Clear Roads II: Standard Test Procedures for Ice Melting Capacity of Deicers

This project is needed to ensure the money spent on winter maintenance chemicals returns a reasonable expectation of performance and will provide agencies with a laboratory test method to be able to compare relative performance of deicers to rationalize procurement costs consistent with level of service requirements. To this end, the project will: (1) first run laboratory tests consistent with the as-written mechanical rocker test; identify potential modifications and consult the project subcommittee with a web-meeting; and then orchestrate within- and between-laboratory round robin testing; (2) draft a standard test procedure in the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) format and share with the appropriate AASHTO committee/subcommittee; and (3) address AASHTO comments and provide balloting assistance, as needed, in order to establish an AASHTO standard test procedure that will provide consistent, comparable deicer performance in terms of ice melting.

• Record URL:
  https://www.clearroads.org/project/18-06/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • TPF-5(353)

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $74087
• Contract Numbers:

  1033080

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Clear Roads Pooled Fund

  St. Paul, MN  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  Washington State University, Pullman

  Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
  PO Box 642910
  Pullman, WA  United States  99164-2910
• Principal Investigators:

  Shi, Xianming

• Start Date: 20200121
• Expected Completion Date: 20240331
• Actual Completion Date: 20240331

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Deicing chemicals; Laboratory tests; Level of service; Melting; Performance tests; Procurement; Test procedures; Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727779
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1033080
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 22 2020 10:30AM