Aircraft Ice and Rain

Control System
Assignment number 2
What is the anti-icing
system and de-icing
system ?
● ANTI-ICING SYSTEMS - Onboard anti-icing systems are designed to prevent ice formation on certain portions
of the aircraft. These are areas most affected by ice build-up, or where damage would occur if accumulated ice
were to break free. Typically, anti-ice systems serve the components are around the engine intakes, on locations
upstream from the engines, or on components that would not operate properly if allowed to ice over.

● THERMAL ANTI-ICING - Heated air can be directed through specially designed heater ducts in the leading
edges of the wings and tail surfaces to prevent ice formation. Combustion heaters or heater shrouds around the
engine exhaust system heat the air in reciprocating engine aircraft. Hot air is also routed to the carburetor when
conditions are conducive to carburetor icing. Combustion heaters are controlled by thermo-cycling switches that
turn off the flow of fuel when a certain temperature is reached and turn it back on when the heater has cooled.

● ELECTRIC ANTI-ICING - it possibly encounter icing usually have electrically heated pitot tubes. Pitot heaters
are so powerful that they should not be operated on the ground because they may burn out without an adequate
flow of air over them. Their in-flight operation is monitored by indicator lights or through the ammeter. Current
flow is high enough that the ammeter will deflect noticeably when the heater is on. A heated pitot tube prevents
ice from plugging the entry portal.
● WEEPING WING a weeping wing is an anti-icing system that pumps fluid from a reservoir
through a mesh screen embedded in the leading edges of the wings and tail. In this system, fluid
coats the wing to prevent ice from accumulating. A switch in the cockpit activates the system and
liquid flows all over the wing and tail surfaces, de-icing as it flows. This type of system is also
used on propellers and windscreens.

● CHEMICAL ANTI-ICING - Some aircraft surfaces and components may be coated with either
isopropyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, or a mixture of ethylene glycol and alcohol. Chemicals lower
the freezing point of water on the surface of the aircraft, and at the same time make the surface
too slick for ice to collect upon it. Chemical anti-icing is normally used on carburetors,
propellers, and windshields and is stored in a tank on the aircraft.
● DE-ICING SYSTEMS - it remove the ice after it has formed, typically by using pneumatic
de-icer boots on the leading edges of the wings and tail. Propeller de-icing normally
uses heating elements to melt the accumulated ice and the propeller's centrifugal
force to remove it.

● RUBBER DE-ICER BOOT SYSTEM - because of aircraft ice accumulation. With improved
instruments and radios, and the introduction of higher performance aircraft, flight into
icing conditions could no longer be avoided. To remove the ice, B.F. Goodrich
developed a rubber de-icer boot that was installed on the leading edges of the
wings and empennage.