{"id":3540,"date":"2026-07-31T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clusterdem.ubi.pt\/?page_id=3540"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:24:28","slug":"icewindsolution-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clusterdem.ubi.pt\/?page_id=3540","title":{"rendered":"IceWindSolution project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3540\" class=\"elementor elementor-3540\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0878117 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"86308\" data-id=\"0878117\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78d3db6\" data-eae-slider=\"88495\" data-id=\"78d3db6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1c26f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1c26f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Novel wind turbine ice protection\/detection and flow control system based on Electroactive Dielectric Barrier Discharge plasma actuators (IceWindSolution)<\/h2>\n<strong>Digital Object Identifier (DOI):<\/strong> <a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOI Link<\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Project Overview<\/h3>\nThe <strong>IceWindSolution<\/strong> project aims to develop a novel active aerodynamic device with embedded intelligent sensor\/actuators distributed on the WTs blade surface for controlling flow and icing. This novel concept uses a combination of icing control, ice detection and flow control system based on electro-active polymer dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators to fight against problems associated with icing in a CC wind energy project. The concept of this project is evidently novel and builds on previously published patent by the research team.\n\nThe anti\/deicing system based on the DBD actuators uses a surface plasma for melting the ice layer. When high AC voltage is applied to this system, the electric field on the top of the dielectric layer will ionizes the air forming a plasma region and rise the surface temperature above freezing temperature of water which prevents the ice formation on the surface. The DBD actuators are also proposed here to act as an ice-detector sensor by measuring the capacitance variation due to the change of the electric properties of the water-ice layer which is a functionality that does not exist in the current state of the art.\n\n<h3>Technical Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Flow Control &amp; De-icing Integration:<\/strong> Develop for the first time a new flow control device which integrates the operation of an EAP material in a plasma actuator. By combining the EAP material operation with the plasma discharge generation both active flow control and deicing abilities will be optimized.<\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Performance Improvement:<\/strong> It is expected that results will improve WT performance up to 30% without ice formation.<\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Energy Savings:<\/strong> Contribute to energy savings by decreasing energy consumption related to ice protection system up to 50%.<\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Cross-Industry Application:<\/strong> The ice protection system based on the DBD plasma actuator can be easily adopted to existing aircraft without any additional costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Funding &amp; Partner Budgets<\/h3>\nThe project is funded through the Exploratory Projects program by the FCT (Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia).\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; text-align: left;\">Partner \/ Beneficiary<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; text-align: left;\">Budget Allocation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI) &#8211; Entidade promotora<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">49.917,03 EUR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"font-weight: bold; background-color: #fafafa;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Total Project Financing<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">49.917,03 EUR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3>Project Identification<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; width: 40%;\"><strong>Operation Code<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">2023.15318.PEX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>Execution Period<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">01\/01\/2025 to 31-07-2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd;\">Frederico Rodrigues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3>Project Publicity &amp; Mandatory Documentation<\/h3>\nOfficial technical data and publicity poster for this operation can be referenced in the IceWindSolution.pdf document:\n<h4 style=\"margin-top: 0; text-align: center;\">Ficha de Opera\u00e7\u00e3o \/ Cartaz<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n    <a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background-color: #0073aa; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ubi.pt\/Ficheiros\/Entidades_Separadores\/176\/IceWindSolution.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View Document<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h3>Key Performance Indicators (KPI) &amp; Scientific Output<\/h3>\nProgress against approved targets monitored during execution:\n<ul>\n\t<li><strong>Job Creation:<\/strong> [Insert Target] Annual FTE (Research positions).<\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Intellectual Property:<\/strong> [Insert Target] Patent application target.<\/li>\n\t<li><strong>Scientific Production:<\/strong> [Insert Target] Peer-reviewed publications target.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Open Positions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n\t<li>[Insert open position details here, e.g., one research fellowship for BSc\/MSc student (BI), Reference: UBI\/IceWindSolution\/&#8230; , Fellowship duration: X months] (<a href=\"#\">apply<\/a>)<\/li>\n\t<li>[Insert additional open position details here] (<a href=\"#\">apply<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Published Materials<\/h4>\n<ul>\n\t<li>[Insert published material here, e.g., Author(s). (Year). Title. Journal\/Conference. DOI]<\/li>\n\t<li>[Insert additional published material here]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: 60px; width: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/clusterdem.ubi.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"FCT Logo\" \/>\n    <br \/>\n    Financiado por: FCT &#8211; Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novel wind turbine ice protection\/detection and flow control system based on Electroactive Dielectric Barrier Discharge plasma actuators (IceWindSolution) Digital Object Identifier (DOI): DOI Link Project Overview The IceWindSolution project aims to develop a novel active aerodynamic device with embedded intelligent sensor\/actuators distributed on the WTs blade surface for controlling flow and icing. 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