Abstract
Assessed herein are the feasibilities of using several unconventional power sources for ice control in navigation locks and dams. Included in this assessment are sensible heat from groundwater, solar power, wind power and portable hydroelectric‐power sources. Operation of lock and dam installations is made troublesome and risky by ice growth along lock walls and by freezing of gates to ice covers. Considerable amounts of power are required for force ice control, and, therefore, lock operators are interested in utilizing economical alternative power sources other than that generated by commercial power utilities. However, the present study concludes that of all unconventional power sources, portable hydroelectric‐power is the most viable. Groundwater is at best of marginal viability, and solar and wind power sources are unreliable.
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