For modern large civil aircraft, the harm of ice accumulation to flight activities has tended to be reduced, but for general aviation, the harm of aircraft ice accumulation to flight activities cannot be ignored.
Ice accumulation strength usually refers to the thickness of the ice sheet formed on the surface of the body within a unit time. The unit is mm/min, which is divided into four levels: weak, medium, strong and extremely strong. This method of dividing the strength of ice accumulation can only be accurately determined with specialized detection devices. Actual flight is often measured in centimetres by the thickness of the ice that accumulates over the course of the flight. The intensity division of these two methods is shown in the table below. Generally, there are only three levels in the forecasting work.
The caveat to these classifications, however, is that in some cases, what one pilot considers being “mild ice accumulation” may be considered “moderate ice accumulation” by another pilot. Different aircraft react differently under the same ice accumulation conditions.
Aircraft ice accumulation often occurs in positions with small curvature radius of the fuselage, such as pitot tubes, engine air intakes, leading edge of wings and other fuselage parts, resulting in functional failure of corresponding aircraft components at these parts, thus affecting flight safety.
二、除防冰
Deicing
对于飞机积冰的应对措施主要包括:
Countermeasures to aircraft ice accumulation mainly include:
-飞机在地面停靠时,对飞机进行防除冰作业,使用除冰车对飞机喷洒防冰液(以 II 型除冰液为主),喷洒防冰液时要关闭飞机座舱空调系统,以避免污染座舱空气。
-When the aircraft is parked on the ground, deicing operations should be carried out on the aircraft. The deicing truck should be used to spray anti-icing liquid (mainly Type II deicing liquid) on the aircraft. The aircraft cabin air conditioning system should be turned off when spraying deicing liquid, so as to avoid polluting the cabin air.
-When flying in the air, it is possible to get out of the ice accumulation area by changing altitude and changing the direction of the aircraft. You can also turn on the onboard deicing device. Modern aircraft have perfect deicing devices, which have a good effect in preventing ice accumulation. At present, deicing devices can be divided into heating deicing, chemical deicing and mechanical deicing three kinds.
(一)加热防冰装置
Heating deicing device
这种装置主要是使机体、积冰部位表面温度升高到 0℃以上,达到防止积冰的目的,有气热和电热两种。
This device is mainly used to raise the surface temperature of the body and ice accumulation part to above 0℃, so as to prevent ice accumulation. There are two kinds of air heat and electric heat.
Aero-thermal deicing devices are commonly used to prevent ice accumulation on wings, tail fins, and vertical stabilizer. It uses the waste heat of the engine or the gasoline heater to inject heated air (or liquid) into the wings and the inside of the leading edge of the tail through pipes to raise the temperature to prevent ice accumulation. Electric deicing devices are commonly used to prevent ice accumulation at windshields, pitot tubes, etc. The conductive layer is sandwiched between two insulating layers and placed on the part that is easy to accumulate ice. After connecting the current, the temperature is raised to prevent the accumulation of ice.
The device is used to prevent ice buildup on propellers and windshields, but also on wings and tails. It is the antifreeze that can reduce the freezing temperature of water, spray to the blade or wind gear and other parts; Keep the supercooled water drops from freezing to prevent ice accumulation. But the disadvantage of this device is that the structure is complex, the antifreeze consumption is large, and the machine should reserve a lot of antifreeze.
The devices are commonly used to remove ice buildup from the leading edges of wings and tailfins on low-speed aircraft. Generally, a rubber anti-icing belt with a number of empty bags is installed on the leading edge of the wing, which is made to expand and contract with compressed air intermittently.