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Integrated surface thermal management system and aircraft incorporating same

A thermal management system, aircraft technology, applied in the field of aircraft structure construction, can solve the problems of expensive, time-consuming deicing technology, airport efficiency delay, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2017-02-08
THE BOEING CO
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This de-icing technique is expensive, time-consuming and delays airport efficiency

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[0014] Systems and methods related to thermal management on aircraft structures are described herein. described below and Figure 1-3 Specific details of certain implementations are set forth in to provide a thorough understanding of such implementations. Those skilled in the art will understand, however, that alternative embodiments may be practiced without several of the details set forth in the following description.

[0015] figure 1 is a partially schematic top view of an aircraft 100 having one or more control, lift and actuation surfaces 102 configured in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In one aspect of this embodiment, the aircraft 100 includes a fuselage 104, a forward wing 106 (shown as a first wing 106a and a second wing 106b), and a horizontal stabilizer 114 fixedly attached to the fuselage (shown as first wing 114a and second wing 114b). Each wing 106 may include a number of movable control surfaces to control the aircraft 100 during flight. T...

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Systems and methods for applying heat to aircraft surfaces are disclosed. A composite aircraft structure includes a matrix comprising a plurality of resin-impregnated sheets (212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222), a heating layer (230) adjacent to the matrix, wherein the heating layer includes at least one heater, The adhesive layer (240a, 240b), the lightning protection layer (250) adjacent to the heating layer, and the outer surface layer (260) adjacent to the lightning protection layer.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to integrated surface thermal management systems, and in particular, to the construction of aircraft structures that may incorporate integrated heating elements, and provides methods for applying heat to structures using heating elements. Background technique [0002] Aircraft include flight surfaces (eg, wings, stabilizers, and control surfaces) and movable control surfaces that control direction in flight. Such control surfaces may include roll controlled ailerons, pitch controlled elevators, and yaw controlled rudders. [0003] During winter conditions, especially during ground stays, flight and control surfaces may be covered with ice. Current aircraft deicing techniques include spraying heated glycol-based solutions on the aircraft to remove ice from flight and control surfaces, and / or exposing the aircraft to infrared (IR) radiant heaters. Such deicing techniques are expensive and time consuming, and cause delays...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): B64D15/12
CPCB64F5/20B64D15/14B64D15/12B64D15/00H05B2214/02
Inventor A·阿尔马塔里奥D·A·伯奇J·努雅达R·J·奥利维尔Y·舍娜蔻茹R·J·洛夫蒂斯
Owner THE BOEING CO