters as mixing temperature and mixing rate to distribute in the bitumen homogenously and the conditions at which the modified bitumen may be stored and/or transported without losing its improved properties.

Abstract: A roadway structure that includes: a substrate; a hot mix application portion positioned over the substrate, wherein said hot mix application portion comprises first and second adjacent paving passes defining a longitudinal joint, and wherein the first and second adjacent paving passes contain air voids along the longitudinal joint; and a spray-applied band of void reducing joint composition positioned between the substrate and the hot mix application portion, wherein the band is below the longitudinal joint, and wherein at least at portion of the void reducing joint composition fills at least some of the air voids.

Abstract: The invention provides a bituminous composition comprising a bitumen in an amount ranging from 20 to 90% wt, a carboxylic additive in an amount of from 0.25 to 5% wt, and sulphur in an amount of 5 to 75% wt, all percentages based on the weight of bitumen, carboxylic additive and sulphur, wherein the carboxylic additive is selected from carboxylic acids, carboxylic esters and carboxylic anhydrides. It further provides a process for making this composition and asphalt compositions comprising such bituminous composition.

Abstract: The invention provides a bituminous composition, a process for preparing a bituminous paving composition and process for bituminous paving having lower mixing, paving, and compaction temperatures than for conventional hot-mix paving while retaining sufficient performance characteristics of conventional hot-mix paving. The inventive paving process comprises the steps of injecting a foamable solution comprising a lubricating substance into a heated, asphalt binder to provide a heated, foamed mixture; adding the heated, foamed mixture to a suitable, heated aggregate; further mixing the heated, foamed mixture and heated aggregate to coat the heated aggregate with the heated, foamed, asphalt binder to form a heated paving material; supplying the heated paving material to a paving machine; applying the heated paving material by the paving machine to a surface to be paved; and compacting the applied paving material to form a paved surface.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion: 40 to 90% bitumen, 10 to 50% thermoplastic polyurethane, 0 to 10% aromatic oil, 0 to 50% filler, 0 to 0.5% catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bituminous composition comprising from 20 wt % to 99.9 wt % of bitumen, from 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % of a maleimide compound and from 0.5 to 75 wt % of sulphur, by weight of the bituminous composition. The present invention also relates to an asphalt composition comprising said bituminous composition and filler and/or aggregate. The bituminous and asphalt compositions of the present invention exhibit significantly reduced H2S emissions.

Abstract: The invention provides a bituminous composition, a process for preparing a bituminous paving composition and process for bituminous paving having lower mixing, paving, and compaction temperatures than for conventional hot-mix paving while retaining sufficient performance characteristics of conventional hot-mix paving. The inventive paving process comprises the steps of injecting a heated foamable solution comprising a lubricating substance into a heated, asphalt binder to provide a heated, foamed mixture; adding the heated, foamed mixture to a suitable, heated aggregate; further mixing the heated, foamed mixture and heated aggregate to coat the heated aggregate with the heated, foamed, asphalt binder to form a heated paving material; supplying the heated paving material to a paving machine; applying the heated paving material by the paving machine to a surface to be paved; and compacting the applied paving material to form a paved surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a bituminous composition, a process for preparing a bituminous paving composition and process for bituminous paving having lower mixing, paving, and compaction temperatures than for conventional hot-mix paving while retaining sufficient performance characteristics of conventional hot-mix paving. The inventive paving process comprises the steps of injecting an aqueous solution comprising a lubricating substance into a heated, asphalt binder to provide a heated, foamed mixture; adding the heated, foamed mixture to a suitable, heated aggregate; further mixing the heated, foamed mixture and heated aggregate to coat the heated aggregate with the heated, foamed, asphalt binder to form a heated paving material; supplying the heated paving material to a paving machine; applying the heated paving material by the paving machine to a surface to be paved; and compacting the applied paving material to form a paved surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a bituminous composition, a process for preparing a bituminous paving composition and process for bituminous paving having lower mixing, paving, and compaction temperatures than for conventional hot-mix paving while retaining sufficient performance characteristics of conventional hot-mix paving. The inventive paving process comprises the steps of injecting a foamable solution comprising a lubricating substance into a heated, asphalt binder to provide a heated, foamed mixture; adding the heated, foamed mixture to a suitable, heated aggregate; further mixing the heated, foamed mixture and heated aggregate to coat the heated aggregate with the heated, foamed, asphalt binder to form a heated paving material; supplying the heated paving material to a paving machine; applying the heated paving material by the paving machine to a surface to be paved; and compacting the applied paving material to form a paved surface.

Abstract: A cold applied adhesive that includes a blend of polyurethane pre-polymer, petroleum liquid and additive. The weight percent of petroleum liquid in the blend is less than 50 weight percent. The weight percent of polyurethane pre-polymer in the blend is less than 50 weight percent.

Abstract: A method of making a sulfur-extended asphalt mixture with a minimum of hydrogen sulfide gas release into the atmosphere by using sulfur granules with specific physical properties and which are made by successively coating a starting sulfur seed particle with liquid sulfur that is solidified between coatings to thereby build up the a sulfur particle of a desired size. The sulfur granules are used to in the preparation of a sulfur, bitumen and aggregate mixture to provide the sulfur-extended asphalt.

Abstract: The invention provides a sulphur pellet comprising at least one H2S-suppressant, comprising in the range of from 60 to 100 wt % elemental sulphur, based on the total weight of the pellet. The invention further provides a process for the manufacture of sulphur pellets comprising at least one H2S-suppressant, comprising the steps of: (a) mixing elemental sulphur, one or more H2S-suppressants and optionally a filler in a mixing unit to obtain a mixture; (b) shaping and/or palletizing the mixture obtained in step (a) in a palletizing unit to obtain H2S-suppressant-comprising sulphur pellets. The invention further provides a process for the manufacture of a sulphur-comprising asphalt paving mixture comprising the steps of: (i) preheating bitumen at a temperature of between 140 and 180° C.; (ii) preheating aggregate at a temperature of between 140 and 180° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a paving resin composition which comprises a thermoplastic resin in small lumps, containing 30 to 70% by weight of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 20 to 45% by weight and a melting temperature of 40 to 100° C. The paving resin composition of the present invention is melted within a short time, excellent in wettability and adhesion property to aggregates, and capable of providing a paved face excellent in durability free from problems of deformation during summer and cracking during winter. Moreover, the paving resin composition of the present invention can be thrown directly to a mixer without being passed through a measurement apparatus and accordingly, washing work of the measurement apparatus or pipes is made unnecessary and the workability is thus significantly increased.

Abstract: Asphalt compositions and methods of forming such are described herein. The asphalt compositions and methods of forming such are generally adapted to enable open air processing while producing asphalt compositions that exhibit properties capable of meeting SUPERPAVE™ specifications.

Abstract: Coatings and methods are provided. An embodiment of the coating includes microcapsules that contain at least one of a corrosion inhibitor, a film-forming compound, and an indicator. The microcapsules are dispersed in a coating vehicle. A shell of each microcapsule breaks down in the presence of an alkaline condition, resulting from corrosion.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion: 40 to 90% bitumen, 10 to 50% thermoplastic polyurethane, 0 to 10% aromatic oil, 0 to 50% filler, 0 to 0.5% catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object a prefabricated sealing membrane formed by a support, coated on at least one surface, and preferably impregnated throughout, with a modified bitumen base composition, characterized in that the thermoplastic bituminous composition for coating and/or impregnation is a bituminous binder modified by a thermoplastic polyurethane having the following weight proportion: 40 to 90% bitumen, 10 to 50% thermoplastic polyurethane, 0 to 10% aromatic oil, 0 to 50% filler, 0 to 0.5% catalyst.

Abstract: Asphalt compositions and methods of forming such are described herein. The asphalt compositions and methods of forming such are generally adapted to enable open air processing while producing asphalt compositions that exhibit properties capable of meeting SUPERPAVE™ specifications.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high performance asphalt comprising a mixture of low to moderate performance asphalt with linear or branch chain alkyl substituted aromatic sulfonic acid. The high performance asphalt is made by mixing the low to moderate performance asphalt with 1 to 10 wt % linear or branched chain C8–C48 alkyl substituted aromatic sulfonic acid at a temperature of 175° C. and less.

Abstract: Sulfur, useable in as an additive to asphalt in the preparation of asphalt binders can be plasticized by addition of carbon and further treated with amyl acetate. This plasticized sulfur can be formed into solid particles and then added to asphalt as either a minority or majority component to create desired paving binder compositions. The solid plasticized sulfur has non-stick non-flow properties within a wide range of ambient temperatures, and it can be stored solid for subsequent use in paving applications.

Abstract: Solid, low-cost paving binder prepared by admixing sulfur, paving grade asphalt (AC) asphalt, and a siliceous filler such as fly ash and silica material, and solidifying the product into preferably flaked, pellet or pastille forms. Carbon black is another possible ingredient of the paving binder. The solid paving binder has non-sick non-flow properties within a wide range of ambient temperatures, and it can be stored solid for subsequent use in paving applications. Properties such as the color, radiation-resistance, and odor of the paving binder can be controlled in the manufacturing process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated fiber mat of improved tear strength upon dividing pieces of the coated mat and the coating which comprises a cured, non-woven, fiber glass mat containing a polysiloxane wherein the fibers are fixedly distributed in a formaldehyde type binder containing a binder modifier which is a crosslinked styrene/acrylic polymer, and to a process for the preparation of the mat.

Abstract: A slurry mixture of sulfur in a liquid carrier comprising an ester derived from vegetable oils or animals fats such as biodiesel is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a mixture of asphalt, polymer and sulfur comprising blending together, at asphalt blending conditions, the asphalt and a slurry of sulfur particles in a biodiesel liquid carrier comprising an ester derived from vegetable oils or animal fats.

Abstract: Perylene derivatives of the general formula I where X and Y are independently oxygen, —NR1 or —NR2; R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1-C18-alkyl, C5-C7-cycloalkyl, aryl or C1-C6-alkoxy; R3 to R10 are independently hydrogen, hydroxyl or aryl, although radicals conjointly attached to one carbon atom may also be ═O or ═CHR11, R11 is hydrogen or C1-C3-alkyl, with the proviso that said perylene derivative I contains from at least one to not more than three carbonyl groups per molecule.

Abstract: A composition of asphaltic concrete and the method of making the same are disclosed. The asphaltic concrete has asphalt cement, sulfuric acid and citrus stripper oil admixed together. This admixture is mixed with some aggregate and then packed and consolidated. The resulting paved surface resists rutting and requires less maintenance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated fiber mat of improved tear strength upon dividing pieces of the coated mat and the coating which comprises a cured, non-woven, fiber glass mat containing a polysiloxane wherein the fibers are fixedly distributed in a formaldehyde type binder containing a binder modifier which is a crosslinked styrene/acrylic polymer, and to a process for the preparation of the mat.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing modified asphalt is characterized by adding a dispersion agent such as furfural or vegetable oil to a modifier material and then mixing the modifier material with asphalt. The dispersion agent facilitates dispersion of the modifier through the asphalt to form a homogeneous mixture. A first activator is added to the mixture to produce a devulcanized and stabilized asphalt material having improved rheological, separation and solubility characteristics. A micro activator is also added to the mixture to improve the ductility of the modified asphalt. The modifier material comprises granular crumb rubber or polymer.

Abstract: Solid, low-cost paving binder prepared by admixing sulfur, paving grade asphalt (AC) asphalt, and a siliceous filler such as fly ash and silica material, and solidifying the product into preferably flaked, pellet or pastille forms. The solid paving binder has non-sick non-flow properties within a wide range of ambient temperatures, and it can be stored solid for subsequent use in paving applications.

Abstract: A method of converting stripped roofing material into a useful product comprising feeding roofing material removed during repair or reroofing of a building roof into a shredder introducing particles of material from said shredder together with particles of thermoplastic material and a particulate filler material into a high intensity mixer to form a batch of material to be mixed, intensely mixing said batch of material to produce a heated mass of hot particles of roofing material and filler material coated with molten thermoplastic, then molding said heated mass under pressure into a desired end product. The invention also includes products produced utilizing said stripped roofing material.

Abstract: A sulfur in oil in asphalt blend is disclosed. A polymer-free slurry of solid, elemental, sulfur in liquid oil is used to add sulfur to asphalt. Addition of a slurry of solid sulfur in oil, or oil containing sulfur compounds, permits rapid and effective dispersion of the sulfur component in the asphalt. Uneven mixing, which can occur when sulfur is separately added as a solid, or in molten forms to the asphalt, is avoided. The method is safer because formation of explosive clouds of sulfur dust is avoided.

Abstract: An additive for, a method of adding thereof to uncured mixes for and resulting cured cement-type concreations such as cured embodiments of concrete, marcadam, and roof-top shingles each exhibiting improved heat and freeze-thaw durability resulting from reduced efflorescence and stability against sun ultraviolet light exposure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making storage-stable road paving binders by blending a minor amount of an unsaturated polymer (e.g., having at least one diene monomer) with a major amount of asphalt at an elevated temperature such that the components are sufficiently fluid to blend; treating the asphalt-polymer blend with a sulfonating agent; and stripping the treated asphalt-polymer blend at an elevated temperature with sufficient stripping gas to remove strippable sulfur moieties and to stabilize the resulting stripped, treated blend. The invention also provides asphaltic compositions made by the method. The asphaltic compositions are useful as binders in road paving applications.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing a water-soluble sulphonated dispersant from a petroleum hydrocracking residue comprising: contacting a petroleum hydrocracking residue boiling above 524.degree. C. with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphur trioxide to form a sulphonated mixture containing water soluble and water insoluble products, and separating the water soluble sulphonated product from the mixture. The mixture of water soluble and water insoluble sulphonated products is neutralized with alkali and evaporated to dryness, after which the dried mixture is extracted with alcohol to leave a water soluble product. The product can be used as a water reducer or superplasticizer in concrete.

Abstract: A process for preparing a sulfonated dispersant from a petroleum asphalt fraction, comprising:establishing contact between the asphalt fraction dissolved in an inert solvent and liquid or gaseous sulfur trioxide at a temperature equal to or less than 60.degree. C., to obtain a sulfonated asphalt fraction;salifying the sulfonated asphalt fraction thus obtained by contact with an aqueous solution of a hydroxide of an alkaline metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium and recovering the sulfonated salt from the reaction mixture.This process provides water-soluble sulfonated salts of petroleum asphalt fractions, which can be used as fluidifying and stabilizing agents for aqueous dispersions of solids, such as aqueous dispersions of coal or cement.

Abstract: A tag is added to an asphalt additive, typically an anti-stripping agent. The additive dye is mixed with other components of an asphalt composition and melt processed at 300.degree. F. (149.degree. C.) or above to produce an asphalt composition. Presence of the tag to identify presence of the additive is performed by dissolving the asphalt portion of the composition in a water-immiscible solvent and then extracting the tag in an acidic aqueous solution and developing a color with a diazo compound.

Abstract: A novel sulfur-based adduct formed by reacting sulfur with a diene-containing by-product hydrocarbon mixture available from petrochemical operations and/or from coal processing. The adduct is a reaction product of sulfur and each of the dienes contained in the by-product mixture. Also disclosed is a road surface composition containing this adduct as an asphalt extender or as a replacement for asphalt, and there are also disclosed other compositions containing this adduct such as sulfur cements, sulfur concretes, coatings, foams, structural materials and insulators.

Abstract: An improved sulfur-extended asphalt composition and method for use in making compacted bituminous concrete, whereby solid sulfur, preferably in powdered form, is added to liquid asphalt on substantially a 1:1 weight basis, the asphalt comprising less than 3.1% of the weight of the total bituminous concrete mixture. The solid sulfur is melted by the heat present in the molten asphalt thereby lessening the overall energy consumption and eliminating the need for any liquid sulfur-related heating equipment. The overall binder content of the resultant bituminous concrete is varied so as to both maintain the 1:1 sulfur-replacement-of-asphalt relationship utilized with this invention, and to reduce the occurrence of air voids. Such a 1:1 replacement relationship provides economic efficiencies in bituminous concrete production not previously obtainable. The resultant sulfur-extended bituminous concrete when compacted provides substantially increased mechanical strengths over conventional asphalt mix designs.

Abstract: The addition of aqueous dilutions of a sulfonic acid source of 0.2% to 0.8% acid concentration to an aggregate or to a composition of asphalt and aggregate in hot asphalt plants enables a decrease in the amount of asphalt required in comparison to compositions not so treated while achieving comparable strengths and durability when the composition is laid down as road paving material. The improved distribution of asphalt reduces usage by 10% to 40% and permits the incorporation of additional finely divided material to achieve higher strengths, or, inversely, to permit a higher percentage of voids to exist in the completed materials so as to provide for a porous paving material with suitable strength. The use of water in quantities of from 1,000 gallons to 3,000 gallons per 100 tons of aggregate and a sulfonic acid source in quantities of from 0.5 to 8 gallons per 100 tons of aggregate to provide an aggregate-acid-water composition having an initial pH of less than 3.

Abstract: A novel sulfur-based adduct formed by reacting sulfur with a diene-containing by-product hydrocarbon mixture available from petrochemical operations and/or from coal processing. The adduct is a reaction product of sulfur and each of the dienes contained in the by-product mixture. Also disclosed is a road surface composition containing this adduct as an asphalt extender or as a replacement for asphalt, and there are also disclosed other compositions containing this adduct such as sulfur cements, sulfur concretes, coatings, foams, structural materials and insulators.

Abstract: A waterproofing composition is made by admixing primary sludge produced by pulp and paper mill operations with tall oil pitch. The composition may include particulate wood by-products as fillers and a material such as lime for raising the softening point of the tall oil pitch.

Abstract: Hot processed bituminous mixed composition, particularly for road construction, characterized by containing non-hygroscopic, crystal water-containing substances, that upon heating to the mixing temperature of the mixed bituminous composition will completely or partly release their crystal water. The invention further relates to a filler as component of the mixed composition.

Abstract: A sulfur-bituminous composite binder material consisting essentially of 60-75% by weight sulfur and 25-40% by weight bituminous material. Optionally a small amount of a fibrous or flake reinforcing material and usually a filler material can be added. The binder is suitable for use as a self-compacting road or pothole repair material. A feature of the composite binder is the presence of two continuous phases which is achieved by mixing solid particulate sulfur with a softened bituminous material at a temperature in the range 120.degree.-150.degree. C. or by mixing liquid sulfur with liquid asphalt with a sufficient shearing mixing action to produce an emulsion of the liquid sulfur in the asphalt which, on cooling produces a continuous, rigid, crystaline and porous sulfur skeleton in the composite.

Abstract: A small amount of an organosiloxane polymer stabilizes an emulsion of sulphur and a bituminous material in which the bituminous material is a continuous phase and the sulphur is a dispersed phase; the stabilized emulsion serves as a binder for mineral aggregates in the manufacture of paving mixtures.

Abstract: An asphalt composition having high ductility at low temperatures is obtained by hot-mixing asphalt and 3 to 7 wt. % of sulfur, based on the weight of asphalt, at temperatures below 300.degree. F. Small amounts of rubber further increase the ductility.

Abstract: New polythiols-polyesters and corresponding polysulphides in the --SH group wherein sulphur is contained in the alcohol residue after the formation of esters. These polyesters are derived from aliphatic polyacids, saturated or not, wherein the molecule contains a minimum of 15 atoms of carbon. They are formulated by the action of a mercapto-alcanol on the corresponding polyacid, in a liquid which gives an azeotropic mixture with water. These products are useful as additives to asphalts, bituminous products, coatings, mastics and cements.

Abstract: A sulfur-based aggregate-asphalt composition prepared by a process comprising mixing aggregate with asphalt and a molten sulfur system, wherein the molten sulfur system is made by a method comprising heating a mixture of sulfur and a sulfur plasticizer. Dicyclopentadiene is a preferred material for plasticizing the sulfur. Preferably the sulfur system contains, in addition to the sulfur plasticizer, a fibrous filler such as glass fiber or asbestos, and an inorganic filler such as talc powder.

Abstract: Vulcanized compositions of matter obtained by heating a mixture of bitumen, an olefin polymer, sulfur and a sulfur-containing vulcanization accelerator to a temperature of 80.degree. to 250.degree. C.

Abstract: When cast sulfur-asphalt compositions, e.g., sulfur-asphalt-aggregate pavements and construction articles, are being prepared by mixing and/or heating mixtures comprising sulfur and asphalt at elevated temperatures not exceeding 175.degree.C, the evolution of hydrogen sulfide is substantially reduced by carrying out the mixing and/or heating step in the presence of a hydrogen sulfide suppressant selected from the class consisting of free radical inhibitors and redox (oxidation-reduction) catalysts.

Abstract: An additive for, a method of adding thereof to uncured mixes for and resulting cured cement-type concreations such as cured embodiments of concrete, marcadam, and roof-top shingles each exhibiting improved heat and freeze-thaw durability resulting from reduced efflorescence and stability against sun ultraviolet light exposure.

Abstract: Sulfur, useable in as an additive to asphalt in the preparation of asphalt binders can be plasticized by addition of carbon and further treated with amyl acetate. This plasticized sulfur can be formed into solid particles and then added to asphalt as either a minority or majority component to create desired paving binder compositions. The solid plasticized sulfur has non-stick non-flow properties within a wide range of ambient temperatures, and it can be stored solid for subsequent use in paving applications.