Motivation
Ice & frost on airplane wings is extremely
dangerous to flying. The U.S. airline industry spends over
~$750M dollars in the winter to chemically defrost their
planes to stay on schedule.
These de-frost chemicals are environmentally hazardous
and must be carefully contained for special disposal or
re-use.
SolarMelts
has designed a spray-able solar activated liquid de-icer,
SkyMelt, that is completely bio-degradable. Our liquid
de-icer solution can be used to passively absorb sunlight
or can be used as a spray-able electrode that can heat
surfaces when passing a current through it.