Road heating using natural energy Ishida, Yoshikazu
Language: English Language: French Series: ; topic IV-117Publication details: XIth international winter road congress 2002. Sapporo [Japan] / XIe congres international de la viabilite hivernale 2002, Sapporo [Japon]. Paper, 2002Description: 9 sSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI 2002.0071Location: Abstract: The Koriyama National Highway Work Office, Tohoku Regional Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is making various efforts for environmentally friendly road management. Eco-Road, a road development project on National Highway 289 in Fukushima Prefecture between Iwaki City and Nishi-Shirakawa Gun is one of these efforts. Other examples on National Highway 49 are a road-heating system that uses electricity generated by wind-power generator which is installed at the entrance of Nakayama Tunnel, and a road heating system that uses lake water as a heat source and is scheduled to be installed at the Nagurayama snowshed. The two examples introduced in this paper are solutions to frequent traffic accidents caused by road-surface freezing. The two types of road-heating systems were environmentally friendly countermeasures to this problem. They use on-site natural advantages of strong seasonal winds and the water of Lake Inawashiro, which is in a national park. Road-heating by wind generated electricity was ordered as a public work on the basis of value engineering. The road heating system using lake water heat was discussed by the Board for Examination of Road Heating by Lake Water Heat. In determination of these projects, technologies of private companies were compared and experts' advice was asked.Current library | Status | |
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The Koriyama National Highway Work Office, Tohoku Regional Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is making various efforts for environmentally friendly road management. Eco-Road, a road development project on National Highway 289 in Fukushima Prefecture between Iwaki City and Nishi-Shirakawa Gun is one of these efforts. Other examples on National Highway 49 are a road-heating system that uses electricity generated by wind-power generator which is installed at the entrance of Nakayama Tunnel, and a road heating system that uses lake water as a heat source and is scheduled to be installed at the Nagurayama snowshed. The two examples introduced in this paper are solutions to frequent traffic accidents caused by road-surface freezing. The two types of road-heating systems were environmentally friendly countermeasures to this problem. They use on-site natural advantages of strong seasonal winds and the water of Lake Inawashiro, which is in a national park. Road-heating by wind generated electricity was ordered as a public work on the basis of value engineering. The road heating system using lake water heat was discussed by the Board for Examination of Road Heating by Lake Water Heat. In determination of these projects, technologies of private companies were compared and experts' advice was asked.