Abstract: A method for deicing an aerostructure includes driving a sensing current through a heater element coated to an aerostructure, the heater element having a resistance that is temperature dependent. A resistance of the heater element is monitored. It is determined whether there is icing at the heater element using the monitored resistance of the heater element. A melting current is driven through the heater element when it is determined that there is icing at the heater element.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 5, 2013
Publication date:
July 10, 2014
Applicant:
MESOCRIBE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Inventors:
RICHARD J. GAMBINO, CHRISTOPHER GOULDSTONE, JONATHAN GUTLEBER, DAVID HUBBLE, JASON TRELEWICZ