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Using Reclaimed Asphalt Shingles (RAS) in Asphalt Pavement Mixtures

Operations and Specifications

Victor (Lee) Gallivan FHWA- Office of Asset Management,

Pavement and Construction March 5, 2014

Session W62

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Outline

• Operational Considerations • Processing, Plant, Laydown,

Compaction, and Design • AASHTO Reclaimed Asphalt

Shingles Material Revisions • NAPA Statistics- 2012

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• Small size – Finer is better

• Process in winter – Better than summer – Especially for Manufacturer Waste

Processing Considerations

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Previous Grind Specification

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New Finer Grind

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• Limit water use during processing – Higher the water content allows

faster processing – Limiting water constrains processing

rate

Processing Moisture Content

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• Moisture Limits Maximum Plant Production Rate

• Extra fuel to evaporate water

• 8% Moisture Maximum

Set Maximum Moisture Desired

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• Once shingles get wet – They stay wet

• Stockpiles don’t “drain” • Maximum Moisture Content

– 15% to 25% – Depending on environment

Maintain Moisture Content

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• Keep under cover (tent structure)

• Don’t fill to ceiling – Allow airflow – Stockpiles will

dry slowly

Maintain Moisture Content

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• Use shingle shredding equipment – No wood

mulchers

Processing Size

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• Use trommel screen – 3/8 inch – ¼ inch?

Processing Size

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• Can blend with sand or RAP • Yes

• BUT NO BUCKET BLENDING

Sand or RAP Addition

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• Must use feeder bins when building stockpile – Obtain homogenous blend

Blending is Separate Operation

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• Very fine black dust – Asphalt and fiberglass

• Irritant – Makes you itch

• Safety – Breathing protection

Processing Dust

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• Can use aggregate feeder – Difficulty feeding 3%

• Feed must be UNIFORM

Feeding Shingles

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• If gate height setting too low – Won’t feed through opening – Tends to plug

• If gate height setting too high – Belt speed too low – Difficult to control

Feeding Shingles

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• Use front end loader • “Fluff” shingles into feeder

– Don’t just dump in • Keep amount in feeder low

– Filling allows compaction – Won’t feed properly

• Empty feeder when not in use – RAS tends to “set up” in feeder

Loading Cold Feed

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• Shingles need separate weigh bridge – Otherwise feed rate is “assumed”

based on bin feeder calibration • Need lower range load cell

– Aggregate 300 to 500 tons per hour – Shingles 5 to 25 tons per hour

Weigh Bridge

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• Depending on plant location

• During windy conditions – Thin

“cellophane-like” plastic blows off

– Fine (black dust) blows off

Cover Feed Belts

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• No difference from regular mix

• Can store for longer than a day

Silo Storage

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• No difference • Fibers don’t

“cure” segregation – Still need

three dumps and other good practices

Trucking

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• No change – Direct feeding to hopper – Shuttle buggy – Windrow pickup machines

Feeding into Paver

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• Hot Mix Handwork – Mix is stiffer to handle – Still workable

• Foamed Warm Mix – High (5% ) shingles make mix too

stiff to handwork easily

Workability

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• Mix is more stable – Tenderness is less of problem

• Keep rolling patterns tight – Breakdown rollers tight to paver

Compaction

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Courtesy of Bruce Christianson - Alaska

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• Handling in Laboratory • Batching specimens • Making specimens

Design Considerations

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• Need accurate value for shingles • Use AASHTO T209 • How to handle “Floaters”

– Add hot (180°F) water when adding water to picnometer

– Need to cool to 77°F for vacuum saturation

Maximum Theoretical Gravity (Gmm)

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77° F Water

180° F Water

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• Calculate from Gmm test • Use for VMA calculations

– Error of using Gse instead of Gsb is acceptable

• Allow for asphalt content – 5% shingles is NOT 5% aggregate – Use aggregate contribution in VMA

calculation

Use Aggregate Effective Specific Gravity

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• Two methods – “Dipping” – Splitting

• “The shingles are fine enough we don’t need to split them down in the lab”

• WRONG

Batching Specimens

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• Dry shake to get apparent RAS gradation • Split shingles into

– +3/8 – +#4 – +#8 – +#16 – +#30 – -#30

Handling Shingles in Lab

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• Batch according to apparent gradation

• WHY? – High asphalt content of shingles

makes errors greater – Lot of material on +#30 sieve

Handling Shingles in Lab

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• Three samples of each

• Dipping – Scoop out of pan of dried shingles

• Batching – Break down and batch according to

apparent gradation

Dipping vs Batching

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Dipping Batching Asphalt Content Average 26.32% 26.66% Std Deviation 1.13% 0.53%

Minus #200 Average 27.2% 29.0% Std Deviation 2.3% 0.7%

Dipping vs Batching

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• Bulk Specific Gravity – Range of 0.010

Gyratory Pills

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Reclaimed Asphalt Shingles (RAS) Industry Guidance

CDRA NAPA

Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA)

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STANDARDS

• M323 Modifications; Binder replacement revisions for RAP and/or RAS (part 1 completed)

• MP15/PP53 Modifications regarding RAS (completed and submitted to AASHTO)

• Development of Technical Information on Shingles to replace the existing standards

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MP 15- Specifications

OLD • Grind Size: 100 percent

passes the 12.5-mm (0.5-in.) sieve

• Rates of RAS additions • Deleterious Substances

3% of mass and Non-Metallic 1.5%

• Reference Documents and Terminology

NEW • Grind Size reduced to 100

percent passes the 9.5 mm (3/8-in.) sieve

• Deleted –moved to PP53 • Deleterious Criteria

reduced to: 1% of mass and Non-Metallic reduced to 0.5%

• Reference Documents and Terminology updated

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PP 53- Practice

OLD • Shingle Binder

Availability Factor Given 0.70

• Binder Grade Determinations

• Instructions only referred to RAS

• Binder Grade Adjustments Left Open

NEW • Corrected SAF process

Range from 0.70 to 0.85 to be calculated

• BGD process revised

• New Equations for RAS and RAS+RAP

• New Table 1 included Guidelines on when to adjust (see next slide)

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PP53, Table 1—Binder Grade Adjustment Guidelines for Mixtures with Reclaimed Asphalt Shingles (RAS) - the percentage of available shingle binder and RAP binder in the design asphalt binder

Binder Grade w/RAS or RAS+RAP No Change in Virgin Binder Selection <15 % Select Virgin Binder Grade, one grade

softer >15% to <25%

Blending Chart Recommendations ≥25

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Numbering

OLD • Provisional

Standards • MP15 – 06(09) and PP53 – 06(09) Both To be replaced

NEW

• New Provisional Standards

• MP XX (14) and PP XX (14) (XX- TBD)

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ASTM Shingles Effort

• Nazli Yesiller, nyesille@calpoly.edu Chair: D18:14 • “We are in the process of preparing the

next version of the specification for ballot. It will be very similar to the AASHTO Version”

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NAPA/FHWA 2012 Survey of Recycled

Materials Usage

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NAPA WEBSITE: www.asphaltpavement.org

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NAPA -RAP, RAS, WMA Usage Survey

• RAP usage 68.3 Million Tons = +22%

• RAS usage 1.9 Million Tons = +56%

• WMA usage 86.7 Million Tons = +26%

• Overall of RAP Usage 19.6% = +3%

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RAS Usage in HMA/WMA

701 thousand

tons

1,099 thousand

tons

0200400600800

1,0001,2001,4001,600

2009 2010 2011 20121,192

thousand tons

1.893 Thousand

Tons

Total asphalt mix: 358.4 359.8 366.0 (million tons)

Total RAS tons used for mix production

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2011 Average RAP Content by State

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2011 RAS Reported Usage by State (33 Yes’s)

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Victor (Lee) Gallivan, PE Recycled Material Program Coordinator

Victor.Gallivan@dot.gov Ph: 317-226-7493 Cl: 317-605-4704

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