Browsing by Subject "road salt"

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Accuracy of determining the volume of road salt storage based on surveying with reflectorless total stations
(2010) Kocierz, Rafał; Ortyl, Łukasz; Mołoń, Robert
This article presents the possibility of using reflectorless total station in the process of determining the volume of road salt. Salt of this type is stored in warehouses intended for storage of loose materials that are a part of the road infrastructure of the country. In order to perform this task, the test of three different Leica reflectorless distancemeters was conducted by carrying out surveys for a specially prepared sample of salt. The possibilities of surveying the distance for various sight line lengths and different angles of incidence of the beam on the surveyed object were examined. After the conducted test, one of the reflectorless total stations was used as an alternative tool for the hitherto surveying the inventory of road salt volume carried out using the measure to prism method. The comparative works were carried out in a warehouse located at the town of Rudno near the A-4 motorway, which was owned by the company STALEXPORT Transroute Autostrada S.A. The surveys of station poles at the salt dump were conducted on the same day, for the two instruments independently, using the polar method. The first survey was performed with the use of the ELTA R55 instrument, with the measure to prism method, and the second one with TCR407Power total station in a reflectorless mode. As a result of this test, data were obtained, which became grounds for determining the volume of the salt mass using two models reflecting the measured surface in three different computational programs. The values of the volume determined from both surveys for different models and programs were compared in order to verify the compatibility of the results with a criterion provided in the form of the values of the relative error of determining the volume, which were specified in the Survey Manual of Ministry of Heavy Industry. Additionally, a survey of the volumetric weight of road salt was carried out, which allowed the calculation of the total mass of road salt stored in the warehouse. The obtained result was compared with the inventory present in the records.
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The effect of de-icing roads with salt on the environment in Krakow (Poland)
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2019) Kostka, Anna; Strzebońska, Magdalena; Sobczyk, Maciej; Zakrzewska, Marta; Bochenek, Anna
The de-icing of roads and streets in the winter season is a necessity in many European countries, where the mean day temperature drops below 0°C for long periods. Among the many chemicals used for winter road maintenance, the most popular in Poland is sodium chloride in various forms and mixtures, due to its relatively low price and availability. This agent, however, contributes to the increase of salinity in the soil environment and may lead to disturbances in soil properties and premature plant necrosis. The impact of the usage of chloride salts on the soil environment was researched in Krakow’s city centre by means of the examination of soil samples collected prior to the de-icing season (November) and afterwards (February) as well as snow samples taken in February. A general deterioration of the examined parameters (pH, conductivity, chloride concentrations, carbonate concentrations) was observed after the winter season, but still the results for most samples did not pose a serious threat to the soil environment or plants. This was mainly the result of the fact that the winter seasons in European countries have become increasingly mild and warm, which contributes to decreased usage of chloride salts. However, the state of soils in the Main Square was disturbing, as demonstrated by the clearly elevated chemical parameters of samples, despite a ban on the use of salt in this area. These results indicate the most probable reason for the withering of trees growing there, leading to them being frequently replaced.