TEST AND EVALUATION PROJECT NO. 28: ANTI-ICING TECHNOLOGY, FIELD EVALUATION REPORT

Highway anti-icing is the snow and ice control practice of preventing the formation or development of bonded snow and ice by timely applications of a chemical freezing-point depressant. Its operations consist of chemical applications and coordinated plowing. The prefix "anti" signifies the preventive nature of anti-icing and distinguishes it from deicing, which is the traditional practice of mechanically or chamically removing compacted snow or ice that is already bonded to pavement. Although anti-icing practices have been in use for many years, the term has evolved to mean a modern and efficient snow and ice control practice that makes systematic use of an array of new technologies such as road weather information systems, site-specific weather and pavement forecasts, portable pavement temperature sensors, and sophisticated spreader equipment, as well as conventional and traditional technologies and practices. Anti-icing can provide two major benefits: efficient use of labor and materials, and increased traffic safety. The project reported in this document is Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Test and Evaluation Project No. 28, Anti-Icing Technology (T&E 28). It is part of the FHWA Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) implementation. Its purpose was to implement and evaluate existing technologies that were tested and reviewed under SHRP Project H-208, "Development of Anti-Icing Technology." T&E 28 included anti-icing testing over the course of two winters, and analysis of the resulting data. The testing comprised field operations and experiments by highway agency personnel, and the data analysis consisted of graphical and statistical analysis. The report describes the field evaluation experimental program, experimental details of the sites, the data analysis, results and interpretations of the experiments, a cost analysis, recommendations for anti-icing practice, and conclusions and recommendations for further work. The report is not a guide to anti-icing practice. The companion "Manual of Practice for an Effective Anti-Icing Program: A Guide for Highway Winter Maintenance Personnel" provides such a guide.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13415
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

  72 Lyme Road
  Hanover, NH  United States  03755-1290

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Ketcham, S A
  • Minsk, L D
  • Danyluk, L S
• Publication Date: 1998-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 296 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Anti-icing; Costs; Data analysis; Deicers (Equipment); Deicing; Field tests; Future; Implementation; Mathematical analysis; Recommendations; Research; Snow and ice control
• Identifier Terms: Strategic Highway Research Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Future research
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00748115
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-97-132, 3E6B
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-93-Y-00123
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 2 1998 12:00AM