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.


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    Title :

    Cold Weather Transit Technology Program. Volume 3. Development and Test of the Radio Frequency Third Rail Deicer System


    Contributors:
    R. L. Kleinman (author) / K. H. Kahle (author) / W. B. Berry (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    95 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English