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| 20110274487 | ASPHALT BINDER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Asphalt binder compositions are formed by combining asphalt with a reclaimed or re-refined oil. The boiling point of the oil may be greater than its flash point. The asphalt may be polymer modified or non-polymer modified. These asphalt binder compositions may be combin... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110232529 | BITUMINOUS COATING WITH GREAT ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE The invention relates to a bituminous coating comprising a material of low bulk density ranging between 0.01 and 0.3 t/m3 in sufficient quantity to improve the acoustic performance thereof.... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110100257 | METHOD OF MAKING PAVING COMPOSITION WITHOUT ADDING ASPHALT CONTENT OIL OR MINIMIZING ADDITION An improved method of making hot mix asphalt, without adding virgin asphalt concrete oil, includes several steps: adding gravel to a container; and heating and rotating the gravel in the container to a suitable temperature for creating the hot asphalt mix. While heated ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110041731 | Method Of Making An Asphalt Coating The present invention involves the recycling of asphalt based roofing materials by comminuting the roofing material and subsequently separating a rock component from an asphalt component of the roofing material. The asphaltic component is separated into a feed stream ha... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100319578 | DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF AN ECOLOGICAL BINDER SYSTEM FOR REFRACTORIES MIXES The invention presented here deals with getting one of the raw materials of a new refractory binder system, the modified coal-tar pitch starting with heating the coal-tar, according to the specific distillation curve, later reaching a final distillation temperature of a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100288160 | Carbon Aerogels, Process for Their Preparation and Their Use The invention relates to carbon aerogels with particle sizes less than 1 μm, The carbon aerogels are prepared by (A) reating a mono- and/or polyhydroxybenzene, an aldehyde and a catalyst in a reactor at a reaction temperature T in the range from 75-200° C. at a pressu... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100275817 | ASPHALT MATERIALS CONTAINING BIO-OIL AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF An asphalt binder includes asphalt and an asphalt binder modifier, which includes bio-oil. The asphalt binder can include a carboxyl additive. The asphalt can optionally include polymer-modified asphalt. An asphalt material includes mineral aggregate, an asphalt materia... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100251935 | Blended Asphaltic Composition A system for determining parameters and compatibility of a substance such as an asphalt or other petroleum substance uses titration to highly accurately determine one or more flocculation occurrences and is especially applicable to the determination or use of Heithaus p... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100229757 | STABLE BITUMEN FOAM AND ITS PREPARATION AND USE A process for the preparation of bitumen foam, wherein a gas is dispersed into the bitumen with a temperature of less than 200° C. and with a viscosity van 100-10.000 mPas measured at the temperature using EN 12596, wherein the process includes bringing the gas tangent... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100199886 | Asphalt mix workable at ambient temperatures with only biodegradable solvents and method of manufacturing the same An asphalt mix comprising a pine extract, the asphalt mix having low viscosity at ambient temperatures, and workable at ambient temperatures. The asphalt mix comprises asphalt cement, biodiesel, pine extract and an anti-stripping agent. The asphalt mix is an environment... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100203006 | DEVOLATILIZATION APPARATUS AND PROCESS Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus or process for devolatilization of flowable materials (such as molten polymers with entrained or dissolved solvent or unreacted monomers or comonomers) using a plate heater having heating channels, the design or operatio... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100199885 | ADHESION AND COHESION MODIFIERS FOR ASPHALT The present invention relates to a bitumen or asphalt formulation for the pavement of road surfaces, said formulation comprising a mixture of bitumen and aggregates, and an additive package evenly distributed therein, said additive package comprising from about i) 10 to... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100192804 | BITUMINOUS COMPOSITION WITH THERMOREVERSIBLE PROPERTIES The invention relates to a bituminous composition that comprises a major portion of at least one bitumen and a minor portion of at least one chemical additive, said additive being an organogelling agent that generates a network of hydrogen bonds between the organogellin... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100186629 | Antioxidant Treatment Of Asphalt Binders A combination of antioxidants and method of incorporating the antioxidants into an asphalt binder to make a modified asphalt binder are described. The antioxidants comprise a thioester and an aldehyde. The aldehyde and thioester, in a ratio between about 1:100 and about... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100119820 | FLUORINATED POLYMER SYSTEM A building or construction material comprises a fluorinated polymer system. The fluorinated polymer system is heat weldable and waterproofing, which shows improved adhesion properties and has a wide range of applications in building and construction industries.... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100064937 | ASPHALT SHINGLE RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD A method of recycling asphalt roofing material is provided. The asphalt roofing material is delivered into a treatment chamber of a processor. A heat source is provided to the treatment chamber. Heat energy is transferred from the heat source to the asphalt roofing mate... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100022688 | PROCESS FOR IMPROVING THE TRANSFER PROPERTIES OF BITUMEN Additives may be used to lower the set up point for bitumen thereby allowing it to be transported from place to place more easily. Additives useful for lowering the set up point of bitumen include alkylphenol formaldehyde resins and oxyalkylated alkylphenol formaldehyde... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090312872 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING MODIFIED ASPHALTS Methods and systems for efficiently manufacturing modified asphalt materials include agitating a base asphalt at a high shear rate using an in-line mixer equipped with a rotor-stator mixing tool while simultaneously exposing the asphalt to oxygen by blowing an oxygen-co... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090229491 | Asphalt shingle recycling system and method The asphalt roofing material is delivered into a treatment chamber of a processor. Hot oil is passed through a jacket surrounding the treatment chamber. Heated asphalt forms a hot solid and/or a liquefied slurry. The hot solid and/or the liquefied slurry is then removed... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090215931 | PROCESSING BITUMINOUS MIXTURES FOR PAVING AT REDUCED TEMPERATURES Bituminous paving mixtures containing lubricating agents or additives may be prepared at hot mix temperatures and cooled, paved and compacted at temperatures 10-55 Celsius degrees lower than the hot mix temperatures. The increased temperature range between the hot mix t... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090163624 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TWO-PHASE MIXES This invention relates to a process for producing a hot, cold or lukewarm ready-to-use bituminous mix, characterized in that it includes the following successive steps:
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| 20090084287 | INCORPORATION OF HEAT-TREATED RECYCLED TIRE RUBBER IN ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS Recycled tire rubber, either in the presence or the absence of carbonaceous waste solids such as those from petroleum refinery operations, is first subjected to a heat treatment to release volatile materials and then combined with a liquid asphalt composition to achieve... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090075054 | PITCH-BASED CARBON FIBER, WEB AND RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT CONTAINING THEM To provide a carbon fiber reinforcement having excellent thermal conductivity and mechanical properties which is manufactured by mixing together two different types of pitch-based carbon short fibers having a ratio of the degree of filament diameter distribution to aver... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090068348 | WARM ASPHALT BINDER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING LUBRICATING AGENTS The present invention provides a functionally dry warm mix asphalt binder composition modified with lubricating agents or additives that can be mixed with aggregate and compacted at temperatures substantially below asphalt binder compositions that do not contain the dis... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090038509 | REFLECTIVE CRACK RELEIF LAYER THAT IS PERMEABLE A design method for making a bituminous mixture that is used to form a vapor-permeable layer of pavement is provided. This design procedure includes preparing one or more bituminous mixture test specimens, measuring the performance of these specimens, and selecting a de... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090025607 | Bituminous Materials The use of a surfactant to improve the resistance of asphalt to degradation by a de-icer and/or an anti-icer, and optionally in addition to improve the resistance of said asphalt to degradation by water. The surfactant may be a fatty acid or a fatty acid derivative, suc... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080308007 | Method for Preparing Bitumen Base The invention concerns a method for preparing a bitumen base, including the following essential steps: a) introducing a bitumen in a container equipped with mixing means, and bringing the bitumen to a temperature of 120° C. to 300° C.; b) introducing at least one chem... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080311292 | Method of Using Porous Aggregate in Asphalt Compositions Porous aggregates are coated with latex or water-based paints so as to lower the absorbility of the aggregates. When the paint-coated aggregates are mixed with an asphalt binder to produce an asphalt composition, the paint-coated aggregates absorb less of the asphalt bi... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080271639 | ADDITION OF SPENT ACTIVATED CARBON TO ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS AND TO COKING UNITS AS FEEDSTOCK OR QUENCHER An asphalt mastic is prepared by combining spent activated carbon, that has not been regenerated, with liquid asphalt to achieve a composition that is useful for a variety of applications for which asphalt is used, including aggregate compositions and roofing materials.... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080210126 | Antioxidant treatment of asphalt binders A combination of antioxidants and method of incorporating the antioxidants into an asphalt binder to make a modified asphalt binder are described. The antioxidants comprise a thioester and an aldehyde. The aldehyde and thioester, in a ratio between about 1:100 and about... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080210127 | PREFABRICATED MEMBRANE BASED ON MODIFIED POLYURETHANE BITUMINOUS BINDER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION 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... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080194738 | Water-In-Oil Bitumen Dispersion and Methods for Producing Paving Compositions from Same The present invention relates to bituminous compositions suitable for use in paving applications containing water-in-oil bitumen dispersion of paving grade bitumen such as penetration-graded, viscosity-graded and/or penetration-graded varieties that is substantially fre... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080146477 | Preparation and Treating of Bituminous Compositions Described is the use, for preparing or treating bituminous compositions, of at least one compound selected among: esters of glycolic, lactic and gluconic acids, methylic, ethylic and isobutylic esters of glutaric, succinic and adipic acids, and ethers or esters of a pro... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080135173 | Adhesive Having Aromatic Diisocyanates And Aromatic Petroleum Distillates With Low Volatility For Use In Engineered Wood Products The present invention is an adhesive suitable for use in the production of engineered wood products, said adhesive comprised of an aromatic diisocyanate (99.0-10.0 parts by mass) and an aromatic petroleum distillate (1.0-90.0 parts by mass) with low volatility. The adhe... | 06/12/2008 |
