Abstract
“MICHI-NO-EKI”, “HACHI-KITA” has been in operation on Route 9 in Hyogo Prefecture since March 1998. A Reservoir Heat Collection System (RHCS) that set two water tanks and a heat collector in underground and is used to control the pavement temperature of parking, which is needed to melt snow and to cool it in summer. Data collected continuously include flow rate of heat carrier fluid, pavement temperatures and temperatures of the fluid in the water tank and the surrounding ground temperatures.
This paper describes the effects of the control method for the pavement temperature on the operation time, the fluid temperature in the water tank and snow melting performance besides the thermal behaviors between the water tank and the surrounding ground.
