ElectroCom Automation L.P., under contract from the University of Notre Dame designed, built, and tested the RF Third Rail Deicing System for removing ice from a transit system third rail. The system used industrial induction heating techniques adapted for use on a rail vehicle. During field tests it successfully removed ice at speeds up to twenty miles per hour and removed ice with thickness up to one-fourth inch.
Cold Weather Transit Technology Program. Volume 3. Development and Test of the Radio Frequency Third Rail Deicer System
1992
95 pages
Report
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English
Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Transportation Safety , Heating & Cooling Systems , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Rapid transit railways , Ice prevention , Radio frequency heating , Railroad tracks , Deicing , Transportation safety , Cold weather operations , Rail transportation , Urban transportation , Heating equipment , Heat transfer , Field tests , Radio frequency third rail deicers