Using Activated Carbon to Reduce the Volatile Organic Compounds from Bituminous Materials
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 29, Issue 10
Abstract
The objective of this research is to characterize the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from bituminous materials resulted from activated carbon. A gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) was used to separate VOC components, and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry (UV-Vis) was conducted to quantify the amount of VOCs. Results indicated that activated carbon had an excellent suppression effect on VOCs’ emission process. Adding activated carbon to the bitumen binder did not change its chemical compounds, but did result in a significant reduction of VOCs. The weight of VOCs from the bitumen binder reduced by around 30% when it was modified with activated carbon. Half of VOC emissions can be reduced by introducing activated carbon into styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS)-modified bitumen. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) showed the high porosity and large internal surface area in the active carbon, resulting in lower VOC emissions when it was introduced into bituminous materials.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51278392) and the National Key Scientific Apparatus Development Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2013YQ160501). The authors gratefully acknowledge their financial support.
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Volume 29 • Issue 10 • October 2017
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Received: Dec 3, 2016
Accepted: Mar 26, 2017
Published online: Jun 28, 2017
Published in print: Oct 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Nov 28, 2017
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