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Sorigué researches asphalt mix performance for sustainable drainage in cities
March 21, 2024
Bitsdrain is an innovation project designed to find innovative and sustainable solutions to the water challenges of urban areas.
Sorigué is taking part in the Bitsdrain innovation project which is researching the behaviour of porous asphalt mixtures as sustainable drainage components in urban environments in partnership with the FLUMEN and MATCAR research groups at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
The project is funded on a public-private basis by the Ministry of Science and Innovation through the National Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023. It has a total budget standing at €801,000 and a 36-month term.
This research comes under new materials for cities and water management and is a step forward in the quest for innovative and sustainable solutions to water challenges in cities.
Its primary goal is to examine the behaviour of porous bituminous mixtures as sustainable drainage components in cities while also developing a simulation tool embedded in a two-dimensional modelling environment which is free to use.
As a first step, Bitsdrain is looking to characterise bituminous mixtures in terms of permeability and water-carrying capacity. It will then analyse their storage capacity in relation to the terrain and the hydrological characteristics of the rainfall.
The data gathered will be used to craft a numerical model to describe the infiltration laws of the mixtures and simulate various drainage techniques.
Sustainable development
The project is funded on a public-private basis by the Ministry of Science and Innovation through the National Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023. It has a total budget standing at €801,000 and a 36-month term.
This research comes under new materials for cities and water management and is a step forward in the quest for innovative and sustainable solutions to water challenges in cities.
Its primary goal is to examine the behaviour of porous bituminous mixtures as sustainable drainage components in cities while also developing a simulation tool embedded in a two-dimensional modelling environment which is free to use.
As a first step, Bitsdrain is looking to characterise bituminous mixtures in terms of permeability and water-carrying capacity. It will then analyse their storage capacity in relation to the terrain and the hydrological characteristics of the rainfall.
The data gathered will be used to craft a numerical model to describe the infiltration laws of the mixtures and simulate various drainage techniques.
Sustainable development
The project is aligned with the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and specifically with SDG 6 “Clean water and sanitation”.
ya que permite reducir la escorrentía urbana y mejorar la calidad del agua, minimizando la contaminación y eliminando vertidos.
Innovación en materiales
Para Sorigué la innovación en sostenibilidad es un eje transversal que cubre diferentes áreas de negocio. Históricamente, el grupo ha sido referente en materia de calidad de productos, especialmente en el sector asfáltico y de áridos.
Desde 2010, cuenta con un Laboratorio de investigación y un equipo altamente especializado que le permite ahondar en el conocimiento de los materiales y consolidar la experiencia adquirida, así como dotar a la empresa de un centro de control interno de aquellos materiales fabricados en sus propias instalaciones.
Además, trabaja en asociación con diferentes entidades públicas y privadas del ámbito nacional e internacional con la voluntad de liderar la transformación del sector hacia un modelo más resiliente y proporcionar soluciones avanzadas para los desafíos de las ciudades actuales.
Entre los proyectos de I+D+i llevados a cabo por el laboratorio de Sorigué destacan algunos como Tubotex, con el objetivo de fabricar tuberías con nuevos materiales en sustitución al hormigón; AUTL-PLUS, un nuevo sistema de colocación de mezclas ultra finas que optimiza las características de una capa de rodadura, o Neoballast, un nuevo balasto ecológico con alto rendimiento y larga duración.
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