TITLE OF THE PROJECT: Projects of specialization and territorial competitiveness (PECT): "We take care of what unites us, safer and more sustainable roads". Operation 5 Advanced Materials. Action 5.5. New sustainable additives

Main objective of the project:

• Manufacture and execute bituminous mixtures at lower temperatures (adapted to the UNE-EN 13108 standard) to pave roads in a more economically and environmentally sustainable process.

Partial objectives of the project:

• Use of new additives with the capacity to adsorb and desorb water (hydrophilic) in the manufacture of bituminous mixtures that allow them to be manufactured and run at a lower temperature to pave roads in the Tarragona region in a more economical, more ecological and greater social sensitivity. 
• Use as additives of natural materials and materials synthesized in the laboratory that will be characterized by nitrogen physisorption, thermogravimetry (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (IR), among others. 
• Make asphalt test tubes using the proposed materials as additives. Variation of the proportions used and the temperature of mixing and compaction. Optimization of manufacturing conditions.