Patent ID: 9540544
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: C08K,C08L,C09D,D06N,E04D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of forming an asphalt mixture comprising: mixing a bitumen source with a bio-source material to form a bitumen mixture, wherein the bio-source material includes an oil, wherein the oil includes recycled cooking oil, recycled vegetable oil, recycled animal fat, or any combination thereof; and adding a liquid catalyst to the bitumen mixture form an asphalt mixture, wherein the liquid catalyst includes a metal salt wherein the metal includes cobalt, manganese, zirconium, vanadium, iron, calcium, nickel, copper, zinc, osmium, rhodium, rhenium, hafnium, or any combination thereof, wherein the metal salt further includes the salt of an acid, the acid including naphthenic acid, octanoic acid, 2-ethylhexanoic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), or any combination thereof, wherein the liquid catalyst includes a solvent.