Best Practices for Road Weather Management Version 2.0
Title:
Information on the Planning, Construction and Operation of Chemical Thawing Agent Spraying Installations
Abstract:
Chemical thawing agent spraying systems are fixed equipment of the winter service. Road surface and weather condition detectors detect the ice formation of a road and trigger a thawing agent spraying system into operation. A spraying system allows the timely prevention of icing on hazardous places and assists a conventional (usually mechanical) winter service, by preventing the packing down of the snow layer. This paper covers application criteria, benefits and costs, the technical principles of installation, and operations.
Source(s):
Research Institute for Roads and Road Traffic (Germany)
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/Publications/GermanAnti-icingGuidance.pdf
Date: 1994
Author:
Research Institute for Roads and Road Traffic
Keywords:
Winter maintenance
Benefit/cost
Environmental Sensor Station (ESS)
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