Systems and Methods for Predicting and Controlling Ice Formation

摘要

A system and method for operating an ice detection and deicing system are provided herein. The ice detection and deicing system may use changing magnetic properties of various components caused by temperature changes to detect conditions conducive to, or indicating, ice formation. The ice detection and deicing system may further use eddy currents induced in one or more layers of the system to increase the temperature of the one or more layers to reduce the amount of ice formation or reduce the probability of ice being formed.

主权项

1. An ice detection and deicing (“IDD”) system, comprising:
a heating susceptor operative to increase temperature in response to an eddy current; a detecting susceptor having a Curie temperature configured to change magnetic properties of the detecting susceptor at a desired temperature; and a coil operative to induce eddy currents in the heating susceptor in response to a change in the magnetic properties of the detecting susceptor as the temperature of the susceptor changes from above the Curie temperature to below the Curie temperature.