HOT WATER-CIRCULATING IN PLASTIC PIPING SYSTEMS RENDERS POSSIBLE THE ECONOMICAL HEATING OF ROAD SURFACES (GERMAN)

IN ODENSE (DENMARK) THE CARRIAGEWAY OF A BRIDGE APPROACH IS BEING HEATED BY DISTRICT HEATING RETURN WATER OF 40-50 DEGREES C. THE SERVICE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF HARD PVC PIPES (2,396M WITH 24-90 MM), WHICH ARE SET INTO SPECIALLY SHAPED 6-CORNERED CONCRETE MOULDS AND COVERED WITH 5 CM OF GUSSASPHALT. THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS AMOUNTED TO DM 47,500 (INCLUSIVE OF SERVICING SPACE AND PIPING FROM THE DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM), AND THE OPERATION COSTS WERE DM 2,370 FOR 1963/4 AND DM 1,830 FOR 1964/5. /FG/RRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 20, No 2, PP 93-100, 8 PHOT, 13 REF
• Authors:
  • Honore, R
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Strassen und Tiefhau
  • Publisher: Verlag fuer Publizataet
  • ISSN: 0039-2197

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge approaches; Economics; Heating (Structures); Highways; Plastics; Surface course (Pavements); Systems; Tubing; Water
• Old TRIS Terms: Plastic tubing
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218320
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 8 1994 12:00AM