Polymer Research and Road Research Laboratory

Polymer Research and Road Research Laboratory

Sponsored by Department of Science and Technology and Central Pollution Control Board
Equipment List
S. No Name of The Lab Name of the Instrument Make Amount in Rs
1. Polymer Research Lab
  1. Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer
  2. Differential Scanning Calorimeter
  3. Fourier Transformed Infra Red Spectroscopy
  4. Brook Field Visco Meter
  5. Optical Microscope
 Shimadzu   Shimadzu   Shimadzu   Brook Field Lawarance and Mayo 8,00,000   10,00,000   12,00,000   5,50,000 6,50,000
2. Plastic Tar Road Research Lab
  1. Bitumen Extractor
  2. Penetration Point
  3. Ductility
  4. Softening point
  5. Marshall stability value
  6. Benkelman Beam
  7. Skid Resistance
  8. MERLIN
  9. Bump Integrator
  10. Density Measurements
  11. Texture Depth Measurements
  12. TFOT
  13. Viscosity
  14. Ageing
  15. Flash and Fire Point
  16. Cloud and Pour point Separation point
 AIMIL Product 7,50,000
Capabilities
Academics:
  1. A new lab called as Highway Engineering Laboratory for third Civil engineering Students was included in the year 2010
  2. A proposal is being ready to introduce a new syllabus on Bitumen chemistry and engineering for civil engineering student.
  3. A new lab for M.S c Applied chemistry students
Consultancy
S. No Name of The Lab Name of the Instrument Nature of Work
1. Material Testing Laboratory Analytical Methods
  1. Water Analysis
  2. Material Analysis(all Types includes Cement, concrete, mortar
2. Polymer Lab
  1. TGA
  2. DSC
  3. FTIR
 All types of thermal analysis using TGA and DSC and Elemental analysis using FTIR method (Liquid, solid, gas)
3. Road Research Lab (the only lab with all road testing instruments)
  1. Bitumen Extractor
  2. Penetration Point
  3. Ductility
  4. Softening point
  5. Marshall stability value
  6. Benkelman Beam
  7. Skid Resistance
  8. MERLIN
  9. Bump Integrator
  10. Density Measurements
  11. Texture Depth Measurements
  12. TFOT
  13. Viscosity
  14. Ageing
  15. Flash and Fire Point
  16. Cloud and Pour point
  17. Separation point
  18. CTM
  1. All tests for bitumen characterization and all tests for the road performance studies
  2. Road job mix formula design
  3. Consultancy for plain and plastic tar road construction
Target Users
  • National Rural Road Development Agency
  • Indian Highways
  • Plastic Industries
  • Society
  • Municipalities
  • Corporation
  • Private Industries
  • Paper Mills
  • Industries Having Waste Rejections
Work Done
Papers:
  1. A technique to dispose waste plastics in an ecofriendly way – Application in construction of flexible pavements- R. Vasudevan a,1, A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar a,⇑, B. Sundarakannan a, R. Velkennedy b- Elsevier Construction and Building Materials 28 (2012) 311–320
  2. Utilization of waste plastics for flexible pavement and easy disposal of waste plastics; R. Vasudevan, , A. Ramalinga Chandra Sekar and B. Sundarakannan- IJPRT. January 2010; vol-3/Num-1
PhD:
  • From this LAB one student had obtained his PhD under the title “Investigation of Polymer Modified Flexible Pavement and Its Characterization” and
  • other student is doing his PhD on “Waste Polymer Modified Bitumen”
Patents Obtained:
  • The major mile stone of this program is that the program yielded the first patent to our college “A new mix process of waste plastics-aggregate-bitumen for flexible pavement 198254 A-CH/871”
Project Details
S. No Title Sponsoring Agency Period Amount (Rupees in lakhs) Achievements
1. Study on the Characterization and Utilization of Waste Plastics - Green Technology Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi 2006-2009 42.49 Successfully Completed
2. MoU on Performance Studies on Built Plastic Tar Roads Central Pollution Control Board 2008-2009 14.00 Successfully Completed
3. Utilization of waste plastics for block preparation Indian Centre for plastics in environment 2006-2008 7.0 Successfully Completed
4. “Characterization and Utilization of emerging flexible waste Plastics- Green Technology” Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi 2009-2013 42.08 lakhs Successfully Completed
5. Recovery of waste plastics from e-waste component and waste rubber from used tires – Characterization and its utilization in a greener method Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi 2013-2016 46.22 On Going

 

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