FICHE PROJET / PROJECT SHEET   ENV-1
CRIAQ
Projet/ Project
Revêtement de surface super-hydrophobe pour empêcher la formation de glace sur les ailes d’avions
Super-hydrophobic surface coating for aircraft icing protection
Valeur totale/ Total value
$181,000
Années/ Years
1
Statut/ Status
Closed
Début du projet/ Start
FEB-01-2008
Mise à jour/ Update
JAN-04-2010
No.
ENV-1_Plan C
Chercheur principal et leader industriel/ Principal Investigator and Industrial Leader
Participant Organisation/Organization
Dolatabadi, Ali Concordia University
Germain, Patrick Pratt & Whitney Canada
Partenaires/ Partners
Organisation/Organization
Université Concordia
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
University of Alberta
Bombardier Aéronautique
Pratt & Whitney Canada
 
Nombre d'étudiants impliqués sur ce projet : / Number of students
Bac/ Undergraduate
2
Maîtrise/ Master
0
Doctorat/ Doctorate
1
Post-Doc
0
Description du projet/ Project Description
Development of fundamental and practical information regarding the application of super-hydrophobic surface coatings for aircraft wing leading edges on the protected and unprotected areas to mitigate icing. This will be primarily an experimental study, but numerical models will also be developed to better understand dynamic liquid shedding for heated and unheated surfaces. 

Note: This project is followed by the 3-year project ENV-420.
 
Objectifs/ Objectives
The objectives of this project are: 
(a) to develop a fundamental understanding of liquid shedding of superhydrophobic surfaces as a way of mitigating icing for unprotected area aft of the leading edge.
(b) to use the fundamental understating generated to provide practical information and tools to allow screening of various types of superhydrophobic surfaces for icing mitigation at the leading edge or the area aft of it.