Systems and methods for modifying an ice-to-object interface

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H05B 3/00 (2006.01) A63C 5/04 (2006.01) A63C 13/00 (2006.01) B64D 15/14 (2006.01) H05B 3/84 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2667789

Systems and methods for thermally modifying an ice-to-object interface. One system includes a power supply configured to generate a magnitude of power. The magnitude of the power is sufficient to melt an interfacial layer of ice at the interface; typically the interfacial layer has a thickness in a range one micron to one millimeter. A controller may be used to limit the duration in which power supply generates the magnitude of the power, to limit unneeded heat energy dissipation into the environment. Modulating the pulsed heating energy to the interface modifies a coefficient of friction between the object and the ice.

Systèmes et procédés permettant de modifier thermiquement une interface glace-objet. Un système comprend un bloc d'alimentation conçu pour produire de l'énergie. L'énergie produite est suffisante pour faire fondre une couche de glace d'interface au niveau de l'interface et du semi-conducteur, la couche d'interface étant généralement d'une épaisseur d'un micron à un millimètre. Un limiteur peut être utilisé pour limiter la durée pendant laquelle le bloc d'alimentation produit de l'énergie et pour limiter la dissipation non désirée d'énergie thermique dans l'environnement. La modulation de l'énergie thermique pulsée vers l'interface modifie un coefficient de frottement entre l'objet et la glace.

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