Numerical Simulation and Experiment of the Piezoelectric De-Icing System

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10.2991/icmmita-15.2015.224How to use a DOI?

Keywords

piezoelectric de-icing system; finite elements analysis; de-icing experiment; energy saving

Abstract

An energy-saving de-icing technology of aircrafts with high efficiency and energy saving is discussed, which is based on the inverse piezoelectric effect. The finite elements analysis model of a testing skin is developed to analyze the natural modes and harmonic response by the software ANSYS, which proves the feasibility to remove ice by piezoelectric ceramic actuators in theory. Furthermore, the piezoelectric de-icing experiments are performed, in which the ice can be removed successfully in the voltage 650V and frequency 1530Hz. The technology has notable energy saving effect since the power consumption is no more than 32.5W, which is much less than other electrical de-icing systems. The results show that it is worth doing the research into the piezoelectric de-icing technology for its promising future in the application.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yongjiu Zhu
AU  - Qingying Li
PY  - 2015/11
DA  - 2015/11
TI  - Numerical Simulation and Experiment of the Piezoelectric De-Icing System
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 3rd International Conference on Machinery, Materials and Information Technology Applications
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1220
EP  - 1223
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmmita-15.2015.224
DO  - 10.2991/icmmita-15.2015.224
ID  - Zhu2015/11
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