anti-icing

I was inspired by the huge number and creativity of ideas, innovations such as ClimateWell's solar-powered air conditioners, IceCode's anti-icing technology for wind turbines and Promethean Power Systems' cold storage method that enables farmers in emerging markets who lack reliable electricity to cool their products for storage and transport.

Beth Comstock: How Crowdsourcing Can Help Clean Energy

St. Louis's Lambert Field said it already had pre-treated its runways and taxiways with anti-icing materials and salted and sanded airport roadways.

Midwest Braces for Powerful Storm

U.S. aviation regulators on Monday are slated to propose enhanced inspections and fixes of anti-icing systems and stall-warning devices on hundreds Bombardier regional jets.

FAA Issues Safety Directives for 960 Bombardier Regional Jets

The anti-icing drive could go public early next year as Boeing and other companies solicit additional support and strive for consensus on how pilots should respond to airspeed emergencies.

Experts Zero In on Jet-Ice Risk

But, in actual fact, it is not considered -- they don't actually consider using deicing or anti-icing equipment unless they have encountered icing for an extended period of time.

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009

And you know, how much of the deicing or anti-icing approach was being taken from the crew, and when it was turned on?

CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2009

Once turned on, the anti-icing systems are designed to cycle automatically until the pilots turn them off.

Anti-Ice Systems Apparently Working Prior to Turboprop Crash

"We hear no indication thus far" that lights in the cockpit alerted the crew to problems with anti-icing equipment, Mr. Chealander said.

Anti-Ice Systems Apparently Working Prior to Turboprop Crash

The Q400 has anti-icing devices on the leading edge of its wings as well as parts of its tail, including the horizontal stabilizer.

Anti-Ice Systems Apparently Working Prior to Turboprop Crash

Cockpit instruments apparently indicated that onboard anti-icing systems were operating normally on a Continental Connection turboprop shortly before it stalled and crashed near Buffalo, N.Y. Thursday night from what now appears to be deadly accumulation of ice on some critical flight surfaces, according to federal investigators.

Anti-Ice Systems Apparently Working Prior to Turboprop Crash