Sensor with integral vortex tube for warming

Sensor assemblies and methods of de-icing or preventing ice formation are provided. Compressed air may be supplied to a vortex tube. The vortex tube may separate the compressed air into a first stream and a second stream, the first stream hotter than the second stream. A sensor body may be warmed by...

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Hauptverfasser:	Costello, John Joseph, Andrus, Dawn Kay, Mills, Roy F, Gatton, Geoffrey L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS AIRCRAFT ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION BLASTING COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS COMBUSTION ENGINES CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS COSMONAUTICS ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS GAS-TURBINE PLANTS HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS LIGHTING LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE MEASURING MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS REFRIGERATION OR COOLING STEAM ENGINES TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	Sensor assemblies and methods of de-icing or preventing ice formation are provided. Compressed air may be supplied to a vortex tube. The vortex tube may separate the compressed air into a first stream and a second stream, the first stream hotter than the second stream. A sensor body may be warmed by the first stream, and the second stream may be directed away from the sensor body.