Ice-phobic and durable coatings for the aerospace and energy sectors (ICELIP)

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Title
Ice-phobic and durable coatings for the aerospace and energy sectors (ICELIP)

CoPED ID
35924734-6918-4daa-9863-728cc294763a

Status
Active


Value
£2,096,140

Start Date
Jan. 1, 2020

End Date
March 30, 2022

Description

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Icing represents a complex and expensive problem in different industrial and energy applications -- aircraft, wind turbines, power lines -- causing incidents and severe accidents. The main mitigation methods rely on mechanical breaking of the ice, electrical heating, and de-icing chemicals. These are expensive, inefficient, unreliable, and environmentally harmful.

The aim of the ICELIP project is to develop a passive ice-repellent coating which also provides adequate durability for aircraft applications. This will have impacts not only in aviation, but also in other sectors (other transport: rail, maritime, automotive, and energy: wind turbines, power lines). The main benefits include: increased safety by 4%, more environmentally friendly products (avoiding discharge of 100 million litres of de-icing fluids and cutting emissions of 80million tonnes of CO2 by reducing aircraft weight and, thus, fuel consumption), more cost-efficient products (saving £7bn/year in fuel), and improved energy efficiency (e.g. increasing wind energy production by 20%).

The ICELIP project is based on previous R&D work of part of the consortium, focused on the development of an ice-repellent coating comprising nano-additives incorporated in a standard aerospace clear coat. The coating system showed an outstanding combination of ice-repellency and durability (TRL 3-4) which will need further development and testing in order to be suitable for the aerospace market.

Martin Wood PM_PER
Martin Wood PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Wind energy
  2. Energy efficiency
  3. Power lines
  4. Safety and security
  5. Aviation accidents
  6. Turbines

Extracted key phrases
  1. Passive ice
  2. Wind energy production
  3. Energy sector
  4. Energy application
  5. Repellent coating
  6. Durable coating
  7. Energy efficiency
  8. Standard aerospace clear coat
  9. Coating system
  10. ICELIP project
  11. Aircraft application
  12. Wind turbine
  13. Main mitigation method
  14. Power line
  15. Expensive problem

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