Cognitive adaptability of capacitive sensors for cold regions

Mutual charge transfer technique is utilized to detect atmospheric ice, icing type and icing rate leading to develop an atmospheric icing sensor. As an extended version of capacitive technique, mutual charge transfer technique is more robust and reliable because the errors associated with capacitive transformations can be minimized by using this mutual scheme where zero crossover time signal is a potential indicator. This paper outlines the laboratory based experimental results obtained using the mutual charge transfer technique in order to indicate an icing event and to distinguish between different type of ice and monitor the real time melting rate.