IGPT presents unoxidized bitumen for road construction

The implementation of this project is aimed at developing a progressive technology for production of improved bituminous binders based on domestic petrochemical sources of raw materials. Efficient production technology, product quality and its transportation determine high economic efficiency of the project.

The proposed technology consists in the development of a catalytic complex, with the help of which it is possible to chemically influence the supramolecular structure of heavy oil residue, thus changing its physical and chemical characteristics, which is called catalytic refining.

Almohamad Alfandi Mohamad from Syria, PhD student t of the Department of Oil, Gas and Carbon Materials Technology, is engaged in this research. According to him, he has been studying the subject of road bitumen since he entered the PhD program. The work has been carried out under the supervision of Ruslan Kemalov, Associate Professor of the Department of Oil, Gas and Carbon Materials Technology.

This direction is one of the most urgent in the oil refining industry for the reason that the produced traditional oxidized bitumen do not fully meet modern quality standards, and the developed non-oxidized bitumen are the closest analogs of oxidized bitumen.

The project takes part in the START contest organized by the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology.