A Novel Fiber-Optic Ice Sensor to Identify Ice Types Based on Total Reflection

Chi Zhang; Chunhua Xiao; Shaorong Li; Xiaowei Guo; Qi Wang; Yizhou He; Huiyan Lv; Hongkai Yan; Dongan Liu

doi:10.3390/s23083996

Sensors (Apr 2023)

A Novel Fiber-Optic Ice Sensor to Identify Ice Types Based on Total Reflection

Chi Zhang,
Chunhua Xiao,
Shaorong Li,
Xiaowei Guo,
Qi Wang,
Yizhou He,
Huiyan Lv,
Hongkai Yan,
Dongan Liu

Affiliations

Chi Zhang: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Chunhua Xiao: China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang 621000, China
Shaorong Li: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Xiaowei Guo: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Qi Wang: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Yizhou He: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Huiyan Lv: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Hongkai Yan: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
Dongan Liu: School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23083996
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 8
p. 3996

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To address the issues of not accurately identifying ice types and thickness in current fiber-optic ice sensors, in this paper, we design a novel fiber-optic ice sensor based on the reflected light intensity modulation method and total reflection principle. The performance of the fiber-optic ice sensor was simulated by ray tracing. The low-temperature icing tests validated the performance of the fiber-optic ice sensor. It is shown that the ice sensor can detect different ice types and the thickness from 0.5 to 5 mm at temperatures of −5 °C, −20 °C, and −40 °C. The maximum measurement error is 0.283 mm. The proposed ice sensor provides promising applications in aircraft and wind turbine icing detection.

Published in Sensors

ISSN: 1424-8220 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors

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