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Performance and durability tests of smart icephobic coatings to reduce ice adhesion

Janjua, Zaid A.; Turnbull, Barbara; Choy, Kwang-Leong; Pandis, Christos; Liu, Junpeng; Hou, Xianghui; Choi, Kwing-So

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Authors

Zaid A. Janjua

Kwang-Leong Choy

Christos Pandis

Junpeng Liu

Xianghui Hou

KWING-SO CHOI kwing-so.choi@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Fluid Mechanics



Abstract

The accretion of ice can damage applications ranging from power lines and shipping decks; to wind turbines and rail infrastructure. In particular on aircraft, it can change aerodynamic characteristics, greatly affecting the flight safety. Commercial aircraft are therefore required to be equipped with de-icing devices, such as heating mats over the wings. The application of icephobic coatings near the leading edge of a wing can in theory reduce the high power requirements of heating mats, which melt ice that forms there. Such coatings are effective in preventing the accretion of runback ice, formed from airborne supercooled droplets, or the water that the heating mats generate as it is sheared back over the wing’s upper surface. However, the durability and the practicality of applying them over a large wing surface have been prohibitive factors in deploying this technology so far.

Citation

Janjua, Z. A., Turnbull, B., Choy, K.-L., Pandis, C., Liu, J., Hou, X., & Choi, K.-S. (2017). Performance and durability tests of smart icephobic coatings to reduce ice adhesion. Applied Surface Science, 407, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.02.206

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 23, 2017
Online Publication Date Feb 27, 2017
Publication Date Jun 15, 2017
Deposit Date Feb 27, 2017
Publicly Available Date Feb 27, 2017
Journal Applied Surface Science
Print ISSN 0169-4332
Electronic ISSN 1873-5584
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 407
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.02.206
Keywords Icephobic coatings, Runback icing, Aerofoil icing, Centrifuge
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/865935
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169433217305792
Contract Date Feb 27, 2017

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