Abstract:
A device for deicing the surface of a wire, mainly the contact wire of electric transport facilities, comprising an appliance for generating electromagnetic field pulses acting on said wire; said appliance is installed in close proximity to the wire and secured relative to it on a support installed on a movable transport vehicle. The appliance for generating electromagnetic field pulses is constituted by an electromagnetic inductor made in the form of wire turns accommodated in a dielectric casing and connected to a power supply system. There is an approximately uniform gap ''''a'''' between said wire turns of the electromagnetic inductor and the wire to be deiced. The support for fastening said electromagnetic inductor is mounted on the current collector of the transport vehicle and is provided with various types of holders to which the electromagnetic inductor is directly secured. The wire turns of the electromagnetic inductor may be either circular or elliptical in shape with the larger axis of the ellipse directed either along or across the wire to be deiced.
Abstract:
Electric current pulses separated by time intervals are transformed into mechanical power pulses acting on a surface to be de-iced. A converter of electric current pulses is constituted by a pair of electrically connected conductors one of which mates intimately with the surface to be de-iced. The conductors are arranged in the area to be de-iced and disposed one beneath the other. The electric current flowing through the conductors cause their mutual repulsion or attraction whereby electric current pulses are transformed into mechanical power pulses thus causing an elastic deformation of the surface being de-iced and effecting the removal of ice from this surface.
Abstract:
A system is disclosed for deicing the skin surface of aircraft and comprises a power supply unit to which are connected an electrical power accumulator and a program switch. Low inertia converters such as magnetostrictive vibrators are provided in close proximity to the skin surface and are fed from the power supply unit via key switches each having one input connected to the electrical power accumulator while its second input is connected to the program selector switch such that the switch will produce successive single or bundles of electrical pulses separated by pauses at the converters.