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    These are the slide handouts for engineers who would like to listen to the title Kandhal Lecture 5 on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTwZmswAnhM&feature=youtu.be You may want to download and print these handouts so that it is easy to follow this lecture based on PowerPoint slides. Kandhal Lecture 5 covers Bituminous Mix Production (Batch and Drum Mix Plants), which describes the plant equipment and processes in detail. This is one of 12 lectures given by Prof. Kandhal for Larson and Toubro (L&T) engineers in May 2016. Editing and uploading has been done by Prof. Kandhal who is Associate Director Emeritus, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), Auburn University, USA. His homepage is: www.eng.auburn.edu/users/kandhps Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal is the co-author of the first ever textbook on asphalt technology published in the US. It is used in over 25 universities there. He has now authored the first ever textbook cum reference book in India, “Bituminous Road Construction in India” in July 2016. It has been published by Prentice Hall of India (PHI) and is priced Rs. 525 only. Contact PHI at: customerservice@phindia.com Viewers should refer this textbook for getting more detailed technical information on the topic presented in this lecture or tutorial.

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    These are the slide handouts for engineers who would like to listen to the title Kandhal Lecture 5 on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTwZmswAnhM&feature=youtu.be You may want to download and print these handouts so that it is easy to follow this lecture based on PowerPoint slides. Kandhal Lecture 5 covers Bituminous Mix Production (Batch and Drum Mix Plants), which describes the plant equipment and processes in detail. This is one of 12 lectures given by Prof. Kandhal for Larson and Toubro (L&T) engineers in May 2016. Editing and uploading has been done by Prof. Kandhal who is Associate Director Emeritus, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), Auburn University, USA. His homepage is: www.eng.auburn.edu/users/kandhps Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal is the co-author of the first ever textbook on asphalt technology published in the US. It is used in over 25 universities there. He has now authored the first ever textbook cum reference book in India, “Bituminous Road Construction in India” in July 2016. It has been published by Prentice Hall of India (PHI) and is priced Rs. 525 only. Contact PHI at: customerservice@phindia.com Viewers should refer this textbook for getting more detailed technical information on the topic presented in this lecture or tutorial.

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    Kandhal Lecture 5 On Bituminous Mix Production (Batch and Drum Plants) - Handouts

    Uploaded by

    Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal
    These are the slide handouts for engineers who would like to listen to the title Kandhal Lecture 5 on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTwZmswAnhM&feature=youtu.be You may want to download and print these handouts so that it is easy to follow this lecture based on PowerPoint slides. Kandhal Lecture 5 covers Bituminous Mix Production (Batch and Drum Mix Plants), which describes the plant equipment and processes in detail. This is one of 12 lectures given by Prof. Kandhal for Larson and Toubro (L&T) engineers in May 2016. Editing and uploading has been done by Prof. Kandhal who is Associate Director Emeritus, National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), Auburn University, USA. His homepage is: www.eng.auburn.edu/users/kandhps Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal is the co-author of the first ever textbook on asphalt technology published in the US. It is used in over 25 universities there. He has now authored the first ever textbook cum reference book in India, “Bituminous Road Construction in India” in July 2016. It has been published by Prentice Hall of India (PHI) and is priced Rs. 525 only. Contact PHI at: customerservice@phindia.com Viewers should refer this textbook for getting more detailed technical information on the topic presented in this lecture or tutorial.

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    Bituminous Mix Production Bituminous Plant Functions

    (Batch and Drum Plants) Proportioning of aggregates


    Drying and heating
    By Adding bitumen binder
    Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal
    Mixing
    Associate Director Emeritus
    Storage and dispatching
    National Center for Asphalt Technology
    Auburn University, Alabama USA
    pkandhal@gmail.com
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    Batch plant

    BATCH
    PLANT

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    Plant tower

    Baghouse
    Storage

    Binder tanks Control room


    Dryer drum

    Batch Plant
    Cold bins
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    1
    Cold Bins Cold Bins Aggregate Dropping from Cold Bin

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    Aggregate Dropping from Cold Bin Aggregate Moving into Dryer Drum Inside of Dryer Drum

    Aggregate
    from cold bins

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    Flame inside Dryer Drum Bag House Bag in the Bag House

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    2
    Screen Deck

    Screen Deck
    The Modern
    Asphalt Batch
    Plant
    - gradation
    control at
    the hot bins
    - asphalt binder
    control at the
    weigh bucket
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    Screens in the Screen Deck Screening for Hot Bins

    Hot
    Storage
    Bins

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    Hot Bins

    Hot Bins

    Weigh Hopper

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    3
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    Pugmill Pugmill
    (dry mix cycle, wet mix cycle)

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    Inside of Pugmill
    Overfilling
    &
    Underfilling
    Pugmills

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    4
    Screen from Computerized
    Batch Automation

    DRUM MIX
    PLANT

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    5
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    Double Barrel

    Double Barrel, Counterflow Drum


    Aggregate Superheated in Inner Drum
    Meets RAP in the Annular Space
    Addition of Binder and Mixing in the
    Annular Space
    Shell of Inner Drum Used as Shaft of
    Coater
    Outer Shell Does Not Rotate
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    6
    Insulated Bitumen Tank

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    7
    Questions
    does it all
    make
    sense?

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    Questions? 65 Kandhal 66

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