Durable ice-repellant coating process for aerospace and energy industries (ICEMART)

飞机、风力涡轮机和输电线上的结冰是工业的主要成本，也是致命空难和融冰事故的持续原因。目前的消冰技术依赖于机械破冰、电加热或应用除冰化学品。这些都是昂贵的、低效的、不可靠的、对环境有害的。ICEMART项目的目的是开发一种新型的被动拒冰涂层，该涂层将防止冰的形成和粘连，而不需要主动的冰管理。这一发展将对包括航空和能源在内的多个行业产生深远影响，它可以拯救数百人的生命，消除超过1亿升飞机除冰液的排放，有助于每年从航空节省70亿GB的燃料和8000万吨二氧化碳，并将风力发电效率提高17%。ICEMART技术基于一项新的专利技术，可获得多功能添加剂，这些添加剂可加入涂料树脂中，使其高度拒水和抗冰，同时提供坚韧和耐用的涂料。

Ice formation on aircraft, wind turbines and power lines is a major cost to industry and an ongoing cause of fatal air crashes and accidents from ice-shedding. Current ice-mitigation technologies rely on mechanical breaking of the ice, electrical heating or application of de-icing chemicals. These are expensive, inefficient, unreliable, and damaging to the environment. The aim of the ICEMART project is to develop a novel passive ice-repellent coating that will prevent ice formation and adhesion without the need for active ice-management. This development will have far-reaching impact across a wide range of sectors, including aviation and energy where it could save hundreds of lives, eliminate the discharge of over 100 million litres of aircraft de-icing fluid, contribute to annual savings of £7bn in fuel and 80Mtonnes of CO2 from aviation and improve wind generation efficiency by 17%. ICEMART technology is based on a novel patented technique for obtaining multi-functional additives that can be incorporated into coating resins making them highly repellent to water and ice, whilst providing a tough and durable coating.