Effect of Electrically Conductive Concrete Layer Thickness on Thermal Performance
Publication: Airfield and Highway Pavements 2023
ABSTRACT
While electrically conductive concrete (ECON) is a viable alternative to traditional snow removal methods involving deicers, this technology has no comprehensive design codes, standards, or guidelines. In developing a mechanistic design approach for ECON HPS, understanding the relationship between ECON layer thickness to its thermal performance is pivotal to avoiding overdesign and waste of resources. Therefore, in this study, five 355 mm long and 100 mm wide carbon fiber (CF)-reinforced ECON beams with thicknesses varying from 37.5 to 87.5 mm at 12.5 mm increments were tested to evaluate the effect of thickness on thermal-energy production. According to the results, the thermal energy produced from ECON changes with its layer thickness. A model was developed for estimating thermal energy from ECON layer thickness, but more comprehensive studies are required to develop a representative model to be utilized in ECON HPS design.
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Airfield and Highway Pavements 2023
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Published online: Jun 13, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Climates
- Concrete
- Construction engineering
- Construction management
- Energy engineering
- Energy sources (by type)
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Material mechanics
- Material properties
- Materials engineering
- Meteorology
- Precipitation
- Recycling
- Renewable energy
- Snow
- Standards and codes
- Thermal analysis
- Thermal power
- Thermal properties
- Thermodynamics
- Thickness
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