PLANT GROWTH OVER AN UNDERGROUND POWER TRANSMISSION PROTOTYPE

Field tests have indicated that common agronomic crops, turf grasses and shrubs can be established in soil heated by Damut--a ducted, air-insulated, high-voltage underground transmission prototype. During a two-year test period the quality and yield of agronomic crops was lower in heated duct areas than in unheated control areas. Turf grasses and shrubs appeared to be most tolerant of the heated conditions. Growth and winter dormancy of shrubs were not affected by the thermal stress. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Hydro, Research Division

  800 Kipling Avenue
  Toronto M8Z 5S4,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Spencer, F S
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 17-23
• Serial:
  • Ontario Hydro Research Quarterly
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Ontario Hydro, Research Division

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ducts; Electric power supply; Heating equipment; Plants; Shrubs; Thermal stresses; Turf; Underground structures
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Energy; Environment; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157890
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ontario Hydro, Research Division
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM