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contributor authorTatsuaki Nakato
contributor authorRobert Ettema
contributor authorGeorge D. Ashton
date accessioned2017-05-08T21:13:42Z
date available2017-05-08T21:13:42Z
date copyrightSeptember 1989
date issued1989
identifier other%28asce%290887-381x%281989%293%3A3%28107%29.pdf
identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/43499
description abstractAssessed herein are the feasibilities of using several unconventional power sources for ice control in navigation locks and dams. Included in this assessment are sensible heat from groundwater, solar power, wind power and portable hydroelectric‐power sources. Operation of lock and dam installations is made troublesome and risky by ice growth along lock walls and by freezing of gates to ice covers. Considerable amounts of power are required for force ice control, and, therefore, lock operators are interested in utilizing economical alternative power sources other than that generated by commercial power utilities. However, the present study concludes that of all unconventional power sources, portable hydroelectric‐power is the most viable. Groundwater is at best of marginal viability, and solar and wind power sources are unreliable.
publisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers
titleUnconventional Power Sources for Ice Control at Locks and Dams
typeJournal Paper
journal volume3
journal issue3
journal titleJournal of Cold Regions Engineering
identifier doi10.1061/(ASCE)0887-381X(1989)3:3(107)
treeJournal of Cold Regions Engineering:;1989:;Volume ( 003 ):;issue: 003
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