Environmental benefits of microwave-assisted self-healing technology for pavements - A Life Cycle Assessment comparative study

  1. Rodríguez-Alloza, A.M. 1
  2. Gulisano, F. 2
  3. Garraín, D. 3
  1. 1 Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Náutica y Marítima, Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
  2. 2 Departamento de Ingeniería Civil: Transporte y Territorio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
  3. 3 Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT
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Revista:
Materiales de construcción

ISSN: 0465-2746

Any de publicació: 2024

Volum: 74

Número: 354

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.3989/MC.2024.367023 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

The maintenance and rehabilitation of roads is becoming a key challenge in the pavement industry to decrease the consumption of natural resources. Microwave-assisted self-healing technology extends the life-service of asphalt pavements for roads reducing the need for fossil fuels over its lifespan and saving the use of natural resources. This technique takes advantage of the thermoplastic and dielectric properties of asphalt mixtures that allows cracks to be closed, hence, heal and restore the asphalt mixtures mechanical behaviour without implementing more invasive traditional maintenance operations like milling and replacing the pavement. A Life-Cycle Assessment was carried out to determine the potential environmental benefits of using this technology quantifying its potential environmental impacts. Different scenarios in which the heating energy and the addition of slag varies has been evaluated and compared with a conventional road. Results shows that this technology could decrease a significant number of environmental impacts over the lifecycle.

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