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  • Environmental evaluation of two scenarios for the selection of materials for asphalt wearing courses
    Mladenovič, Ana ...
    Carbon steel slag is quite commonly used in road construction to replace natural aggregate. Since it is important to evaluate such a replacement from the environmental point of view, a Life Cycle ... Assessment was carried out in order to compare the environmental impacts of the construction of asphalt wearing courses with the use of siliceous aggregates (the "conventional scenario"), and the use of alternative, steel slag aggregates (the "alternative scenario"). The main advantage of the alternative scenario is that a reduction can be achieved in the consumption of natural aggregate, as well as in the quantity of slag deposited on landfill sites. On the other handlarger amount of bitumen is needed as a binder. However, the results of the Life Cycle Assessment (based on consequential modelling) revealed that thealternative scenario is to be significantly preferred if the following impact categories are taken into account: Acidification, Eutrophication, Photochemical Ozone Creation and Human Toxicity. In the case of the discussed indicators, the impacts are reduced to a level equal to about 80 % of the conventional scenario impacts. This benefit was additionally evaluated by means of a transport sensitivity analysis, which provided results which could be useful for road managers working on case studies using similar constructionmaterials. The alternative scenario is more sustainable than the conventional scenario with regard to the discussed impact categories even whentaking into account long delivery distances of the steel slag aggregate (Ž100 km) and minimal delivery distances of the siliceous aggregate. Considering similar delivery distances in both scenarios, the alternative scenario was found to be beneficial also with regard to the Global Warming, but only when the delivery distance of the steel slag aggregates did not exceed 160 km.
    Vir: Journal of cleaner production. - ISSN 0959-6526 (Vol. 87, jan. 2015, str. 683-691)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2015
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 2069863

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    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652614010531
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