UBC Okanagan assistant professor Kevin Golovin says adding a special coating called LIT would allow ice to slide off, thus avoiding the use of environmentally hazardous solutions like anti-freeze.
KELOWNA — A UBC engineer has led a study about a coating he helped develop to one day easily de-ice windshields, airplane wings and power lines.
He says ice in a mould in a freezer is melted with heat before it lands in a cup, and that uses up about a quarter of the appliance’s energy. He partnered with researchers at the University of Michigan and their study has been published in the journal Science. “The amount of de-icing fluids it takes to take ice off an airplane wing is extremely bad for the environment,” he said.
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