Patent ID: 9708929
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F01D,F02C,F03G,F05D,F25C

Claim:
1. A method for suppressing ice formation on a surface of at least one turbomachine structure during operation of the turbomachine, the method comprising: converting mechanical vibratory energy of at least one first structure of the turbomachine into electrical energy via at least one piezoelectric element connected to the structure, wirelessly transmitting a signal based on the electric energy converted from the mechanical vibratory energy of the at least one first structure, receiving the signal by at least one heat generating circuit attached to at least one second structure of the turbomachine, generating, by the heat generating circuit, thermal energy from the signal received by the heat generating circuit, and conducting the thermal energy generated via the heat generating circuit to a second structure of the turbomachine to which the heat generating circuit is attached to suppress ice formation on the second structure to which the heat generating circuit is attached.