Numerical procedure for the simulation of an electro-thermal anti-icing system
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology
ISSN: 0002-2667
Article publication date: 29 April 2022
Issue publication date: 4 August 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to couple two codes, one able to perform icing simulations and another one capable to simulate the performance of an electrothermal anti-icing system in an integrated fashion.
Design/methodology/approach
The classical tool chain of icing simulation (aerodynamics, water catch and impact, mass and energy surface balance) is coupled to the thermal analysis through the surface substrate and the ice thickness. In the present approach, the ice protection simulation is not decoupled from the ice accretion simulation, but a single computational workflow is considered.
Findings
A fast approach to simulate advanced anti-icing systems is found in this study.
Originality/value
This study shows the validation of present procedure against literature data, both experimental and numerical.
Keywords
Citation
Carozza, A., Petrosino, F. and Mingione, G. (2022), "Numerical procedure for the simulation of an electro-thermal anti-icing system", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 94 No. 8, pp. 1433-1448. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEAT-07-2021-0222
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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