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Ice Prevention Systems (IPS)

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Wind Turbines in Cold Climates

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The chapter after proposing a procedure of ice prevention system assessments, compares the different IPS concepts that are presented and systematically compared. The advantages and disadvantages of current wind turbine IPS are then discussed. Emerging technologies are reviewed. They are the pneumatic de-icing system (already in use in aerodynamic field), microwave, low adhesion coating materials, the intermittent (cyclic) hot gas heating, the regenerative ice prevention system and finally the regenerative heating. Some simple calculations have been made to set up a comparison of the capabilities of such systems. From this discussion, a proposal of the energetic efficiency of an IPS is presented together with a synthetic model for estimating the anti-icing power and energy requirement. A worked example explains practically the theory. The chapters include the detailed calculation of the design of a hot air thermal anti-icing ice prevention system, developed on the basis of the knowledge developed from the previous chapters. It describes how the blade can be geometrically discretised, the thermo-aerodynamic model and the conjugate heat transfer model. Results are given and the simplification discussed.

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Battisti, L. (2015). Ice Prevention Systems (IPS). In: Wind Turbines in Cold Climates. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05191-8_5

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