Jaffer Bressan Borinelli
@uantwerpen.be
PhD researcher/Faculty of Applied Engineering (Research group EMIB)
University of Antwerp
EDUCATION
Since September 2019, Jaffer Bressan Borinelli is a PhD researcher at the Department of Construction Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Engineering (Research group EMIB), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Cedric Vuye, Prof. Dr. Johan Blom and Prof. Dr. Wim van den bergh. The main purpose of his research is to identify the barriers which currently inhibit the use of tyre-derived crumb rubber in Belgian asphalt roads and to develop different market-ready solutions that can be introduced to the road authorities.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Crumb rubber modified bitumen
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Scopus Publications
Jaffer Bressan Borinelli, Johan Blom, Cedric Vuye, and David Hernando
Elsevier BV
Jaffer Bressan Borinelli, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Juliana Oliveira Costa, Arturo Pajares, Johan Blom, David Hernando, and Cedric Vuye
Elsevier BV
Marie Enfrin, Jaffer Bressan Borinelli, Johan Blom, Cedric Vuye, and Filippo Giustozzi
MDPI
Jaffer Bressan Borinelli, Johan Blom, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Patricia Kara De Maeijer, Wim Van den bergh, and Cedric Vuye
MDPI AG
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J.B. Borinelli, J. Blom, G. Jacobs, D. Hernando, W. Van den Bergh, and C. Vuye
CRC Press
Iran Rocha Segundo, Behzad Zahabizadeh, Salmon Landi, Orlando Lima, Cátia Afonso, Jaffer Borinelli, Elisabete Freitas, Vítor M. C. F. Cunha, Vasco Teixeira, Manuel F. M. Costa,et al.
MDPI AG
The sustainable development of our societies demands strong efforts on scientific and technological research while informing and educating students and the general population. Air pollution and road safety hazards constitute two main public health problems that are insufficiently addressed pedagogically. With this work, we aim to contribute to tackeling the problem by presenting the results of scientific research on the development of photocatalytic, superhydrophobic, and self-cleaning recycled asphalt mixtures to achieve an eco-social friendly and smart material able to mitigate socioenvironmental impacts. The functionalization of asphalt is implemented by spraying particles’ solutions over a conventional AC 10, then evaluated by dye degradation and wettability. Firstly, different particles’ solutions (with nano-TiO2 and/or micro-PTFE under water, ethyl alcohol, and dimethyl ketone) were sprayed to select the best solution (BS), which was composed of TiO2-PTFE (4 g/L each) in ethyl alcohol. Two successive spraying coatings (diluted epoxy resin and BS) were performed over conventional and recycled AC 10 (with reclaimed asphalt pavement and steel slags). Their efficiency decreases with the highest resin amounts. The best results were obtained with 0.25 g resin and BS. For the lowest resin amount, all mixtures achieved superhydrophobicity and performed similarly regarding wettability.
Jaffer Bressan Borinelli, Johan Blom, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Patricia Kara De Maeijer, Wim Van den bergh, and Cedric Vuye
MDPI AG
Bitumen is one of the most important materials used in roads. During asphalt pavement construction, workers can be affected by emissions, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), when bitumen is heated. Therefore, it is crucial to correctly identify and measure VOCs. This paper presents a novel, promising method to determine VOC emissions. The proposed method offers a way to standardize routine measurements on a lab scale, enabling reliable comparison across bitumen types and their modifications or additives. A proton-transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) was used to monitor VOC emissions from commercial unmodified bitumen and crumb rubber modified bitumen (CRMB) with heating of up to 180 °C. Results confirmed that the temperature range of 160–180 °C is a highly influential factor for VOC emissions from heated commercial bitumen and particularly CRMB. A significant increase in alkane and aromatic emission was detected when the binders were heated to 180 °C. Sulfur-containing VOCs were almost nonexistent for the base bitumen fumes, while a significant increase was detected in the fumes when two different types of CR were added to the bitumen, even at 120 °C. The additional CR in the bituminous binder contributed to the potentially harmful VOC emission of benzothiazole, which belongs to the class of sulfur-containing compounds. The concentration of benzothiazole was 65%, 38%, and 35% higher for CR1 in comparison to CR2 at 140, 160, and 180 °C, respectively. It is clear from the results that this method allows different bitumen sources or modifications to be quickly analyzed and their VOC emissions cross-compared. If adopted and confirmed further, the method could offer the asphalt industry a viable solution to monitor VOC emissions by analyzing samples in real time at different steps of the production process.