Total liquid routes and anti-icing liquids.

Details

• Creators:
  McCullouch, Bob
• Corporate Creators:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration ; Indiana. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Winter maintenance
  • Deicing chemicals
  • Anti-icing
  • Brines
  • Salts
  • Routes
  • Alternatives analysis
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/IN/JTRP-2013/20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Indiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University. Joint Transportation Research Program
• Abstract:
  INDOT has successfully used salt brine in anti‐icing efforts as a way to deliver preventative treatment before an event (e.g. bridge deck ; frost) occurs. In 2011 INDOT wanted to investigate the use of salt brine in de‐icing operations. This study executed a comparative ; analysis of brine routes and salt routes during two winter seasons (2011–2012 and 2012–2013). The first winter season there were ; twenty‐one study routes and the second winter season forty‐one routes. Both winter seasons would be classified as “mild” and most ; winter events would be characterized with low levels of precipitation. The 2012–2013 winter was a month longer with two major events ; occurring in March. ; Another study item designed and fabricated a combination winter vehicle and analyzed its performance. ; Data collected during these two winter seasons and the following data analysis revealed that liquid routes are more cost effective than ; granular routes under most weather conditions and pavement temperature ranges. Other recommendations are included in the report ; findings.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR-3618
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27101/dot_27101_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6e0dd50361188c14d856322d3bf83fbd39ba51136863f2fc9bbeb4573823ec00