This report presents the design and development of a bus wheel housing deicer system and its evaluation during the winters of 1981-1982 and 1982-1983. This task was conducted in 3 phases: (1) a survey was conducted of bus systems to quantify the wheel housing icing problems and to identify a particular bus model and property location for the performance of the deicer evaluation; (2) an analysis was made of various devices to determine the most applicable wheel housing deicing method for evaluation; and (3) operational evaluation involved designing, fabricating, and installing a deicer system in the steered wheel housing areas of an existing bus and comparing its operation with an unmodified bus operating in same winter environment.


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    Title :

    Cold Weather Transit Technology Program. Volume 8. Bus Wheel Housing Deicing Project


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    52 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English