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Benefits of Cold Mix Technology Over Hot Mix Technology in Sustainable Road Network
Benefits of Cold Mix Technology Over Hot Mix Technology in Sustainable Road Network
Introduction
Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) is used predominantly as a paving mix from many decades in road construction.
In India almost 90 percent road network is occupied by bituminous pavements only. Certain limitations
associated with HMA use are like emission of greenhouse gases from hot mix plant, shut down of plants
during rainy season, problems in maintaining the paving temperature when hauling distances are more,
etc.
The emissions from hot plant mixes create pollution and thus degrade the environment. The
different layers of road construction require a higher temperature range for production, laying the
mix, rolling; etc. Therefore bituminous road construction with conventional paving grades bitumen
is sometimes not feasible or even not desirable in high rainfall areas as intermittent rain
throughout the year affect production and laying of mixes. In snow-bond areas at high attitude, hot
mixes get solidified quickly and looser their binding due to existing cold pavement surface. Use of
emulsified cold mixes would eliminate the emissions and also reduce the fuel requirement at the
mixing plant as energy conservation.
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M. E., Transportation Engineering, Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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Assistant Professor, Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Correspondence to: Mr. S.S. Goliya, Transportation Engineering, Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha,
Madhya Pradesh, India. E-mail Id: ssgoliya@rediffmail.com
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Application Cold Mix Technology for B. Factors favouring Cold Mix Technologies
Rural Roads
i. Availability of a variety of emulsion types
i. Surface dressing which have led to development of new
ii. Premix carpet formulations and improved laboratory
iii. Mix seal surfacing procedures in order to satisfy the design
iv. Patch work and construction requirements.
v. Pothole repair ii. The ability to use cold materials at
remote sites.
Advantages iii. The applicability of emulsions for use in
preventive maintenance so as to
i. 2-3 times faster progress: using existing
increase the service life of existing
facilities at site without any extra
distressed pavements.
investment in capacity building or
iv. Health of construction workers.
equipment’s.
ii. Green Technology: Non-polluting C. Tests of Aggregates
process, no heating, saves fuel and 90%
energy efficient. i. Sand equivalent value test
iii. Highly durable: contains anti-stripping ii. Methylene blue test
properties, performing better than Hot iii. Shape test
Mix roads. iv. Gradation test
iv. All weather construction: during v. Soundness test
monsoons and cold winters on dry days. vi. Aggregate impact value test
vii. Water absorption test
viii. Stripping test
Benefits to India
D. Technology Level
i. Social
i. The technology falls under existing
a. No adverse effect on health.
technology that is required for larger
b. Friendly to local construction workers.
implementation, i.e. it can be used
ii. Economical 100% in DPRs.
ii. It can be used both in new as well as
a. Higher progress, faster connectivity, on going works, even in World Bank
avoids escalations. funded projects.
b. Eradicates need of subsidized fuel iii. It can be used in all applications like
equivalent to 3375 million INR. BM/SDBC, OGPC and MSS.
iv. IRC specifications IRC: SP: 100
A. Environmental
published in 2014.
1,500 litre per Km means annually v. 2500 km in different States viz. Assam,
programme of 30,000 km can save the Tripura, Meghalaya, Maharashtra,
nation 45 million litre and 145.35 million Karnataka, West Bengal, Himachal
kg carbon footprints. Pradesh in last 5 years.
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Figure 3.Modification of Hot Mix Plant Setup into Cold Mix Plant Setup
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Table 1.Comparison of Fuel and Material Consumption for Cold Mix and Hot Mix Technology (1 Km
rural road construction)
Specification Cold mix (alternative) Hot mix (Conventional )
Bitumen (MT) Fuel (L) Bitumen (MT) Fuel (L)
PMC 7.31 90 8.03 1790
MSS 6.82 88 7.13 1589
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