摘要 |
<p>An ice-processing device (10) is configured to test a consequence of ice on an aircraft engine component (30) by simulating an effect on the ice upstream of the component. One ice-processing device (10) comprises an ice crusher (12) configured to receive a plurality of ice particles, a centrifugal accelerator (14) downstream of the ice crusher (12) and adapted to accelerate the plurality of ice particles, an ice acceleration section (18) downstream of the centrifugal accelerator (14) and configured to receive the plurality of ice particles from the centrifugal accelerator (14), an air supply (16) adapted to feed compressed air into the ice acceleration section (18), wherein the compressed air accelerates the plurality of ice particles in the ice acceleration section (18), thereby forming an ice stream (19), a Coanda plate (20) configured to remove the compressed air from the ice stream (19) and a nozzle (22) downstream of the Coanda plate (20).</p> |