An Investigation of Anti-Icing Endurance Times of Aircraft Ground De/Anti-Icing Fluids: Snow Pellets, Thermodynamic and Aerodynamic Fluid Failure and Non-Glycol Fluids

The purpose of this research is to (1) develop, validate, and document experimental methods for the determination of holdover times for snow pellets using the cold room generated snow pellets, (2) understand, develop, and validate a thermodynamic model to predict the failure of a fluid by snow and identify the sensitive parameters, (3) compare holdover times for snow pellets for de-icing fluids, (4) run wind tunnel tests on contaminated fluids, (5) correlate the thermodynamic failure to the aerodynamic failure, and; (6) develop a more representative series of tests with non-glycol fluids to evaluate the potential problems before their use on aircraft.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Aviation Grants Program

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $247186.00
• Contract Numbers:

  2009-G-021

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport
  Atlantic City, NJ  United States  08405
• Project Managers:

  Underwood, Warren

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Quebec at Chicoutimi

  555 University Boulevard
  Chicoutimi, QC    G7H 2B1
• Start Date: 20090903
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20120922
• Source Data: RiP Project 30133

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Anti-icing; Temperature endurance tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Anti-icing fluids; Holdover time
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01477990
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 2009-G-021
• Files: RiP
• Created Date: Apr 13 2013 1:00AM