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Biochar Use in Asphalt

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 Andre Van Zyl
Carboncor, Chief Engineer

Andre Van Zyl graduated in 1986 as a Chemical Engineer from the Vaal University of
Technology in South Africa. He has substantial experience in process plant design and
implementation for the steel, water treatment, mineral processing and mining industry in
Africa, Asia and South America. For the past 15 years he has focused substantially and has
acquired specialized knowledge and skills in road surfacing technology especially in the
development and manufacturing and installation of environmentally friendly emulsified
cold road premix material for new urban and remote infrastructure development areas.
During the last 4 years, he has been instrumental in the further development and re-design
of the Carboncor Technology to suite specific climatic, geotechnical and soil conditions as
viable and cost-effective road products in the ASIA region.

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 BioChar use in Asphalt
A paradigm shift in pavement surfacing and
stabilization, utilizing new and advanced Cold Bio
Mixes with BioChar
andre@nps.world

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1 BioChar vs Char vs Carbon Black vs Black Carbon
BioChar – The different types and sources Char – From Organic or Inorganic sources

Biochar can be produced from almost as

many types of feedstock as there are types of Char’s and Charcoal’s are generally the result
biomass including: agricultural wastes, rice from a “Slow and Partial Pyrolysis "process that is
husks, bagasse, paper products, animal not 100% isolated from atmosphere and/or
manures, and even urban green waste. oxygen.
(Full Pyrolysis or Gasification Process) Please don’t
chop down
Forests to make
Carbon Black is a material produced by the BioChar Black Carbon results from the incomplete
incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum combustion of hydrocarbons (as Soot).
products such as FCC tar, coal tar, etc.
(Pyrolysis of used tires yields oil and pyrolytic Incomplete combustion in Diesel engines
Carbon Black (CBP) Wildfires /wood burning
Coal and fossil fuel fired Power Stations
Carbon Black, obtained from vegetable (Removal by deposition)
origin is used as a food coloring

Carbon Black - High EC content Black Carbon - Heterogenous properties

2 Cold Bio Mixes and BioChar in Roads, Soil and Concrete Waste
Cold Anionic Bio Emulsion with BioChar and/or Carbon Black Desert Soils with BioChar

Concrete Waste
with BioChar
3 What is BioChar ?
“Good” BioChar comes from Pyrolysis of “Clean” Bio Waste

Biochars refer to the carbon-rich materials

(charcoal) produced from the slow pyrolysis
(heating in the absence of oxygen) of biomass.

Many different biomass materials can be utilized to produce BioChars for

different purposes. The challenge is how to choose the right precursors and
preparation procedures to obtain biochars for specific purposes.
4 Soil Carbon Sequestration… enhanced with BioChar

We have
to go…
Carbon
Negative
5 BioChar – Life Cycle Analysis
Extremely Complex and often disputed…
 6 Cold Bio Mix with BioChar/Carbon Black

What is Missing? BioChar

for Construction and
Pavement
Applications…
7 Why BioChar?
BioChar comes from Pyrolysis of Bio Waste BioChar in Hot & Warm Mix Asphalt

“Biochar may represent the single most

important initiative for humanity’s environmental Improves rutting resistance in Hot and Warm Mixes
future. The biochar approach provides a Improves binder performance in Hot Mixes
uniquely powerful solution, for it allows us to
address food security, the fuel crisis, and the however
climate problem, and all in an immensely BioChar in Hot and Warm Asphalt mixes may
practical manner. cause problems with cracking and fatigue
Advantages resistance.
”Prof. Tim Flannery 2007 Australian of the Year “
Using BioChar as
an Asphalt
GHG savings of more than 2.5 T of CO2 per Modifier Improve Rutting Resistance
tonne of dry matter Charred via Pyrolysis
Improve Cracking/Fatigue Resistance
Carbon Emission Trading Scheme benefits
Improve Moisture & Stripping Resistance
Sequestration of Green House Gasses
Reduce the temperature susceptibility of asphalt
Immobilize heavy metals in Soils
Dramatically Improve Resilient and Tensile
And many other social economic benefits Modulus
Environmentally friendly with BioChar in Cold Carboncor Mixes
less carbon emissions
8 Cold Bio Mixes & BioChar - Our Primary R & D Mission
Establish New Test Methods for Cold Bio Mixes Establish and increase the use of BioChar in
Pavements – Let’s Go Carbon Negative!!!

Enhanced Carbon Bonded Anionic Bitumen If Bio Mass is allowed to decompose…It

releases vast amounts of CO2 emissions
Emulsion (Bio Mixes) requires new test into our atmosphere…
methods, especially focusing on If we make BioChar with it…Carbon
repeatable performance results Sequestration for up to 1000 – 10 000+
years
Introducing
BioChar
And
Cold Bio Mix Using BioChar as Asphalt Modifier:
New Cold Bio Mixes:
Reduce Temperature Susceptibility
Penetration & Covalent Carbon Bonding Further R&D to improve Resilient Modulus
Traditional Hot Premixes Improved Binder Performance
Better Resistance against Oxidative Aging
Adhesion/Ionic & internal Cohesion Bonding Self-Healing/Fixing Properties

Why do we need new Test Methods? Carbon Sequestration

9 Cold Bio Mixes & BioChar – Lab Test work
Flexural Modulus Test Work on Soils Tensile Modulus Comparison: Soil Stabilization
FBS + Cement versus Carboncor + BioChar
10 Cold Bio Mix THE PRODUCT
The Technology – Utilizing Pyrolysis for Carbon Black/Black Carbon/BioChar)
Basic production is completed in a 3 stage process with between 80 – 99% of the final product
sourced from the local market area in the production territory. More than 20% processed waste can
be used as raw materials. Even larger quantities of RAP (Reclaimed Road Pavement) can be used.

Emulsification Cold Bio Mix

Process Anionic Emulsion Products
Clean Water
Road Aggregates 25 kg Bags Store/deliver
Bitumen
Filler Powders 1 Ton Bulk Bags Store/deliver
PH Adjuster
BioChar/RAP/
CL/Carboncor Processed Waste/ Loose Bulk Deliver
Additive Carbon Black/
Additives are Black Carbon Binder Mixes for
exclusively available Soil/Concrete Deliver
from NPS Waste/Stabilizers

1. Emulsion Plant 2. Mixing Plant 3. Packaging Plant

11 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Cold Bio Mix Advantages in Summary
In addition to Uses local road aggregates, carbon-based materials and specifically
formulated anionic bituminous emulsions to form a permanent solution for all
sequestrating pavement use. Its benefits include:

Carbon
ANIONIC
BITUMINOUS
No Cracking
EMULSION
No “Creeping”

No Heat

No Leaching

No Solvents

No Tack Coat

No Waste
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12 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Examples of typical installations – Rural and Manual Installations

Myanmar
13 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Examples of typical installations – Rural and Manual Installations

Yemen
14 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Examples of typical installations – Rural and Paver Installations

Sarawak
East
Malaysia
15 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Examples of typical installations – Rural / Urban and Airport Installations
16 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Progressing to Tyre Pyrolysis – “Carbon Black” as the Carbon Source

Thailand Quarry Feeder Road

17 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Red-Oxide Laterite Cold Premixes with BioChar – Perth Western Australia
18 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Soil Stabilization with Carboncor Anionic Emulsion and BioChar

Colored
Emulsion:
Enriched
with
BioChar &
Rubber
Australian Desert Soils Fines
19 Cold Bio Mix Pavements
Mechanized / Paver Installations for High Duty Roads – with BioChar
Australia – DPTI Endorsement
20 Cold Bio Mix Soils With 10% BioChar
Large Scale Urban Road Base Stabilization
21 Cold Bio Mix Pavements THE PRODUCT
Resilient Modulus
The Resilient Modulus (MR) is a measure of subgrade material
stiffness. A material’s resilient modulus is actually an estimate of
its modulus of elasticity (E). While the modulus of elasticity is stress Resilient Modulus values of
divided by strain for a slowly applied load, resilient modulus is stress between 4 500 up to 10 000+
divided by strain for rapidly applied loads – like those experienced by
pavements. MPa achieved on various soil
Resilient modulus is determined using the triaxial test. The test applies a based samples from remote
repeated axial cyclic stress of fixed magnitude, load duration and cycle
duration to a cylindrical test specimen. While the specimen is subjected areas in Australia. All samples
to this dynamic cyclic stress, it is also subjected to a static confining includes BioChar up to 20%
stress provided by a triaxial pressure chamber. It is essentially a cyclic
version of a triaxial compression test; the cyclic load application is
thought to more accurately simulate actual traffic loading.
22 Cold Bio Mix Pavements New R&D Developments
Concrete Waste with BioChar,
Glass & Rubber Fines

Infused BioChar,
mixed with Pindan
Soils, wetted and 50/50 mix Baghouse Filter
compacted Fines & Rubber Fines

Colored & Rubberized

coatings, rejuvenators with
Tire Rubber & BioChar
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