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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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