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HVOF-Sprayed AlSi50 Alloy Coatings as a Novel Electrothermal Anti-icing/De-icing System for Polymer-based Composite Structures

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To develop an anti-icing/de-icing system which can be practically used for aircraft wings made of fiber-reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) is an ongoing challenge. In this study, we have developed an AlSi50 alloy coating as electrothermal de-icing elements for FRPC structures by using high-velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) spray. During the spraying process, no burning and degradation of the polymer-based substrate induced by the melted particles occur and the average bond strength of the AlSi50 coating on FRPC substrate is as high as 10.0 MPa. The electrical resistivity of the AlSi50 coating at 26 ºC is about 41.30 × 10−8 Ω.m, which can be compared with that of the standard heating element made of constantan. The thermal infrared image of AlSi50 coating shows the fine uniformity of temperature distribution when electrical current was supplied. It is possible to achieve 60 ºC within 15 min when the applied electrical power is less than 8.5 W. The FRPC structure coated with AlSi50 coatings also shows efficient anti-icing/de-icing performance in icing condition at −30 ºC. The preliminary results suggest that AlSi50 coating has the potential to be applied in fiber-reinforced plastic anti-icing/de-icing systems.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51702244 and 51875424), National Science and Technology Major Project (2017-VI-0010-0081) and Yantai high-end talent introduction “Double Hundred Plan” (2021).

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  2. Institute for Advanced Studies in Precision Materials, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, Shandong, China

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Xin Zhou contributed to the conceptualization and writing–reviewing and editing; Shouliang Yan was involved in the investigation and data curation; Hua Zhang, Shujuan Dong and Xia Li analyzed and interpreted the data. Jianing Jiang contributed to the thermal spray technology. Xueqiang Cao contributed to the resources.

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Yan, S., Zhou, X., Zhang, H. et al. HVOF-Sprayed AlSi50 Alloy Coatings as a Novel Electrothermal Anti-icing/De-icing System for Polymer-based Composite Structures. J Therm Spray Tech 30, 2161–2173 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-021-01243-6

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