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Title: Air%20Force%20Aircraft%20/%20Runway%20Deicing%20Initiatives%20and%20Our%20Weapon%20Systems


1
Air Force Aircraft / Runway Deicing Initiatives
and Our Weapon Systems
Aeronautical Systems Center
Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace
  • Ms. Mary Wyderski
  • Aeronautical Systems Center
  • Wright-Patterson AFB OH, USA
  • Mr. Alexei Lozada-Ruiz
  • Aeronautical Systems Center
  • Wright-Patterson AFB OH, USA
  • Maj Timothy Allmann
  • Air Force Research LaboratoryWright-Patterson
    AFB OH, USA

2
Overview
  • Issues/Concerns
  • 2004 Deicing Working Group
  • Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
  • Summary

3
Environmental Concerns
  • Federal, state and local EPA continue to limit
    operations
  • Environmental drivers
  • Clean Water Act Amendment of 1990
  • EPA Effluent Limitation Guidelines of 1999
  • BOD, toxins, significant water usage and waste
    stream
  • Permits and fines
  • Water conservation
  • Deicing materials, non-toxic, non-permitting, new
    formulations
  • EPA Effluent Guidelines Plan (2004)
  • More regulations coming for aircraft deicing
    operations!!!
  • Cost burden 3 per dollar spent on fluid

4
Operational Concerns
  • Mission surges shortfalls
  • Operational budget for deicing
  • Storage, containment and disposal
  • Local mixing station to reduce aircraft fluid use
  • Portable local recycling unit (reuse vs.
    disposal)
  • More deicing events
  • More manpower
  • Uniform training requirements
  • Latest aircraft deicing equipment unavailability

5
Operational Concerns (cont.)
  • Maintain safety of operations
  • Effective deicing procedures / inspections
  • No frozen contamination on wings/surfaces
  • Safe, clear runways/taxiways
  • Effective deicing materials
  • No fluid residue on aircraft surfaces
  • No thickened fluid in aerodynamically quiet areas
    between control surfaces

6
Material Concerns
  • Acquisition Reform adoption of commercial
    specifications in place of mil-specs
  • AMS 1424, 1428 aircraft deicing
  • AMS 1431, 1435 runway deicing
  • Compatibility of deicing materials/technologies
    with unique aircraft platform materials
  • Foaming and unique characteristics of
    non-propylene glycol aircraft fluids

7
2004 Deicing Working Group
  • Primary objectives
  • Promote information exchange among deicing
    stakeholders
  • Discuss problems
  • Identify potential courses of action
  • Discuss and validate requirements
  • Focused on parked aircraft, runway, and in-flight
    deicing
  • Special emphasis on operational concerns, present
    practices, and emerging technologies
  • Overarching Goal Provide war-fighter flying
    capability, while maintaining environmental
    compliance

8
2004 Deicing Working Group (cont.)
  • Conducted 15-17 March 2004 in Las Vegas NV
  • 84 attendees
  • Diversity of group revealed different priorities,
    focuses and perspectives
  • Operational personnel mission readiness
  • System program offices impacts to aircraft
    platforms
  • Environmental protect environment, ensure EPA
    does not effect base operations, cost containment
  • FAA experiences, commercial way of doing
    business
  • General consensus - Working Group was needed and
    successful
  • Intend to meet regularly (e.g., annually)

9
2004 Deicing Working Group (cont.)
  • Operational Discussion Day (1)
  • Experiences and requirements
  • General Session Day (2)
  • Deicing Equipment and Facilities
  • Deicing/Anti-icing Fluids
  • Deicing Programs
  • General Session - Day (3)
  • Ice Detection
  • Deicing Training
  • Future Technologies
  • In-flight Icing/Deicing
  • Environmental Challenges and Requirements

10
2004 Deicing Working Group Concerns/Challenges
Identified
  • Col Smith, Nellis AFB Speak with One Voice
  • Multi-service effort
  • AF transformation impacting operations hourly
  • Need to approve use of anti-icing fluid to save
    manpower and improve operational capability
  • Shorten the process and time required to test and
    approve new deicing/anti-icing products
  • Clear identification of requirements by users

11
2004 Deicing Working Group Concerns/Challenges
Identified (cont.)
  • Understanding of process implementation
  • How do we capture our needs
  • How do we get them considered for POM cycle
  • Need standardized training program
  • Insufficient motivation, no assigned skill, no
    standard training requirements
  • Deicing equipment deficiencies and
    standardization
  • Currently solving problems by pieces instead of
    overall concept for deicing operations

12
2004 Deicing Working Group Concerns/Challenges
Identified (cont.)
  • Moving toward commercial specs and standards
    resulting in limited performance testing by
    manufacturers
  • SAE AMS aircraft deicing fluid specs may not be
    sufficient for qualification of developmental
    non-propylene glycol based fluids
  • Market awareness need a single POC for emerging
    technologies

13
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
14
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
  • Unexpectedly, numerous issues/concerns were
    identified during the 2004 Deicing Working Group
    meeting
  • In an effort to not lose sight of, but rather
    address, those concerns an Ad Hoc Deicing Working
    Group was formed
  • Purpose
  • To establish a coordinated approach for
    addressing common deicing concerns among numerous
    stakeholders

15
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
  • Scope
  • Form strategic plans
  • Leverage resources
  • Address operational problems/concerns
  • Collect and disseminate information
  • Develop and revise specs/standards
  • Resolve technical issues
  • Reduce environmental impact

16
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
"Under Construction"
  • Diverse crossfunctional group
  • Air Force T.O. manager for aircraft deicing
  • Air Force Snow Ice Control Program operational
    manager
  • Air Force Research Lab materials engineers
  • Aeronautical Systems Center weapon systems
    engineers and environmental managers
  • Operational/maintenance personnel
  • Army (AMCOM, CRREL)
  • Support contractors with deicing related
    expertise
  • Still growing

17
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
  • Goals
  • Review, improve and establish specifications and
    standards
  • Identify funding sources
  • Research and recommend new technology
  • Create public and military-only websites
  • Develop integrated infrared deicing system
  • Annual deicing workshop
  • Survey of deicing equipment
  • Evaluate benefits of BX-36
  • Promote approval of anti-icing for additional
    aircraft
  • Develop joint effort with Army and Navy

18
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
  • RD Vision
  • Provide the war-fighter maximum operation
    envelope
  • Reduce environmental impact from aircraft/runway
    deicing chemicals, reduce cost of operations
  • Assess/reduce negative impact of green deicing
    chemicals on weapon systems

19
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group
  • RD Goals Objectives
  • Streamline deicing chemical approval process to
    get available green products into use
  • Establish a requirement for vendor testing of
    military-specific materials
  • Finalize draft Military Test Method Standard
    (MTMS) for Deicing Materials Compatibility
  • Append MTMS to AMS 1424 as a military-only
    requirement

20
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group RD Goals and
Objectives
  • Provide material compatibility data on
    available/developing deicing products to aircraft
    managers for evaluation
  • Unique weapon system materials, such as low
    observables, lubes/greases, cannon electrical
    plug pins, and HVOF coatings, composites, metals,
    IR windows, elastomers/sealants, carbon-carbon
    brakes, electronics
  • New, green aircraft and runway deicing materials

21
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group RD Goals and
Objectives
  • Develop new technologies aimed to reduce
    environmental impact and/or deleterious effects
    on weapon systems
  • Development/transition of green aircraft
    deicing fluids
  • Two non-propylene glycol based aircraft deicing
    fluids under evaluation - D3, Foster-Miller
  • Identify/develop a less corrosive green runway
    deicing chemical product
  • Evaluate corrosivity of new commercial materials
  • Transition fixed infrared (IR) aircraft deicing
    facilities

22
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group RD Goals and
Objectives
  • Develop new technologies aimed to reduce
    environmental impact and/or deleterious effects
    on weapon systems (continued)
  • Develop transportable nonchemical aircraft
    deicing system
  • Develop small-scale, cost-effective transportable
    deicing fluid reclamation
  • Investigate potential sources of integrated
    infrared heating for mobile unit
  • Evaluate ice detection system

23
Ad Hoc Deicing Working GroupAvailable Resources
  • Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group website(being moved
    to a Knowledge Now, Community of Practice
    web-site)
  • General deicing information
  • Deicing Policy
  • Compatibility Reports
  • Docs/status of deicing projects
  • Calendar of Events
  • POC(s) to answer environmental, technical and
    policy questions

https//www.en.wpafb.af.mil/env/envv_deicing.asp
24
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group Accomplishments
  • Development of non-propylene glycol green
    aircraft deicing fluids
  • METSS ADF-2
  • Qualified to AMS 1424 (now expired)
  • Did not pass field test thick, sticky residue
  • Identified need to address AMS 1424 for non-PG
    fluids
  • Battelle D3
  • Qualified to AMS 1424
  • Demonstrated deicing capability spray tests,
    field demonstration
  • Problems observed - Foaming, etc.
  • Plan to reformulate, certify to AMS 1424, and
    field demonstrate Dec 05 Jan 06
  • Foster-Miller
  • Qualifying to AMS 1424
  • Plan to field demonstrate Dec 05 - Jan 06

25
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group Accomplishments
(cont.)
  • Drafted Military Test Method Standard (MTMS)
  • Standard for compatibility testing of deicers
    with Air Force-unique aircraft materials (not in
    AMS specs)
  • Plan to append MTMS to AMS commercial deicing
    specs
  • Three materials compatibility test projects vs.
    MTMS
  • PG-urea, urea, potassium acetate, sodium acetate,
    sodium formate (completed 1998)
  • Conductivity of deicers a significant concern
  • METSS ADF-2, Battelle D3, METSS RDF-2, Clariant
    Safeway KF Hot, Hydro Chemicals AVIFORM (2003-4)
  • Additional materials low observable, etc. (in
    progress)

26
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group Accomplishments
(cont.)
  • Infrared (IR) deicing technology
  • Feasibility investigation of infrared heat for
    aircraft deicing
  • Performed in McKinley Climatic Chamber, Eglin AFB
  • Various aircraft components subjected to ice and
    snow
  • Current fluid/air assist deicing truck and
    prototype truck-mounted IR heater used
    separately to deice components
  • IR unit demonstrated unacceptable rate of deicing
  • Also demonstrated two ice detection technologies

27
Ad Hoc Deicing Working Group Accomplishments
(cont.)
  • Infrared deicing technology (cont.)
  • Infrared heater survey
  • Various technologies, as well as melting
    properties of ice and snow, evaluated
  • Results positive for potential use of energy for
    deicing
  • Mobile, transportable, non-fluid deicing system
  • Projected for FY06 Small Business Innovative
    Research (SBIR)
  • Deicing formally listed as a need within the AF
    Budget and Planning Process
  • Held 3-day Deicing Working Group, Mar 04

28
Summary
  • Much activity underway to develop ways to
    mitigate/minimize environmental impacts, enhance
    safety, and reduce costs
  • Future deicing chemicals and technologies must be
    approved by Single Manager
  • Reduction of resources and consistent need for
    capabilities means all requirements must be
    clearly understood

29
Questions
Mary Wyderski DSN 986-6178 Mary.Wyderski_at_wpafb.af.
mil
Maj Timothy Allmann DSN 986-5697 Timothy.Allmann_at_w
pafb.af.mil
Alexei Lozada-Ruiz DSN 785-6526 Alexei.Lozada-Ruiz
_at_wpafb.af.mil
30
BACKUP CHARTS
31
AFRL/ASCDeicing RD Vision Strategy
  • Maj Tim Allmann, AFRL/MLSC

32
Deicing RD Projects (1)
  • Revise draft Military Test Method Standard (MTMS)
    for Deicing Materials Compatibility and publish
    as Mil-Std
  • Requires chemical manufacturers to perform
    materials compatibility study and provide data
  • Carrot of military sales will cause
    manufacturers to provide info promptly
  • Information needed for approval by aircraft
    managers provided quickly at no cost to AF
  • Does not fully eliminate need for AF testing
  • Sensitive, classified materials (AFRL, ASC)
  • Materials unique to single weapon system
    (Aircraft manager)
  • FY06 funding needed (120K)

33
Deicing RD Projects (2)
  • Materials compatibility testing with LO
    materials, lubes/greases, cannon electrical plug
    pins, and HVOF coatings
  • These materials have never been tested and are
    not included in MTMS
  • Develops test methods for these materials for
    inclusion in MTMS
  • Provides vital data on how new chemicals (some in
    use) effect high- weapon systems
  • Active project but some funds trapped at GSA
    limit scope additional FY04, 05 or 06 funds
    needed

34
Deicing RD Projects (3)
  • Materials compatibility testing of new Foster
    Miller green aircraft deicing fluid
  • Best near-term environmental solution
  • AF/ESTCP sponsored development
  • FY06 funding (200K) needed for full scope of
    materials compatibility tests
  • Scope of testing could be reduced with timely
    completion/publication of MTMS
  • Product addresses priority environmental need and
    should not wait on lingering MTMS
  • Tests not covered by MTMS would still be required

35
Deicing RD Projects (4-5)
  • Development/transition of green aircraft
    deicing fluids (ADFs)
  • Battelle D3
  • Most developed green ADF product
  • Qualified in accordance with AMS 1424
  • Field tests exhibited foaming during application
  • Retest of modified product scheduled for Feb 2005
  • Foster Miller
  • Best near-term environmental solution
  • Development is about one year behind D3
  • Significant BOD reduction beyond D3

36
Deicing RD Projects (6)
  • Develop a less corrosive green runway deicing
    chemical product
  • Current SERDP statement of need
  • Addresses concerns about increased aircraft and
    runway lighting corrosion caused by green
    products currently available
  • Two known opportunities for AF collaboration on
    industry-submitted proposals

37
Deicing RD Projects (7)
  • Transition fixed infrared (IR) aircraft deicing
    facilities
  • Fixed IR deicing facilities presently in
    commercial use with good results
  • Near zero impact to surface and ground water
  • Project would include cost-benefit analysis to
    determine most appropriate locations for use

38
Deicing RD Projects (8)
  • Develop small-scale, cost-effective transportable
    deicing fluid reclamation
  • Identified as EDP need 2516
  • Transportable system addresses needs not just for
    small-scale units, but also for use in deployed
    locations
  • No project developed to date

39
Deicing RD Projects (9)
  • Develop transportable non-chemical aircraft
    deicing
  • Proposed SBIR input from ASC
  • Deployable aircraft deicing unit with near zero
    impact to surface and ground water
  • Infrared is most likely best candidate technology
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