Thermal characterization of polyurethane-cement composites

降雪和冰的积累可能对家庭居民造成身体和健康危害。铲雪也可能是危险的，甚至对成人和儿童都是致命的。加热车道系统，也称为融雪系统，是铲雪，盐渍和其他除雪方法的技术替代方案。目前的融雪系统存在材料和安装成本高以及效率低的问题。该工业合作伙伴目前正在开发一种基于导电聚丙烯-水泥复合材料的新型加热系统，作为融雪应用的改造。这样的系统将需要少得多的材料、更高的传热效率，并且具有消除需要安装在铺砌表面下方的嵌入式系统所需的昂贵的重建的优点。这反过来又会降低安装成本，

The accumulation of snowfall and ice can pose physical and health hazards to home residents. Shoveling snow can also be hazardous and even fatal among both adults and children. Heated driveway systems, also called snowmelt systems, are a technological alternative to shoveling, salting, and other snow removal methods. Current snowmelt systems suffer from high costs of materials and installation, and poor efficiency. The industrial partner is currently developing a novel heating system based on conductive polyurethane-cement composites as a retrofit for snowmelt applications. Such a system will require much less material, higher heat transfer efficiency and has the advantage of eliminating the expensive reconstruction required for embedded systems that need to be installed below the paved surface. This in turn will reduce the costs of installation and