POLAR CAMP IMPROVEMENTS - WATER SYSTEM USING A HOT-WATER SNOW MELTER.

Unsatisfactory operation of an electric snow melter in the Deep Freeze 64 NCEL camp led to the development of a hot-water snow-melting system using excess capacity in the camp water heater as the heat source. In tests of the semiautomatic hot-water melter, water was produced at a rate of 100 gph. Th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: HOFFMAN,C. R., Sherwood,G. E.
Other Authors: NAVAL CIVIL ENGINEERING LAB PORT HUENEME CALIF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Civil Engineering
*WATER SUPPLIES
*SNOW
MELTING
WATER
HEATERS
WATER FILTERS
WATER TANKS
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0631322
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0631322
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Summary:Unsatisfactory operation of an electric snow melter in the Deep Freeze 64 NCEL camp led to the development of a hot-water snow-melting system using excess capacity in the camp water heater as the heat source. In tests of the semiautomatic hot-water melter, water was produced at a rate of 100 gph. This compared to 60 gph with the electric immersion heater snow melter which had been designed to operate on excess generator capacity available during periods of nonpeak electrical load. The hot-water snow melter was used throughout the Deep Freeze 65 summer season to produce about 250 gpd. It was a fast and efficient melter, and had the advantage of employing standard parts whichwere easily assembled and operated. It was concluded that the hot-water melter should be considered for use in camps obtaining water by melting surface snow. (Author)

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