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http://dx.doi.org/10.14346/JKOSOS.2016.31.6.12

A Study on an Optimal Design of Electric Snow Melting Mat for Vulnerable Walk Zone  

Kwon, Jin Wook (Korea Testing Laboratory)
Jang, Chul (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
Hwang, Myung Whan (Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.31, no.6, 2016 , pp. 12-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper describes an optimal design of electric snow melting mat on vulnerable walk zone. In order to design an optimal electric power of snow melting mat and protect pedestrians with a nonslip mat, with considering protection of environmental pollution from abusing of the de-icing salts added calcium chloride. We analyzed nine snow melting mats through verification experiment in the condition of $-5^{\circ}C$, depending on three different kinds of heating material, electric heating cable, carbon heating film and carbon textile film. As a consequence, the $150W/m^2$ carbon textile film mat for snow melting was identified as an optimal power input and functional performance for pedestrians' safety on vulnerable walk zone. It is expected that the $150W/m^2$ carbon textile film mat would be useful to reduce slip down accidents by human error.
Keywords
electric snow melting mat; vulnerable walk zone; heating cable; carbon heating film; carbon textile film;
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