Smart Surface Design for Efficient Ice Protection and Control

Icing is a natural phenomenon affecting our daily lives and safe operations in diverse areas, such as aeronautics and ground transportation, operations in critical environment, power systems (such as power lines, wind turbines or solar panels), communication systems and infrastructures. Especially human activities at high latitudes or at high altitudes require energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable ice protection solutions. The aim of this book is to integrate information about the modelling, coating and material preparation, characterization, fabrication and applications of anti-icing surfaces in one volume. By combining the discussion of all aspects together, the reader will benefit from a single reference book to understand the fundamentals of anti-icing coating strategies based on icephobicity and the possible implementation into industrial systems.

Key Features:

• Brings together the state-of-the-art physics of icing and anti-icing/icephobic materials with cutting-edge advances in ice-related coating technologies
• Integrates information about the modelling, coating and material preparation, characterization and applications of anti-icing surfaces
• Covers the fundamentals of anti-icing coating strategies based on icephobicity and the possible implementation into industrial systems
• Presents both fundamental and applied research, including case-studies from industry in fields including aeronautics, energy systems and sensor technologies
• Based on the outcomes of the EU SURFICE project (www.surfice-itn.eu)