Experimental Study on Bituminous Emulsion Mix

Abstract

Paris Agreement (PA) is a treaty made between different countries worldwide and aims to hold the increase in average temperature below 2 ̊ C. PA mainly focuses on climate related capacity building as it is realized that transport sector is majorly contributing in carbon emission. Hot Mix asphalt covers large part of nation’s surface road which needs a lot of energy consumption during production and compaction of mix resulting emission of carbon and other harmful fumes and gases. With an aim of lowering the production temperature and emission rate, cold mix technology was developed. The production temperature of cold mix is 0 – 40 ْC which is very low comparing with hot mix. In areas prone to heavy rainfall and snow accumulation, the colder environmental temperatures create challenges in heating both aggregate and binder to the necessary high temperatures. The construction of rural roads using conventional paving techniques becomes problematic due to the intricate processes required for producing and applying Hot Mix Asphalt. In such situations, an alternative solution is to use cold mix, which can be produced directly at the construction site