Experimental investigation of ice and snow melting process on pavement utilizing geothermal tail water

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1538-1546

  Wang, Huajun ^a   Zhao, Jun ^b   Chen, Zhihao ^c  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geothermal tail water; Ice and snow melting; Idling time; Melting time; Melting velocity

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MELTING; SNOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GEOTHERMAL TAIL WATER; ICE AND SNOW MELTING; IDLING TIME; MELTING TIME; MELTING VELOCITY;

ICE;

EID: 42749089246     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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