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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Charles Steven Meis, Renton, WA (US);
Erik M. Langhofer, Seattle, WA (US);
David Charles Hass, Renton, WA (US);
Rachel M. Darr, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 9/04 (2006.01); F25C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 9/04 (2013.01); F25C 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for simulating icing conditions using a wind tunnel is provided. Water drops are sprayed from a number of nozzles into the wind tunnel. A mist of cryogenic liquid is sprayed into a path of the water drops downwind of the nozzles in the wind tunnel, wherein the mist of cryogenic liquid turns the water drops into ice crystals.