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Infrared (IR)
heat waves
do not heat the air it passes through. Like
the sun on your skin on a sunny day it heats
the surface of your body. Radiant’s patented
IR technology produces targeted waves of IR
heat particularly harmful to frost, ice and
snow. The aircraft never gets as warm as it
would if it sat at a southern airport on a
sunny day. Radiant patented deicing
technology is totally safe for people and
aircraft components and systems.
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Radiant’s Proprietary Technology:
Radiant’s proprietary technology is a unique thermal deicing
method utilizing natural gas or propane to efficiently produce
infrared (IR) radiant energy. This energy is focused in an
optimal manner to remove frost, snow, ice and water from
aircraft surfaces quickly and safely, without adversely
affecting the aircraft, passengers or ground personnel.
Radiant’s infrared deicing process was developed jointly with
the FAA Technical Center over a four year period and is fully
approved for use by commercial aircraft by the FAA.
Installations of the Radiant technology at Newark and JFK
airports have demonstrated that the system can:
•Significantly reduce, and in some cases, completely eliminate,
the need for glycol-based deicing fluids used during the deicing
process;
• Provide reliable, consistent and economic deicing performance
in all winter conditions; and,
• Dramatically reduce the environmental impact of deicing
operations.
Infrared radiant heating has been used for decades in commercial
and industrial workplaces. In the aviation industry, many
aircraft service and overhaul facilities use infrared radiant
heating to provide warmth to the working environment. Studies
performed as far back as 1948 proved that infrared radiant heat
was safe for humans, and thus the technology has been a leading
source of heat for commercial, industrial and residential
facilities.
Typical Installation:
A Radiant facility consists of an array of patented Energy
Process Units (EPUs) mounted on the ceiling of a tension
membrane structure. Tension membrane structures are produced
with highly rigid steel or aluminum tubing formed into trusses
and covered with an extremely durable and weather resistant
fiberglass-PVC fabric. The tension membrane structure is
designed to meet all
building codes and wind loading requirements relevant to its
location.
Radiant’s facilities can be operated by a single individual in a
climate controlled Control Room. The Control Room houses the
electrical distribution panels for the system as well as the
PC-based hardware and software used to operate the system. Easy
to use software enables an technician with minimal training to
safely operate the system on a wide array of aircraft types.
In each Radiant model, EPUs are arrayed to optimize the
deicing
process for the expected mix of aircraft that will utilize the
facility. EPUs can be custom arrayed to accommodate alternative
approaches, such as a twin tracked facility to deice two narrow
body aircraft simultaneously, or to deice 4 F-22 Raptors
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A New Radiant!
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