Water use estimation in the washing process of unbound granular aggregates. Case of study: hot mix asphalt design
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https://doi.org/10.22335/rlct.v11i1.673Keywords:
water, water consumption in the laboratory, washing of unbound granular aggregates, environmentAbstract
Large quantities of water are consumed during the washing of granular aggregates in laboratory tests. In this study, the volume of water used when is designed a hot mix asphalt - HMA was estimated. Besides, the effect of washing the aggregate in different quantities of mass and with two levels of water speed flow was evaluated. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to verify if the results obtained are significant or statically equal. As a general conclusion, it is reported that water consumption decreases significantly when larger amounts of material are washed at the same time and used to wash the particles, lower flow rates.
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