Patent ID: 7461971

Claim:
A method for forming a heated liquid deicer, the method comprising: providing a first vessel containing an acidic liquid precursor; providing a second vessel containing an alkaline liquid precursor; controllably transferring a portion of the acidic liquid precursor and alkaline liquid precursor into a mixing vessel of a smaller size than each of the first and second vessels with a liquid transfer mechanism and for temporarily confining an exothermic reaction of the acidic liquid precursor and the alkaline liquid precursor, said mixing vessel comprising an input for acidic liquid precursor, an input for alkaline liquid precursor, and an output for a heated reaction product generated by the exothermic reaction of the acidic liquid precursor and alkaline liquid precursor; and discharging the heated reaction product from the mixing vessel to an iced surface, the heated reaction product comprising a liquid deicer containing potassium acetate.