MICROBIAL DESULFURIZATION AND SURFACE ACTIVATION OF RUBBER

    公开(公告)号:US20220177608A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-09

    申请号:US17643377

    申请日:2021-12-08

    IPC分类号: C08C19/30 C08L95/00

    摘要: Preparing a microbially desulfurized crumb rubber includes combining microorganisms capable of breaking crosslinked sulfur bonds, sulfur-containing crumb rubber, and a salt solution to yield a mixture; combining a buffer with the mixture to yield a buffered mixture, thereby adjusting a pH of the mixture; providing oxygen to the buffered mixture; incubating the buffered mixture for a length of time to yield a microbially desulfurized mixture; combining the microbially desulfurized mixture with bitumen to yield a precursor; and heating the precursor to yield the microbially desulfurized crumb rubber. The microbially desulfurized crumb rubber can be combined with bitumen to yield a modified bitumen. The modified bitumen can be combined with asphalt to yield a modified asphalt.