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Develop Locally Sourced Salt Brine Additive for Anti-Icing

Project #: 4W3881
Start Date: 08/01/2011
End Date: 12/31/2012
ABSTRACT:

The proposed research will address the Alaska University Transportation Center’s theme of “Transportation Safety, Security and Innovation in Cold Regions,” particularly in the areas of maintaining cold-regions transportation systems. Specifically, this research will develop and test locally sourced salt brine additives suitable for anti-icing during winter maintenance in Alaska. Development of alternative anti-icing products serves the public interest, as this research is expected to generate significant cost savings for the Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and other maintenance agencies, traveler benefits in terms of improved safety and mobility, and societal benefits in reducing corrosion and environmental impacts.

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this project is to determine if local agricultural products or byproducts of local distilleries/breweries or other manufacturing processes could be cost-effectively used to replace high-cost proprietary products to enhance the performance characteristics of salt brine for anti-icing on Alaska roads.

PERSONNEL:

  • Xianming Shi
    Xianming Shi
  • Robert McHattie
    Robert McHattie
  • Jenny Liu
    Jenny Liu

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