Abstract: A process for preparing a homogenous asphalt composition including the steps of introducing asphalt medium into a reactor vessel; introducing whole tire rubber granules into the asphalt medium to form a mixture of the asphalt medium and the granular whole tire rubber; circulating a portion the mixture into a bottom portion of the reactor vessel through jet spray nozzles; and recirculating the mixture at 500.degree. F. through the vessel until the whole tire rubber is completely integrated into the asphalt medium and a stable, homogeneous asphalt composition is formed. The incorporated asphalt composition preferably includes about 10-20% whole tire rubber and about 80-90% asphalt medium.

Abstract: A process for preparing an incorporated asphalt composition includes mixing ground tire rubber with distillation tower bottoms to form a wetted mixture of the ground tire rubber with the distillation tower bottoms, bombarding the wetted mixture of ground tire rubber and distillation tower bottoms with air at a temperature of about 350.degree.-485.degree. F. at about 6-15 psi pressure until the mixture is completely incorporated, and recovering the incorporated asphalt composition. The homogenized asphalt product is a two-member composition of distillation tower bottoms having ground tire rubber incorporated therein.