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Device and method for determining total temperature for aircraft

US7150560B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 2004
Grant dateDec 19, 2006
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Expiry dateNov 15, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01K13/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for determining total temperature for aircraft. This device is particularly useful in a probe, called a multifunction probe, for measuring several aerodynamic parameters such as, for example, the total pressure (Pt), the static pressure (Ps) and the total temperature (TT) of an airflow surrounding the aircraft. The device includes a deiced temperature probe. To obtain the total temperature (TTcorrected) of the airflow, the temperature (TTmeasured) recorded by the temperature probe is corrected as a function of the upstream infinity parameters (M∞, Pt∞, Ps∞) of the aircraft and of the power (P) dissipated in the probe in order to deice it.

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