公开(公告)号：US20190202568A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US16326762

申请日：2017-08-22

Applicant: NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： Kasper T. BORUP ,  Tor A. JOHANSEN ,  Kim L. SØRENSEN

IPC: B64D15/22 ,  B64D15/12 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B64D15/22 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/00 ,  B64D15/12

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for determining if icing has occurred on a surface of an aircraft, the method comprising: heating a surface of an air craft, after the heating has stopped, measuring the temperature of the surface as it cools, and determining if icing has occurred on the surface in dependence on the measured temperature. Advantageously, embodiments provide improved techniques for the detection of icing and the prevention, or mitigation, of icing when it has formed. Embodiments are particularly advantageous when implemented on small UAVs in civilian applications for which autonomous and energy efficient operation is particularly important.