Author(s): Philip R. Johnson
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Abstract: The heat transfer characteristics of three types of thermal piles, the Long Pile, the Balch Pile and thermal convection loops, have been investigated. Empirical performance relationships have been developed for several piles and the effect of a change in size has also been investigated. The results suggest that thermal piles could be used to build large steel-reinforced ice structures for use in the Arctic Ocean. The thermal piles would build the ice in place during the winter and would also act as the tensile reinforcement.
Year: 1970