Icy Situation

The Best Parking Spot for Mr. Z, at Winter Park, is D.

Reasons why its the best spot!

• The ice in parking spot D has a temperature of 9 degrees C making the ice easy to heat up so it can melt faster.
• This Parking Spot is also big enough for Mr. Z's crisler 300 to fit in and the parking spot is also not to big to where the heat from any heating source isn't all lost in the air.
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Reasons D is the best spot

• The ice is also only 8cm thick so while the ice is taking in the heat it will not take a long time or a lot more energy to melt.

Problems 1 With Spot D

• The Parking spot is far from the Ski lift and this is a very big problem because the other parking spaces have ice in them as well and so as he walks that long distance his chance of falling on the ice grows.
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Problem 2 with D

• The elevation is a problem because when you travel farther up a mountain the air gets colder so the ice could be harder to melt and because the air is cold so is the ground which makes melting the ice even harder.
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Problem 3 with D

• With the high elevation this causes an additional problem the higher the elevation gets the less oxygen is in the air. This combined with the distance from the lift causes a problem because Mr. Z could get tired and with the lack of air he could pass out causing him to fall down and possibly hurt himself.
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Whole H/J=141,454,800 -9 to 0 H=126,372,400

H(6,512,400)=360000x2.01x(0-(-9)) + H(119,860,000)=360000x333 + H(15,062,400)=360000x4.184x(10-0)

Our solution to melt ice

• We will have two parts to the solve the ice layers problem.

Solution pt.1

• To melt the ice from the top we will use an electric Infrared patio heater. This will heat up the top layer of the ice and slowly melts down the ice from above.
• Cost: $274.99 per heater

Solution pt. 2

• Place a snow melting cable under the road/ parking spot so the cable can heat up the bottom layer of the ice.
• Cost: $679.25 per 377' 270v cord

Because the two heating systems are electric, we need a system of wire running through the ground, the heater will be connected to the wires.

To solve the over all problem of making sure Mr. Z doesn't slip on ice we will also have to solve another problem that comes from the ice, crossing the parking lot.

To ensure that Mr, Z doesn't slip on the ice we will set up a bus system that goes around the parking lot and makes stops at specific stops so the people don't have to walk so far and it reduces the chance of slipping and getting hurt before hitting the slopes. This also solves the problem of Mr. Z getting winded walking to the lift. There should be a few buses on routes so they go around the resort and make a stop at every station. There would be a bus at each station every 5-10 min.

These solutions would work very well as long as we could get everything working right and set up correctly.

Heat Transferring

• The heat that comes from each heating source has a different energy flow and different heat transfermations

Infrared Heater

• Heat comes out of the heater. Exothermic
• The heat then travels through the air where some of the heat is lost. Endothermic
• The heat then reaches the ice making it Endothermic, but it is exothermic also because the ice is taking in the heat and is giving off heat the the other colder ice and the ground

Heating Cord

• The heat is given off by the Heating cord. Exothermic
• Then it goes to the ground around the cord. Endothermic
• The heat from the ground is then transferred to the cold ice. Ground is now Exothermic ice is endothermic
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Heating Cord (continued)

• The ice then gives the heat off to the other ice layers and the air making the heated ice/water exothermic and endothermic as the heat exchanges occur.

Particles of ice

• As these heat transformations in the ice occur the particles on the top layer of ice and the bottom heat up and the energy in each layer start to grow and the particles are separated. this effect slowly makes it's way to the center of the ice making the whole ice block melted to water.

Sources“Snow Melting Cable.” Houzz, http://www.houzz.com/photos/57016497/snow-melt-cable-377-240v-contemporary-...


Material, By. “Home.” Infrared Patio Heaters, http://www.ultimatepatio.com/category_path_16176.htmlsorting=pricelow&keywo....
” Presentation Software, https://www.haikudeck.com/app/edit/300258e27a.

Sources Pt.2
“Moodle.” Moodle, Mr. Z, https://lms.dcsdk12.org/calendar/view.phpview=day&time=1475733600#event_26870.


“The Home Depot.” The Home Depot, http://www.homedepot.com/?cm_mmc=sem%7cg%7cbt1&gclid=clu3qnmqx88cfqeaaqodqi....


“Types of Heating Systems.” Smarter House, http://smarterhouse.org/heating-systems/types-heating-systems


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