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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
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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 tensioned membrane structure.
Tensioned membrane structures are produced with highly rigid steel
or aluminum formed into trusses and covered with an extremely
durable and weather resistant fiberglass-PVC fabric. The tensioned
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 a 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 four F-22 Raptors simultaneously.
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