The increased use of electrothermal ice protection systems (ETIPSs) in various industries (manned and unmanned aviation, energy production) requires improvements to de-icing efficiency, ice shedding predictability, and energy consumption. To achieve these, a coupled numerical and experimental investigation of ETIPS’s ice removal (ice shedding) mechanism is presented in this paper. Idealized ETIPS de-icing experiments performed in the icing wind tunnel of the von Karman Institute show several ice shedding mechanisms. A one-dimensional phase change solver developed for ice melting simulations highlights the water layer thickness influence over the ice shedding process. Coupled numerical–experimental results are employed to develop an idealized ice shedding model. The model is validated in realistic de-icing experiments in a second experimental campaign in the icing wind tunnel of the LeClerc Icing Research Laboratory.


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    Title :

    Electrothermal Ice Protection Systems De-Icing: An Experimentally Validated Idealized Ice Shedding Model


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    Published in:

    AIAA Journal ; 61 , 6 ; 2526-2551


    Publication date :

    2023-04-25


    Size :

    26 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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