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The Permeability Of Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete With Petroleum Contaminated Soils, Kuen-Yuan Chuang
The Permeability Of Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete With Petroleum Contaminated Soils, Kuen-Yuan Chuang
Theses
It is estimated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that there are 2 to 3.5 million underground storage tanks (USTs) throughout the nation and about 25% of these tanks are leaking. The leakage of petroleum or other organic material presents serious environmental problem due to the uncontrolled release of petroleum products to ground water. Many new techniques have developed to reuse these petroleum contaminated soils generated from sites containing leaking USTs. One such soil reuse method available since 1985 is the use of petroleum contaminated soils in the production of hot mix asphalt.
The stability, durability, and hydraulic …
The Durability Of Hot Mix Asphalt With Petroleum Contaminated Soils, Bonnie H. Dubose
The Durability Of Hot Mix Asphalt With Petroleum Contaminated Soils, Bonnie H. Dubose
Theses
Petroleum contaminated soils are considered solid waste They must be taken to solid waste facilities such as landfills or some other method must be found to deal with them. Landfills are becoming limited and is looked upon by the government as the least attractive option. One method that looks promising is to use petroleum contaminated soils in Hot Mix Asphalt Concrete.
In the research program the following are examined: 1) Investigation of material properties of the petroleum contaminated soil and aggregates 2) The proper procedure to produce a design blend of asphalt concrete. 3) Establishing the test procedure protocol to …