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eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Economic and Environmental Analysis of Asphalt
Pavement Incorporating Sugar Cane Bagasse
Bio-Oil with a Life Cycle Cost Perspective
1
School of Highway Engineering, Chang’an University,Xi’an, PR China
2
State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Geotechnics and Tunnelling, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Submission date: 2024-06-08
Final revision date: 2024-08-01
Acceptance date: 2024-08-15
Online publication date: 2024-10-28
Publication date: 2025-08-20
Corresponding author
Basit Ali
School of Highways Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an,PR, China, Chang’an University Middle Section of Nan'er Huan , 710064, Xi’an, China
School of Highways Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an,PR, China, Chang’an University Middle Section of Nan'er Huan , 710064, Xi’an, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(5):6027-6038
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ABSTRACT
This study assesses the economic and environmental impacts of incorporating sugar cane bagasse
(SCB) bio-oil (BO), particularly BO derived from sugar cane waste, as a partial replacement for bitumen
in asphalt pavement construction. The research focuses on evaluating material costs, construction
costs, production costs, and life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) alongside environmental considerations.
Four different percentages of BO (0%, 3%, 6%, and 9%) were evaluated. Total material costs rise with
the percentage of BO replacement, while construction costs decrease. Production costs also increase
across different higher replacement percentages of BO. The total life cycle cost of asphalt pavements
decreases as the percentage of BO increases. Higher BO replacement percentages lead to reduced
carbon emissions, indicating improved environmental sustainability. Incorporating BO offers potential
cost savings in bitumen expenses, with greater reductions observed at higher replacement percentages.
This study emphasizes the significant potential of BO for enhancing the economic, environmental,
and social sustainability of asphalt pavement construction.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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