Project description
A hot idea could protect aircraft from a very cold threat
Supercooled large droplets (SLD) are a particularly insidious form of water when it comes to air travel. They remain liquid at temperatures below 0 °C but in an unstable state. They are also less likely to be deflected by airflow around the aircraft. When an SLD encounters an aerofoil surface, the portion touching the aerofoil freezes, but the rest remains liquid. It is blown back over the surface, freezing as the first contact point did until the whole drop has frozen, creating a smooth layer of ice over the surface that is very difficult to remove. The EU-funded SENS4ICE project is developing a novel sensor system to detect ice formation before it becomes dangerous to flight. It leverages a combination of direct and indirect techniques including monitoring both ice accretion on the airframe and atmospheric conditions.
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51147 Koln
Germany
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31712 Blagnac
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GU14 7LP Farnborough Hants
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141700 Dolgoprudny
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81043 Capua
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75794 Paris
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94165 Saint Mande Cedex
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12227 901 Sao Jose Dos Campos
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125319 Moscow
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148 00 Praha
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Legal entity established in a non-associated third country that is not eligible for funding under Article 10 of the Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 laying down the rules for participation and dissemination in Horizon 2020.
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28202 Charlotte
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28850 Torrejon De Ardoz Madrid
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00195 Roma
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75008 Paris
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
91120 Palaiseau
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140180 Zhukovsky
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38106 Braunschweig
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T23 Cork
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44685 Uniontown
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78370 Plaisir
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K1A 0R6 Ottawa, On
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