Durable waterborne horizontal road markings for improvement of air quality
Authors:
- Anton Pashkevich,
- Jacek Bartusiak,
- Lidia Żakowska,
- Tomasz E. Burghardt
Abstract
Horizontal road markings are very important safety features on almost all roads. For proper function, they must be reflectorised with glass beads, which provide visibility in the night time and simultaneously protect the paint from abrasion. Nonetheless, to maintain adequate performance frequent renewals are required. Field tests have demonstrated that durability achieved with modern waterborne road marking paints can be higher than measured with solventborne materials and that further improvements in durability of all paints can be achieved with the use of premium glass beads. Given that all paints dry because of evaporation of solvents to the atmosphere, emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) reach approximately 25% for solventborne paints and below 5% for waterborne paints. The emitted VOC contribute to formation of ground-level ozone unequally, so Ozone Formation Potential (OFP) is used for a uniform comparison of various paints. For example, in Italy an annual reduction in OFP from 3,498 to only 43 tonnes could be realised by using highest quality waterborne road marking paints reflectorised with premium glass beads, due to the combined effects of lower individual OFP and improved durability. These results should be considered by road administrators and environmental agencies seeking a method to simultaneously improve air quality and decrease the frequency of renewals.
- Record ID
- CUT64180fd398a544cbae273ec4a494f65f
- Publication categories
- ; ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Transportation Research Procedia, ISSN 2352-1465
- Issue year
- 2020
- Vol
- 45
- Pages
- 530-538
- Other elements of collation
- tab.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 537-538; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 45, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Special issue: Transport Infrastructure and systems in a changing world. Towards a more sustainable, reliable and smarter mobility. TIS Roma 2019 Conference Proceedings
- Conference
- AIIT 2nd International Congress on Transport Infrastructure and Systems in a changing world (TIS ROMA 2019), 2019, 23-09-2019 - 24-09-2019, Rome, Włochy
- Keywords in English
- horizontal road markings, road marking paints, retroreflectivity, tropospheric ozone, air pollution
- DOI
- DOI:10.1016/j.trpro.2020.03.060 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146520302222 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 5
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT64180fd398a544cbae273ec4a494f65f/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT64180fd398a544cbae273ec4a494f65f
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