Development of Biodegradable Asphalt Release Agents

在**沥青建筑行业中使用基于石油的产品所带来的健康和环境问题日益严重，因此有必要开发替代品。这些产品包括**沥青脱模剂(ARA)，柴油在历史上一直在使用。ARAS可防止沥青附着在沥青生产中使用的工具和设备上，而不会对路面产生过大的负面影响。由于已经实施了限制使用柴油等有害产品的法规，**安大略省已经有许多生物酸化的替代品可供选择，包括来自MultiSolv的那些。然而，**为了开发性能更好的生物来源的芳烃，需要对其性能和安全性(对沥青的损害)进行**评估，这方面的研究还很缺乏。将进行几项定量和定性测试，以**测试ARAS的性能和对沥青的损害。这些将有助于评估和进一步开发一些不同的生物来源的ARA配方。这将进一步加深对安大略省这些产品的了解，并**有助于开发性能卓越的产品，鼓励该行业使用更多来自生物来源的芳烃。

The growing health and environmental concerns brought on by the use of petroleum based products in the**asphalt construction industry have necessitated the development of alternatives. Among these products are**Asphalt Release Agents (ARA), where diesel fuel has been used historically. ARAs prevent asphalt from adhering**to tools and equipment used in asphalt production, without producing overly negative side effects with regards to**the pavement. Since regulations have been implemented to restrict the use of harmful products like diesel fuel,**there have been a number of bio-soured alternative available in Ontario, including those from MultiSolv. However,**to develop better performing bio-sourced ARAs, their performance and safety (damage to the asphalt) need to be**evaluated, and research is lacking in this regard. Several quantitative and qualitative tests will be conducted to**test the performance and damage to asphalt of the ARAs. These will help evaluate and further develop a number**of different bio-sourced ARA formulations. This will further the understanding of these products in Ontario and**help develop superior performing products, encouraging the industry to use more bio-sourced ARAs.