Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Development of Anti-icing Technology
Abstract:
Nine state highway agencies conducted anti-icing experiments to determine when anti-icing is effective and how to conduct anti-icing efficiently. Anti-icing is effective and how to conduct anti-icing efficiently. Anti-icing treatment requires less chemicals than most deicing procedures and makes it easier to achieve bare pavement conditions. A limited cost-benefit analysis was performed, comparing anti-icing effectiveness with deicing operations. The findings of Scadinavian countries that use anti-icing are reviewed.
Source(s):
Midwest Research Institute and Minnesota DOT, Prepared for Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP),
Date: 1994
Author:
Blackburn, McGrane, Chappelow, Harwood, Fleege
Keywords:
Anti-icing/deicing
Snow
Ice/Frost
Benefit/Cost
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