ECO ROADS

Pollution beware, the concrete’s

coming’ after you
 POLLUTION ON ROADS

• BY RUNNING AUTOMOBILES
 CARBON DIOXIDE
 NITROGEN OXIDES
 CARBON MONOXIDE
 SULPHUR DIOXIDE
 PARTICULATE CARBON SOOT
 PERCENTAGE EXHAUST
NITROGEN AND OXIDES 74% BY VOL

CARBON DIOXIDE 12%

CARBON MONOXIDE 2%

SULPHUR DIOXIDE 600PPM(.006%)

OTHERS 0.1%
 CARBON DIOXIDE
• GENERALLY RECOGNISED AS A GREEN
HOUSE GAS THAT CONTRIBUTES TO
GLOBAL WARMING.
• CONTRIBUTES IN ACID RAIN
• INCREASES THE BREATHING RATE
• ALSO INCREASES SMOG
 NITROGEN OXIDES
• MAJOR CONTRIBUTION IN ACID RAIN
• IT CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL
WARMING
• IIRITATION IN EYES AND NAUSEA
• FORMS TOXIC CHEMICALS
 EMISSION CONTROL METHORDS

• AIR INJECTION
• EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION
• CATLYTIC COVERTER
• EVAPORATIVE CONTROLLER
 CONCEPT OF ECO ROADS
• CIVIL ENGINEERS ARE NOT ONLY TO
CONSTRUCT BUT TO CONSTRUCT
GREEN.SOMETHING THAT CAN REDUCE THE
POLLUTION.
• SO THESE ROADS ARE BASICALY THE
POLLUTION ADSORBING ROADS.
• ADSORB THE POLLUTION FROM
AUTOMOBILE EXHAUSTS.
 WHAT IT WILL DO?
THEY WILL MINIMISE THE POLLUTION
FROM OUR ENVIORNMENT BY
ENCAPTURING THE HARMFULL GASES
FROM AUTOMIBILES THAT ARE
EXHAUSTED BY BURNING OF FUELS
AND THEN CONVERTING THEM INTO
SOME UNHARMFULL BY PRODUCT.
POLLUTANTS WHICH CAN BE ELIMINATED
USING ECO ROADS (TILL NOW):

1. CARBON DIOXIDE

2. NITROGEN OXIDES(Nox)
 SURFACE OF ROADS
BITUMINOUS
• CARBON CHAINE COMPOUND
• DERIVED FROM FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION OF
OIL.
• USED AS A BINDING AGENT
• INTRINSICALLY DURABLE, THEY OXIDISE,
POLYMERISE AND LOSE LIGHT OIL COMPONENTS
WHEN EXPOSED TO AIR AND HEAT BUT ALL OF
THESE PROCESSES JUST MAKE THEM HARDER
• VIRTUALLY IMPERMEABLE IF WELL COMPACTED
HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE ROADS

• CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORPTION

THIS CAN BE DONE BY USING
HAS(HYPERBRANCHED AMINO SILICA)
ALONG WITH BITUMINIOUS.WHICH
WILL ADSORB CO2 ON ITS SURFACE
AND THEN CONVERT THEM TO SOME
UNHARMFULL PRODUCT WITH THE AID
OF SUNLIGHT .
 HYPER BRANCHED AMINO
SILICA(HAS)
• EASY TO BIND WITH BITUMINOUS
• PRODUCT OF AZADIDE AND SILICA SURFACE.
• REVERSIBILY BIND CO2
• 3.1 mmole/g ADSORBING POWER.
• HIGHEST FULLY REGENERABLE CAPACITY
• CAN BE USED FOR MULTIPLE CYCLE
ADSORPTION
• STABLE IN TEMPERATURE RANGE OF 25 TO
130 DEGREE CELCIUS
 NITROGEN OXIDE ADSORPTION

• TITANIUM DIOXIDE IS USED WITH

BITUMINOUS TO ADSORB THE NOx ON
ITS SURFACE AND CONVERT IT TO NON
HAZARDOUS FORM WITH THE AID OF
SUNGLIGHT THUS REDUCING THE
POLLUTION.
 TITANIUM DIOXIDE
• BEST PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIAL
• PURIFIES AIR:ADSORB NOx
• 20-25% DECREASE IN CONTENT
• SELF CLEANING AGENT.
• CONVERT NITROGEN TO UNHARMFULL
GAS WITH THE AID OF SUNLIGHT
• COMPATIBLE WITH ASPHALT AND
BITUMINOUS
 ADVANTAGES
• REDUCES LEVEL OF GREEN HOUSE
GASES
• REDUCES POLLUTION RATE.
• DECREASES ACID RAIN.
• HUMAN HEALTH WILL IMPROVE.
• AIR WILL BE PURIFIED.
 COST EFFECTIVENESS
WELL THIS PROJECT IS NOT COST
EFFECTIVE RATHER IT WILL INCREASE
THE CONSTRUCTION COST BY AROUND
8-10% AS COMPARED TO THE PRESENT
RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
BUT WE CAN HAVE A VIEW TO IT AS IT
REDUCES AROUND 30% OF THE
POLLUTION.
 DIFFICULTIES
• WHEN THE GASES ESCAPE FROM THE ROADS
,MAKE THEM POROUS AND DECREASE THE
STRENGHT.
SOLUTION
SO TO AVOID IT IF WE COULD CONVERT THEM IN
PLASMA OR SEMISOLID STATE AND EVAPORATING
THEM WITH SUNLIGHT .

• COST INCREMENT IS YET ANOTHER

DIFFICULTY.THIS CAN BE SHIFTED TO TAX PAYERS.
 WHY THIS PROJECT?????
WE CAN HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE TO
OUR FUELS BUT WE CAN’T HAVE
ANY FOR OUR ENVIRONMNET.
THANK YOU