Electron-conductive concrete as a self-deicing system

• Autorzy: Stefaniuk Damian , Krakowiak Konrad J. , Świtała Marcin , Bebłacz Danuta , Przybylski Piotr

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.15199/33.2025.10.01

Warianty tytułu

PL

Beton przewodzący prąd jako system samoodladzający

• Języki publikacji: EN PL

Abstrakty

EN

Electrically conductive concrete (ECC) is an innovative cementitious composite. The principle of operation, conduction mechanisms, and the influence of conductive additives on mechanical and electrical parameters are discussed. Literature results indicate that the use of suitable conductive admixtures reduces the resistivity of such a concrete from 102–106 Ω·m to even below 10⁻¹ Ω·m (ECC), enabling effective heat generation. Examples of laboratory studies, pilot projects, and real-world implementations are presented, taking into account performance efficiency, durability, and practical applicability under winter conditions. Special attention is given to the implementation potential of ECC in Poland. Key technological, organizational, and economic barriers to ECC deployment are also identified, along with suggested directions for future research. ECC is considered to have strong potential to enhance infrastructure resilience to extreme weather events and to reduce winter maintenance costs.

PL

Beton przewodzący prąd (ECC) to innowacyjny kompozyt cementowy. W artykule omówiono zasadę działania materiału, mechanizmy przewodnictwa oraz wpływ rodzaju domieszek przewodzących na parametry mechaniczne i elektryczne. Wyniki badań dostępnych w literaturze wskazują, że zastosowanie odpowiednich dodatków pozwala zmniejszyć rezystywność tradycyjnego betonu z 102-106 Ω·m do nawet 10⁻¹ Ω·m (ECC), co umożliwia efektywne wydzielanie ciepła. Przedstawiono również przykłady badań, wdrożeń pilotażowych i rzeczywistych, uwzględniając efektywność działania, trwałość oraz potencjał praktycznego zastosowania w warunkach zimowych. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono potencjałowi wdrożeniowemu ECC w Polsce. Zidentyfikowano najważniejsze bariery technologiczne, organizacyjne i ekonomiczne wdrażania ECC oraz wskazano potencjalne kierunki dalszych badań. Ocenia się, że ECC umożliwia zwiększanie odporności infrastruktury na zjawiska ekstremalne oraz ograniczanie kosztów jej utrzymania w warunkach zimowych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

current conducting concrete; ECC; multi-functional concrete; deicing; transport infrastructure; conductive admixture; self-deicing concrete; self-deicing system; application barrier

PL

beton przewodzący prąd; ECC; beton wielofunkcyjny; odladzanie; infrastruktura transportowa; dodatek przewodzący; beton samoodladzający; system samoodladzający; bariera wdrożenia

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT
• Czasopismo: Materiały Budowlane
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: nr 10
• Strony: 1--10
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 36 poz., il., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Stefaniuk Damian

• Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0078-192X

autor

Krakowiak Konrad J.

• Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0374-9554

autor

Świtała Marcin

• Instytut Badawczy Dróg i Mostów

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4001-8948

autor

Bebłacz Danuta

• Instytut Badawczy Dróg i Mostów

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1895-7970

autor

Przybylski Piotr

• Instytut Badawczy Dróg i Mostów

• https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7227-8711

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