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TECHNIX MULTISTAGE BITUMEN PLANTS FOR

Modifying bitumens

Manufacturing premium grades of Multigrade and Performance Grade bitumens

Highly efficient ‘just-in-time’ production of polymer modified bitumens

Manufacturing industrial grade bitumens

Utilising recycled/re-refined oils as part of a feedstock

Manufacturing bitumen from refinery vacuum distillation column residues (‘Vacuum Bottoms’) #

Manufacturing bitumen from refinery solvent precipitated residues (‘Asphalts’) #

• Available in 10 tonnes per hour Technix Single Stage Bitumen plant.

• Available in 20 tonnes per hour Technix Multistage Bitumen plant.



• Available in 10 tonnes per hour relocatable Technix Single Stage Bitumen plant.

• Available in 10 tonnes per hour Technix Solo Bitumen plant.

# Subject always to Technix testing proposed feedstocks

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PLANT COMPONENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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TECHNIX MULTISTAGE BITUMEN PLANTS FOR

Modifying bitumens

Manufacturing premium grades of Multigrade and Performance Grade bitumens

Highly efficient ‘just-in-time’ production of polymer modified bitumens

Manufacturing industrial grade bitumens

Utilising recycled/re-refined oils as part of a feedstock

Manufacturing bitumen from refinery vacuum distillation column residues (‘Vacuum Bottoms’) #

Manufacturing bitumen from refinery solvent precipitated residues (‘Asphalts’) #

• Available in 10 tonnes per hour Technix Single Stage Bitumen plant.




• Available in 10 tonnes per hour relocatable Technix Single Stage Bitumen plant.

• Available in 10 tonnes per hour Technix Solo Bitumen plant.

# Subject always to Technix testing proposed feedstocks

BITUMENREACTORS

BITUMENREACTORSBITUMENPLANTS


TECHNIX has designed, built and is operating new Multistage Bitumen Plants at its bulk bitumen terminals. Other plants are, or soon will be, operating elsewhere in the world. The Technix Multistage Bitumen Plants are world leaders in the modification and manufacture of bitumens. It can readily be supplied and supported worldwide.

TECHNIX MULTISTAGE BITUMEN PLANTS RESEARCH FACILITIES

Technix has developed considerable experience testing various petroleum feedstocks to identify what bitumen products may be produced.

To assist in this process, Technix has the following processing unit at its facilities. Shown beside each processing unit is the minimum amount of any particular feedstock that Technix needs for testing.

Lab Scale Modification Unit Minimum sample size 20 kilograms

Technix Mini Bitumen Processing Unit Minimum sample size 40 kilograms

Lab Plant Minimum sample size 80 kilograms

Pilot Plant Minimum sample size 4 x 200 litre drums

Full scale Processing Plant Minimum sample size 25 tonne container

THE PROCESSING PLANT

• Modifies low viscosity bitumens to higher viscosity bitumens to customer requirements

• Manufactures Multigrade bitumens to individual customer requirements from a single grade bitumen feedstock

• Utilise recycled and refined oils as part of the feedstock for bitumen production

• High speed ‘just-in-time’ production of polymer modified bitumens (as an option)

• Converts out-of-specification bitumens to the desired specification

• Manufactures industrial bitumens to customer requirements

• Manufactures high quality bitumens from refinery vacuum distillation column residues (vacuum bottoms)

• Manufactures high quality bitumens from refinery solvent precipitated residues (‘asphalts’)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

• The plants are fully assembled, and pre-commissioned, at Technix engineering facilities.

• These plants can be operated continuously or intermittently with easy changeover “on-the-run” for the production of different grades of bitumen or from various feedstocks.

• These plants have their own integrated thermal oil heating system, pairs of heat exchangers and heat recovery heat exchangers, pairs of pumps, degassers, air compressors, and a semi-detached air conditioned, double glazed and fully equipped control room and laboratory.

• Priority is given to health and safety in the plant design.

• Process losses are extremely low for bitumen modifications (of less than 0.5%) compared with typical 2% to 5% losses from traditional bitumen oxidation (blowing) plants.

• Technix will provide the customer with installation, onsite final commissioning, plant operator training and ongoing process operation monitoring and support.

• Technix Multistage Bitumen Plants can also be designed and engineered for use in various hazardous locations within the petrochemical industry. Instrumentation and electrical components can be employed to meet appropriate levels of protection.

• An automatic foam fire suppression system may be installed as an option.

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TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR 20 AND 40 TONNES PER HOUR PLANTS (DEPENDING ON FEEDSTOCK PROPERTIES).

NOTES: 1. PRIMARY DIMENSIONS IN METRES, ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS IN FEET.2. CONTROL ROOM AND LABORATORY, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, COMPRESSED AIR UNITS, THERMAL OIL PLANT AND POLYMER PLANT POSITIONS TO

3. INCINERATOR AND THERMAL OIL HEATER UNIT TO BE PLACED AWAY FROM THE PLANT WITH APPROPRIATE PIPING TO THEM.4. ALL CONTAINERS 20f OR 40ft 'HIGH-CUBE'.5. PIPE LINES SHOWN ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.6. PLANT LAYOUTS ARE INDICATIVE.

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PLAN VIEWOverall dimensions and building floor area for plant location. The items marked * can be moved to preferred locations. All dimensions are in metres and [feet] rounded. This configuration applies to the 20 and 40 tonnes per hour plants (depending on feedstock properties). Weight of plant, depending on options, is 100 - 200 tonnes.

10 TONNES PER HOUR (FIXED OR RELOCATABLE) AND 80 TONNES PER HOUR PLANTS ALSO AVAILABLE

NOTES: 1. PRIMARY DIMENSIONS IN METRES, ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS IN FEET.2. CONTROL ROOM AND LABORATORY, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, COMPRESSED AIR UNITS, THERMAL OIL PLANT AND POLYMER PLANT POSITIONS TO

3. INCINERATOR AND THERMAL OIL HEATER UNIT TO BE PLACED AWAY FROM THE PLANT WITH APPROPRIATE PIPING TO THEM.4. ALL CONTAINERS 20f OR 40ft 'HIGH-CUBE'.5. PIPE LINES SHOWN ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY.6. PLANT LAYOUTS ARE INDICATIVE.

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TYPICAL LAYOUT FOR 20,40 AND 80 TONNES PER HOUR PLANTS (DEPENDING ON FEEDSTOCK PROPERTIES) WITH OPTIONAL JUST-IN-TIME POLYMER MODIFIED BITUMENS (PMB’S) PLANT

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3. INCINERATOR AND THERMAL OIL HEATER UNIT TO BE PLACED AWAY FROM THE PLANT WITH APPROPRIATE PIPING TO THEM.4. ALL CONTAINERS 20f OR 40ft 'HIGH-CUBE'.5. PLANT LAYOUTS ARE INDICATIVE.

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The plant employs an industrial controller and HMI (Human Machine Interface) software to assist in achieving optimum performance. Over 150 of the plant’s operating parameters are monitored and can be displayed on a screen. This information is stored on a rolling 12 month basis, and if required can be printed out and used for analysis. It can be accessed securely and remotely from the controller system.


REASONS TO USE MULTIGRADE BITUMEN:

Performs better than conventional bitumens because it maintains flexibility over a wider range of pavement temperatures. The Multigrade bitumen has better temperature stability.

Is very economic to use when compared with conventional grade bitumens. Chip loss is reduced and seal coats last longer. Multigrade bitumens reduce and often negate the necessity for costly polymer modified bitumens (PMBs)

Can be used wherever conventional grade bitumen is used for asphalt (Hotmix) and chip sealing

Can be emulsified into conventional bitumen emulsions or polymer modified bitumen (PMB) emulsions.

Can be transported and stored cold or hot and handled, and applied, as for conventional bitumen

Can be manufactured on line with the Technix Multistage Bitumen Plant

Has better durability than conventional bitumen

Has been successfully used by Technix customers internationally for over 10 years

When manufactured in the Technix Multistage Bitumen Plant the reactions are complete – i.e. the Multigrade bitumen is very stable and the achieved attributes are permanent.

Will age at a lesser rate than with unmodified bitumen

Further pavement performance benefits may be achieved by adding small quantities of polymers to Multigrade bitumen.

The SARA (Saturates, Aromatics, Resins and Asphaltenes) analysis gives for M1000 0.46 which is within the 0122 - 0.55 Gastel index range for quality stable bitumens

For these reasons Multigrade bitumen is far superior, when compared to, conventional bitumen.

MULTIGRADE BITUMEN


PROBLEMS WITH CONVENTIONAL BITUMEN PAVEMENTS

• BLEEDING is a shiny, black film of bitumen on the road surface caused by the upward movement of bitumen through the chip. Common causes of bleeding are too heavy an application of sprayed bitumen and hot weather. Bleeding is a safety concern since it results in a very smooth surface, with reduced tyre adhesion especially with wet pavements.

• RUTTING is the longitudinal vertical uplift or depression of a pavement surface along the wheel path measured at right angles to the traffic flow across the wheel path. Rutting can occur in the surface asphalt due to poor mix design e.g., excessively high bitumen content, excessive mineral filler, insufficient amount of angular aggregate particles, or subsurface due to insufficient compaction of roadway layers during construction. Ruts can prevent water draining from the surface and impede steering control.

• CRACKING appears in many forms, including alligator cracking, longitudinal or transverse cracking, edge cracking and joint reflection of the ridged underside layer. The cracks can be caused by a range of reasons including poor hot mix design, inadequate subsurface construction, weak asphalt paving joints, poor drainage or lack of support on the edge. Cracking eventually leads to the pavement breaking apart.

• FATIGUE cracking has been recognized as one of the main forms for structural damage in asphalt concrete pavements. Under the action of repeated vehicular loading, deterioration of the asphalt concrete materials in pavements, caused by the accumulation and growth of micro and macro cracks, gradually takes place. Eventually the pavement will give way often potholing and creating traffic hazards.

• SHOVING is a form of plastic movement typified by ripples (corrugation) or an abrupt wave (shoving) across the pavement surface. The distortion is perpendicular to the traffic direction. It usually occurs at points where traffic starts and stops (corrugation) or areas where asphalt abuts a rigid object (shoving). Shoving results in a very uneven pavement resulting in poor vehicle control.

• CHIP PICK UP typically occurs with chip sealing of urban street areas where on hot sunny days, bitumen comes into contact with tyres and the tyres then pick up chips. This can be from multiple causes such as bleeding, flushing, a lack of chippings, or rolled over chip from trafficking. Such chippings are a considerable nuisance to residents, (and local authority pavements engineers receiving complaints from irate home owners) if they are deposited on driveways, foothpaths or are walked into homes.

MULTIGRADE BITUMENS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE PROBLEMS SUCH AS SHOVING, RUTTING, BLEEDING AND CHIP PICK UP.

RUTTING BLEEDING RUTTING


MULTIGRADE BITUMENS COMPARED WITH CONVENTIONAL GRADE BITUMENS

BITUMES TECHNIXLe fournisseur de bitume des îles

du Pacifique Sud.

PROPERTIES OF MULTIGRADE BITUMEN FOR PAVEMENTSPROPERTIES OF MULTIGRADE BITUMEN FOR PAVEMENTS

Property Requirement

Method of Test M500 M1000 Min Max Min Max

Viscosity at 60oC, Pa.s 400 600 800* 1200* AS 2341.2 or other agreed method (Note 1)

Viscosity at 135oC, Pa.s 0.4* 1.0 0.6* 1.5 AS 2341.2 or AS 2341.3 or AS 2341.4 or other agreed method

Penetration at 25oC (100g, 5 s), [0.1 mm] 65 100* 40 65* AS 2341.12 Flashpoint, oC 250 - 250 - AS 2341.14 or ASTM D92 Matter insoluble in toluene, percent mass. - 1.0 - 1.0 AS 2341.8 or AS/NZS 2341.20

Viscosity at 60oC, after RTFO treatment, Pa.s (Note 2)

- - 3500 6500 AS/NZS 2341.10 and either AS 2341.2 or other agreed method (Note 1)

- - 4000 7400 ASTM D2872 and either AS 2341.2 or other agreed method (Note 1)

Penetration at 25oC after RTFO treatment (100g, 5 s), [0.1 mm] - - 26 - Either AS/NZS 2341.10 or ASTM D2872 and AS 2341.12

Density at 15oC, kg/m3 Report on request AS 2341.7 Mass change, percent mass -0.6 +0.6 -0.6 +0.6 AS/NZS 2341.10 or ASTM D2872 Notes: 1. Viscosity at 60oC tests on M500 and M1000 shall be performed using AS 2341.2 and Asphalt Institute vacuum capillary viscometers. 2. Alternative RTFO treatment methods may be used (ie. AS/NZS 2341.10 or ASTM D2872) for which different property limits are specified. AS 2008-2013 * Technix Specification

Line Colour Specifications 40/50

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THE SARA ANALYSIS

SATURATES comprise predominately aliphatic hydrocarbons. This fraction forms 5 to 20 percent of the weight of bitumens.

AROMATICS comprise the compounds of lowest molecular weight in bitumen. They constitute 45 to 60 percent by weight of the total bitumen and are dark viscous liquids.

RESINS are dark-coloured, solid or semi-solid, and very adhesive fractions present in the maltenes. This component constitutes 15 to 25 percent of the weight of bitumens.

ASPHALTENES are the viscosity builders in bitumen. They are the black amorphous solids found in bitumen. They constitute approximately 5 to 25 percent of the weight of bitumen.

LOOKING INSIDE BITUMEN:

THE GAESTEL Colloidal Instability IndexWith a constant content of asphaltenes, as well as saturated and aromatic components, the reduction in the resin content to a level where no complete coverage of the asphaltene surface occurs may contribute to an irreversible aggregation of the asphaltene particles, thus leading to their flocculation.

The flocculation of colloidal particles is an indication of stability loss. The colloidal stability of bitumen may be described by the Gaestel Colloidal Instability Index, Ic:

When the value of Ic increases, colloidal stability decreases.

Bitumens with Ic < 0.22 are associated with tender spray seals and will cause stone loss or bleeding of binder or early deformation.

Bitumens with a Ic > 0.55 are associated with colloidal instability – that is temperature sensitivity creating problems with spray seals and asphalts (hot mix).

The Gaestel Colloidal Instability Index should be in the range of 0.22 to 0.55 for stable better bitumens.The Iotrascan is the laboratory equipment used to determine the SARA analysis. Multigrade bitumens for Technigrades M1000 multigrade bitumen Gastel Index is 0.46

(asphaltenes + saturates)

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1914 Applied the first bitumen to a road surface in New Zealand.

1972 Set up the world’s first bagged bitumen patented packaging system.

1981 Made New Zealand’s first polymer-modified bitumen.

1982 Designed and made the world’s first fully-computerised bitumen sprayers.

1990 Proposed and assisted in the establishment of the New Zealand Institute of Highway Technologies.

1991 Created New Zealand’s first polymer-modified bitumen friction course pavements.

1992 Developed one of the world’s first fully-computerised micro-surfacing machines for road pavements.

1994 Made New Zealand’s first polymer-modified bitumen emulsions.

1994 Developed the innovative and patented treatment TECHNISEAL for bitumen-flushed pavements.

1995 Built and operated New Zealand’s first diesel/electric heated bulk bitumen rail tank cars.

1995 Introduced the first bulk bitumen containers to the South Pacific Islands.

1996 Introduced GRIPFIBRE – a polymer-modified bitumen micro-surfacing system – to New Zealand.

1996 Created and laid New Zealand’s first SAFEGRIP skid-resistant pavement products.

1996 Applied New Zealand’s first chip-sealing interfacial adhesion agents.

1997 Became the first non-oil company in New Zealand to import cargos of bulk bitumen.

1998 Transported the largest storage tank in the world, across an ocean by barge, from New Zealand to Fiji.

1998 Built the South Pacific Islands’ first and only bulk bitumen terminal.

1998 Designed and installed the world’s first floating,1 km long, ship-to-shore bulk bitumen transfer pipeline.

2004 Designed and built the world’s first Technix Multistage Bitumen Modification Plant.

2005 Became the South Pacific Islands’ first supplier of Multigrade bitumens.

2005 Started operating the first and only plant in the world that can produce bitumen products to Australian, European, USA, GOST and New Zealand specifications.

2011 Developed the world’s first, containerised, Technix Multistage Bitumen Modification Plant.

2014 Designed and produced world’s first fully integrated High Cube Bulk Bitumen shipping container.

2016 Designed and built the world’s first Technix Multistage Bitumen Manufacturing and Modification Plant for the production of a full range of bitumen products including Multigrade and industrial grades of bitumen.

2017 Manufactured and supplied the first Multigrade bitumen in New Zealand.

2018 Designed the Technix 10 tonnes per hour relocatable Multistage Bitumen Plant.

2019 Designed and introduced 80 tonnes per hour Technix Multistage Bitumen Plant.

2021 Developed and produced Technix EnviroCutter – a patented world first safer, environmentally sensitive and better performing cutter, for the replacement of kerosene cutters in bitumen spray sealing.

2021 Designed and introduced the Technix Solo Bitumen Plant.

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OVER 100 YEARS OF INGENUITYTHE TECHNIX ORGANISATION HAS A LONG HISTORY AS A MARKET LEADER IN BITUMEN TECHNOLOGIES.

DATE 14/04/2021

For further information, please contact;

Andrew CoatesM: +64 21 867 660E: [email protected]

2021.04.14 ENGLISH

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