Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites ›› 2016, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (8): 68-72.

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HYBRID DE-ICING SYSTEMS COMBINING THERMOELECTRIC AND HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS

WANG Yan-ming, NI Ai-qing*, WANG Ji-hui, HU Hai-xiao   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Received:2016-01-19 Online:2016-08-28 Published:2016-08-28

Abstract: In this paper, a new compound de-icing system combining thermoelectric advantage with hydrophobic superiority is presented, aiming at solving the problem in the wind turbine blade that the energy consumption of thermoelectric is too huge and the effect of the hydrophobic coatings is not satisfied. In order to verify the feasibility and reliability of the compound de-icing system, the specific experiments using GFRP plates containing thermoelectric and hydrophobic coatings were carried out. The compound de-icing system not only meets the de-icing requirement of the wind turbine blade, but also reduces the energy consumption. Furthermore, the compound de-icing system is expected to reduce the damage caused by ice ridge.

Key words: compound de-icing system, wind turbine blade, energy consumption, ice ridge

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