SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL FROM PAVEMENT USING STORED EARTH ENERGY

This report documents the design, construction and three year evaluation of an experimental project in which heat pipes were utilized to transfer the natural stored energy of the earth to the pavement to control snow and ice accumulations. Also included is a discussion on the economic feasibility of utilizing such systems as well as graphical representations of temperature profiles derived from thermocouple data collected at the project site. (FHWA)

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• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia Department of Highways

  Materials Control, Soil and Testing Division
  Charleston, West VA,   United States  25311

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Long, D C
  • Baldwin, J S
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Earth; Economic factors; Feasibility analysis; Heat pipes; Heat transfer; Highway maintenance; Snow and ice control; Snow removal
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334965
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1025429
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TS-80-227 Final Rpt., HS-028 916
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8947
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1985 12:00AM