Passive anti-frosting surface comprised of microscopic wettability patterns containing sacrificial ice
Abstract
A method and device for reducing ice and frost on a surface comprising a wettable pattern on a surface. The pattern is wetted with water which is frozen into ice to create overlapping hygroscopic that cover the surface.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650936
- Patent Number(s):
- 10661908
- Application Number:
- 15/724,995
- Assignee:
- Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA); UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64D - EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 10/04/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Boreyko, Jonathan B., Nath, Saurabh, Bisbano, Caitlin, Iliff, Grady J., Hansen, Ryan, and Collier, C. Patrick. Passive anti-frosting surface comprised of microscopic wettability patterns containing sacrificial ice. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web.
Boreyko, Jonathan B., Nath, Saurabh, Bisbano, Caitlin, Iliff, Grady J., Hansen, Ryan, & Collier, C. Patrick. Passive anti-frosting surface comprised of microscopic wettability patterns containing sacrificial ice. United States.
Boreyko, Jonathan B., Nath, Saurabh, Bisbano, Caitlin, Iliff, Grady J., Hansen, Ryan, and Collier, C. Patrick. Tue .
"Passive anti-frosting surface comprised of microscopic wettability patterns containing sacrificial ice". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650936.
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title = {Passive anti-frosting surface comprised of microscopic wettability patterns containing sacrificial ice},
author = {Boreyko, Jonathan B. and Nath, Saurabh and Bisbano, Caitlin and Iliff, Grady J. and Hansen, Ryan and Collier, C. Patrick},
abstractNote = {A method and device for reducing ice and frost on a surface comprising a wettable pattern on a surface. The pattern is wetted with water which is frozen into ice to create overlapping hygroscopic that cover the surface.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {5}
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Systems and Methods for Passive Deicing
patent-application, September 2015
- Sapper, Erik David; Zweig, Andrew M.
- US Patent Application 14/201344; 20150251767