Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01685, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Sorelli, Luca (Université Laval), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : While snow removal in urban areas involves considerable costs, the transport efficiency of a city can be_x000D_
strongly delayed by accidents and repairs. The methods currently employed for assuring winter mobility in_x000D_
regions with severe climate conditions consist mainly in the application of de-icing salts to roadways and_x000D_
sidewalks, and the clearing by mechanical snowplow. While the use of road salts for de-icing is an effective_x000D_
method for ice removal, it causes damage to concrete and corrosion of reinforcing steel in strategic_x000D_
infrastructure systems, such as concrete bridge decks. Thus, snow removal is one of the major causes of the_x000D_
rapid deterioration of Canadian infrastructures. As alternative solution, Electrical Conductive Concrete has_x000D_
been recently optimized at Université Laval for rapid heating slabs, with low installation and repair cost._x000D_
This project focuses on the development of an efficient sensor-based control of an ECC pavement to clear_x000D_
snow and ice in the context of modern intelligent cities. By taking advantage of the recent ECC mix design_x000D_
developed at Université Laval (9), the objective of this project is twofold: (1) optimize the design of the ECC_x000D_
pavement with respect to the electrical system; (2) develop a sensor-control system for an efficient ECC_x000D_
pavement. The project is based on experimental campaign on small ECC slabs and large ECC slab in real_x000D_
environmental conditions for optimizing and verifying their energy efficiency as snow removal systems., program purpose french : While snow removal in urban areas involves considerable costs, the transport efficiency of a city can be_x000D_
strongly delayed by accidents and repairs. The methods currently employed for assuring winter mobility in_x000D_
regions with severe climate conditions consist mainly in the application of de-icing salts to roadways and_x000D_
sidewalks, and the clearing by mechanical snowplow. While the use of road salts for de-icing is an effective_x000D_
method for ice removal, it causes damage to concrete and corrosion of reinforcing steel in strategic_x000D_
infrastructure systems, such as concrete bridge decks. Thus, snow removal is one of the major causes of the_x000D_
rapid deterioration of Canadian infrastructures. As alternative solution, Electrical Conductive Concrete has_x000D_
been recently optimized at Université Laval for rapid heating slabs, with low installation and repair cost._x000D_
This project focuses on the development of an efficient sensor-based control of an ECC pavement to clear_x000D_
snow and ice in the context of modern intelligent cities. By taking advantage of the recent ECC mix design_x000D_
developed at Université Laval (9), the objective of this project is twofold: (1) optimize the design of the ECC_x000D_
pavement with respect to the electrical system; (2) develop a sensor-control system for an efficient ECC_x000D_
pavement. The project is based on experimental campaign on small ECC slabs and large ECC slab in real_x000D_
environmental conditions for optimizing and verifying their energy efficiency as snow removal systems., agreement title english : Development of an innovative sensor-controlled deicing system built with an optimized electrical cementitious composites ECC, agreement title french : Development of an innovative sensor-controlled deicing system built with an optimized electrical cementitious composites ECC, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada