A turbofan engine has a fan drivingly engaged by a shaft for rotation about a rotation axis and having: fan blades circumferentially distributed about the rotation axis and drivingly engaged by the shaft; an ice-accruing feature located on a surface of the fan exposed to an air flow flowing between the fan blades, the ice-accruing feature having a shape providing a non-axisymmetric ice accumulation on the fan to create a rotational imbalance; a balancing feature secured to the fan or to the shaft to counteract the ice-accruing feature such that the fan is rotationally balanced when the fan is free of ice, the balancing feature being located such as to be outside the air flow; an aircraft controller; and a sensor operatively connected to the fan and operable to send a signal to the aircraft controller, the signal indicative of the rotational imbalance caused by the ice-accruing feature.


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    Title :

    FAN ICING DETECTION SYSTEM


    Additional title:

    SYSTEME DE DETECTION DE GIVRAGE DE SOUFFLANTE


    Contributors:
    RIVERIN GUY (author)

    Publication date :

    2023-01-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F01D Strömungsmaschinen [Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen], z.B. Dampfturbinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F03D Windkraftmaschinen , WIND MOTORS



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