Deicing performance of cement pavement concrete mixed with chlorine salt antifreeze material

Abstract

This study explores a cost-effective and efficient method for snow melting and deicing using a concrete pavement structure with pre-mixed chloride-salt antifreeze material. The mixed design method for road cement concrete with chloride-type antifreeze material is investigated by encapsulating NaCl and CaCl₂ in organic resin capsules. The snow melting and deicing efficacy of cement concrete with chloride antifreeze material is evaluated through an automatic tracking measurement system. The results indicate that NaCl-type antifreeze material is more effective in reducing the freezing point of concrete surface solution than CaCl₂-type antifreeze material. A composite antifreeze material (4% NaCl + 1% CaCl₂) provides the strongest snow melting and deicing ability. An outward migration and diffusion model of chloride ion in cement concrete with antifreeze material is established to calculate the chloride ion diffusion coefficient, surface chloride ion content, and decay rate of concrete. The effective age of snow melting and deicing  is analyzed using this model.

KEYWORDS:

• Cement concrete pavement
• anti-freezing material
• deicing performance
• chloride ion diffusion
• pre-mixed deicer

Acknowledgments

This research is supported by NSFC Project:51178221; We also thank the National Key Basic Research and Development Program (Program Number:973) for funding this project (Project number: 2015CB655102).

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).