Experimental investigation of using ground source heat pump system for snow melting on pavements and bridge decks

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dc.authoridESEN, Mehmet/0000-0001-6543-8095
dc.authoridBalbay, Asim/0000-0003-1052-5903
dc.contributor.authorBalbay, Asim
dc.contributor.authorEsen, Mehmet
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:33:17Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:33:17Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractMelting snow with a hydronic heating system can eliminate the need for snow removal by chemical or mechanical means and provide greater safety for pedestrians and vehicles. So, a preliminary practical feasibility study of using a ground source heat pump (GSHP) system for snow melting on pavements and bridge decks had been performed for the first time in Turkey on the basis of a university study. The objective of this paper is to investigate the practicability of a GSHP system consisting of the vertical type single U-borehole heat exchangers with different lengths for snow melting on pavements and bridge decks. For this purpose, the vertical drilling of the borehole was performed for three different depths (30, 60, and 90 m) in Elazig, Turkey and U-tube heat exchangers were inserted into the corresponding boreholes. Experiments in winter season of 2006-2007 were carried out for melting snow on surfaces of the prototypes of bridge-slab (BS) and pavement-slab (PS) constructed for the experimental study. The effect of the depth of borehole coupled to heat exchanger on the snow melting system performance was experimentally investigated. This way, the snow accumulation on the surfaces of bridge-slab (BS) and pavement-slab (PS) were efficiently heated and thus melted. Development of the model is described in a companion paper.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Management Council of the Firat University [2005/1154]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Scientific Research Projects Management Council of the Firat University for this study performed under project with grant no. 2005/1154.
dc.identifier.endpage3966
dc.identifier.issn1992-2248
dc.identifier.issue24
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-79251589069
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage3955
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/8054
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000286527200021
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Journals
dc.relation.ispartofScientific Research and Essays
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.subjectSnow/ice melting
dc.subjectground source heat pump
dc.subjectbridge
dc.subjectpavement
dc.titleExperimental investigation of using ground source heat pump system for snow melting on pavements and bridge decks
dc.typeArticle

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