The electromechanical de-icing concept stands out with low energy consumption compared to conventional de-icing systems and its applicability to leading edge structures made of aluminium as well as carbon fiber reinforced plastics. This paper presents an experimental setup to investigate the Electro Impulse De-icing of a leading edge in an icing wind tunnel. Two coils fed by an impulse generator are placed inside an aluminium skin leading edge de-icing demonstrator in order to induce magnetic forces causing the skin to deform and shed off the ice. The de-icing demonstrator is tested in the Braunschweig Icing Wind Tunnel with a realistic ice accretion and the de-icing process is analyzed in detail for different icing scenarios. The results show that the de-icing performance strongly depends on parameters like ice layer thickness, temperature, angle of attack, and liquid water content.
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