Wind turbine blade Anti / De-icing, combined Ultrasonic guided wave and vibration system
Acronym: DeICE-UT
Funding body: European Commission
Status: Completed
"The DeICE-UT project will overcome the current limitations of existing wind turbine blade de-icing systems by developing an innovative dual de-icing system. It combines both high power ultrasonic guided waves and low frequency vibrations. Previous work on helicopter blades has shown that low frequency vibrations are highly effective at de-icing across the blades except at the leading edges, whilst the application of ultrasound shows very good de-icing where the US power is high.