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Tuesday, May 10, 2016, Yellow River Hall 10:50 AM
Novel Industrial Application
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Anti-icing behavior of thermally sprayed polymer coatings
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Heli Koivuluoto* / Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Christian Stenroos / Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Finland
Mikko Kylmälahti/ Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Finland
Petri Vuoristo/ Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, Finland
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Surface engineering shows increasing potential to provide a sustainable approach to icing problems. Currently, several passive anti-ice properties adoptable to coatings are known, but further research is required to proceed for practical applications. This is due to the fact that icing reduces safety, operational tempo, productivity and reliability of logistics, industry and infrastructure. An icing wind tunnel and a centrifugal ice adhesion test equipment can be used to evaluate and develop anti-icing and icephobic coatings for a potential use in various arctic environments, e.g. in oil, extractive and in logistic industries. This research deals with an evaluation of the icing properties of flame-sprayed polyethylene (PE) -based polymer coatings. In laboratory-scale icing tests, thermally sprayed polymer coatings have shown low ice adhesion compared with metals such as aluminium and stainless steel. The ice adhesion of the studied flame sprayed PE coating was found to have approximately seven times lower ice adhesion values compared with Al, indicating a good anti-icing behaviour.
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