Probe for monitoring intake air volume and method
US6450043B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 7, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24F2140/10
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A probe for use in monitoring intake air volume in an air handling system operates in a turbulent stream found at locations near an intake for outside air. The probe has a very large transverse peripheral profile and includes a front face having a very large impact area so as to substantially disturb the turbulent stream and effect a substantial change the direction of flow of the turbulent stream, enabling accurate measurement of differential pressures to determine intake air volume with greater precision.
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