Wind blade de-icing

Technology for the de-icing of wind blades With a declared purpose of “unleashing the power of ice to benefit all people,” IceCode, LLC has introduced advanced technology invented in the laboratories of ice physicists to instantly de-ice wind blades and, as an added benefit, also provide lightning protection. IceCode has a simple, effective, and inexpensive means of instantly eliminating and preventing ice build-up on blades, thereby eliminating downtime from icing while maximizing energy generation and wind farm profit. IceCode has partnered with Energy Composites Corporation to bring de-icing for wind blades to market. The IceCode technology is based on a highly disruptive, but elegantly simple discovery called pulse electro-thermal de-icing. Through its implementation on wind blades, wind energy systems, which now lose significant amounts of energy production and revenue to icing, will be able to recapture both.

IceCode, LLC
www.icecode.com


Volume: July/August 2010