MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611033226 A) filed by Malaviya National Institute Of Technology Jaipur on March 19, 2026, for Modified Bitumen Incorporating Agriculture Waste And Hdpe Biochar And Applications Thereof.
Inventors include Ghanshyam Balotiya; Arun Gaur; Amit Sain; Prakash Somani; Suresh Chand Bairwa; and Ishfaq Ul Abass.
The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified bitumen product incorporating biochar derived from agricultural waste and HDPE plastic waste. The biochar is produced by co-pyrolysis of groundnut shell and HDPE in predetermined weight ratios of 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, and 60:40, and is pulverized to a particle size below 75 µm. The pulverized biochar is dispersed into a base bitumen binder via high-shear mixing at a dosage of 3–15 wt.% of bitumen to obtain a biochar-modified binder for flexible pavement applications. Based on storage stability and binder performance evaluation, the formulation designated as G7H3 (GS:HDPE = 70:30) at 12 wt.% biochar is identified as the optimum composition. The optimum binder is further used for Marshall mix design of DBM-II, yielding a significant increase in Marshall stability versus conventional bitumen, thereby providing a sustainable, high-performance road construction material.
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