Identification of Cost-Effective Winter Maintenance Chemicals

Details

• Creators:
  Hart, Robert ; Hershey, Benjamin ; Chambers, Adam ; Mewes, John ; Lis, Nathan ; Truelson, Shawn ; Duensing, Jeremy
• Corporate Creators:
  DTN, LLC
• Corporate Contributors:
  South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Deicing chemicals
  • Magnesium chloride
  • Brines
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Winter maintenance
  • Simulation
  • Data analysis
  • Highway maintenance
  • Liquid magnesium chloride
  • Salt brine
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SD2022-02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; South Dakota
• Edition:
  Final Report: May 2023 – February 2025
• Corporate Publisher:
  South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  Research Project SD2022-02 used the Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) to simulate the effect of five treatment materials on South Dakota highways and determine the most cost-effective treatment material options in each of the 25 maintenance units in the state. This document reports the results of the simulations and data analyses.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/87534/dot_87534_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.07 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:176b889f46fa3e2ec1100ca39ec36bee776607b5dcebe146eb58f539f68d5b6f177e89842b0e8c772e22709b0c8f68addb5e8cad816c14f8df4eb6a8c3a6d3cf