Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, Vol.51, No.5, 444-453, 2015
Use of Multidimensional Data Analysis Method for Developing High-Quality Road Asphalt Production Technology
The possibility of analyzing multidimensional data for predicting properties of petroleum road asphalts is examined. Construction of a prognostic model helped determine the optimal feedstock composition and technological parameters of the oxidation process for getting improved asphalts. The positive and negative correlating variables, viz., feedstock properties, oxidation process parameters, and properties of oxidized asphalts, are determined from the data set. The analysis results were used to develop a technology for producing improved asphalts under conditions of asphalt production by OAO Syzranskii NPZ (OJSC Syzran Refinery).
Keywords:petroleum asphalt;multidimensional data analysis;prognostic model;group hydrocarbon composition