Abstract: A heating system for a turbine engine air intake region for preventing the formation of ice on the air intake region, which may be formed from the bell-mouth, one or more vanes, such as inlet guide vanes, a turbine blade assembly formed from one or more blades, such as the first row of rotating blades, and related components. A heat source may be attached to the inlet manifold and positioned to emit thermal radiation toward the air intake region to prevent the formation of ice thereon.

Abstract: An evaporative cooling system for applying an electrical charge to a plurality of droplets in an intake airstream of a turbine engine to increase the propensity of the droplets to evaporate before the droplets reach the compressor. The evaporative cooling system may include one or more fluid emitting devices for producing a plurality of droplets and may include one or more electrodes for applying an electrical charge to the plurality of droplets. The evaporative cooling system may also apply an electrical charge to one or more baffles positioned downstream of the fluid emitting devices and upstream from the compressor to collect droplets that have not evaporated before the droplets reach the compressor.