Title | Reduced road salt spillage owing to indoor delivery and loading |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Ostendorf DW, Hinlein ES, Choi S.K. |
Journal | Journal of Environmental Engineering |
Volume | 138 |
Issue | 2 |
Start Page | 223 |
Pagination | 223-228 |
Date Published | 02/2012 |
ISSN | 0733-9372 |
Keywords | Deicing, Runoff, Salt |
Abstract | The authors analyze runoff and road salt delivery and loading data from an indoor salt storage facility in eastern Massachusetts over multiple deicing seasons. The facility converted its delivery/loading from outdoors to indoors. Data and simple theory document a fivefold decrease in spillage as a result of the conversion. A seasonally varying balance of first order dissolution and a spill fraction is used to quantify the improvement; the data and model suggest that 0.3% of the outdoor delivered/loaded road salt spilled onto the pavement. The conversion to indoor delivery/loading reduced the spillage fraction to 0.06%. |
DOI | 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000470 |