Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Structural changes due to ice accretion are common causes for unmanned aerial vehicle incidents in Arctic regions. For fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) the leading edge of airfoil surfaces is one of the primary surfaces exposed to these changes, causing a significant reduction in aerodynam...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2388079 2023-05-15T15:12:21+02:00 Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Sørensen, Kim Lynge Strand Helland, Andreas Johansen, Tor Arne 2015-04-30T09:09:45Z http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2388079 https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2015.7119206 eng eng IEEE IEEE Aerospace Conference. Proceedings 2015 urn:issn:1095-323X http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2388079 https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2015.7119206 cristin:1239950 IEEE Aerospace Conference. Proceedings Conference object Journal article Peer reviewed 2015 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2015.7119206 2019-09-17T06:50:40Z Structural changes due to ice accretion are common causes for unmanned aerial vehicle incidents in Arctic regions. For fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) the leading edge of airfoil surfaces is one of the primary surfaces exposed to these changes, causing a significant reduction in aerodynamic ability, i.e. decreasing lift and manoeuvrability, and increasing drag, weight, and consequently power consumption. Managing or altogether preventing ice accretion could potentially prevent icing related UAV incidents and increase the operability of UAVs. This paper addresses the issue of structural change, caused by ice accretion, on small UAVs by integrating a power control system and an electrically conductive carbon nano material based coating for temperature control of UAV airfoil surfaces. Performance assessment is achieved through extensive laboratory experiments, where various coating layouts have been investigated in various conditions, with temperatures ranging from +25° to -25°. The experimental setup consists of an Arduino microcontroller capable of controlling power delivery to the coating through feedback from thermocouples and a humidity sensor, sensing the surface temperature of the leading edge of the UAV wing and ambient humidity, respectively. Experiments reveal that a layout, where the coating covers the entire length of an wing is preferable, with the solution being highly capable of rapidly increasing the airfoil surface temperature (de-icing) when needed, and of maintaining an approximately constant airfoil surface temperature (anti-icing) when needed, all the while keeping power and energy consumption within weight and cost constraints imposed by the small scale of the UAV. The results represents a proof of concept by using an electrically conductive coating for de-icing and anti-icing of leading edge UAV airfoils © IEEE. This is the authors pre-refereed manuscript to the article. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Arctic 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference 1 6 |
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Structural changes due to ice accretion are common causes for unmanned aerial vehicle incidents in Arctic regions. For fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) the leading edge of airfoil surfaces is one of the primary surfaces exposed to these changes, causing a significant reduction in aerodynamic ability, i.e. decreasing lift and manoeuvrability, and increasing drag, weight, and consequently power consumption. Managing or altogether preventing ice accretion could potentially prevent icing related UAV incidents and increase the operability of UAVs. This paper addresses the issue of structural change, caused by ice accretion, on small UAVs by integrating a power control system and an electrically conductive carbon nano material based coating for temperature control of UAV airfoil surfaces. Performance assessment is achieved through extensive laboratory experiments, where various coating layouts have been investigated in various conditions, with temperatures ranging from +25° to -25°. The experimental setup consists of an Arduino microcontroller capable of controlling power delivery to the coating through feedback from thermocouples and a humidity sensor, sensing the surface temperature of the leading edge of the UAV wing and ambient humidity, respectively. Experiments reveal that a layout, where the coating covers the entire length of an wing is preferable, with the solution being highly capable of rapidly increasing the airfoil surface temperature (de-icing) when needed, and of maintaining an approximately constant airfoil surface temperature (anti-icing) when needed, all the while keeping power and energy consumption within weight and cost constraints imposed by the small scale of the UAV. The results represents a proof of concept by using an electrically conductive coating for de-icing and anti-icing of leading edge UAV airfoils © IEEE. This is the authors pre-refereed manuscript to the article. |
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Sørensen, Kim Lynge Strand Helland, Andreas Johansen, Tor Arne Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Wing Temperature Control System for In-Flight Anti-Icing and De-Icing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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carbon nanomaterial-based wing temperature control system for in-flight anti-icing and de-icing of unmanned aerial vehicles |
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