A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) and Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavement: A Case Study in China

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" colspan="2">Energy consumptions (kg)</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Pollution emissions (kg)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Heavy oil</td><td class="align_center">583.44</td><td class="align_center">CO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">2340.63</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Electricity</td><td class="align_center">393.94</td><td class="align_center">SO<sub>2</sub></td><td class="align_center">4.73</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Diesel oil</td><td class="align_center">144.09</td><td class="align_center">NO<sub><i>X</i></sub></td><td class="align_center">13.41</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gasoline</td><td class="align_center">1.03</td><td class="align_center">CO</td><td class="align_center">26.44</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">—</td><td class="align_center">—</td><td class="align_center">PM</td><td class="align_center">257.57</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The energy consumptions and pollution emissions of 1000 m<sup>2</sup> overlay.</div>

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Table 5: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) and Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavement: A Case Study in China 