Air-conditioning system for a vehicle

A vehicle comprising a vehicle interior compartment and an air-conditioning system for air-conditioning the vehicle interior compartment, the air-conditioning system including a channel system through which air is flowable and a sensor device for detecting at least one property of the air, the sensor device including:

• two analysis channels through each of which the air is flowable, the two analysis channels including a first analysis channel and a second analysis channel, the first analysis channel including a first interaction section, the second analysis channel including a second interaction section;
• an electromagnetic wave generating device arranged between the first analysis channel and the second analysis channel;
• an electromagnetic wave diverting device structured and arranged such that during operation electromagnetic waves emitted by the electromagnetic wave generating device are at least partially diverted via the electromagnetic wave diverting device into (i) the first interaction section of the first analysis channel and interact with a first air flow of the air passing therethrough, and (ii) the second interaction section of the second analysis channel and interact with a second air flow of the air passing therethrough;
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• an electromagnetic wave detector structured and arranged to detect the electromagnetic waves diverted via the electromagnetic wave diverting device that have interacted with at least one of the first air flow and the second air flow.

An air-conditioning system of a vehicle for air-conditioning a vehicle interior compartment, comprising a channel system through which air is flowable and a sensor device for detecting at least one property of the air, the sensor device including:

• a sensor housing defining a housing interior space;
• an analysis channel having an interaction section, the analysis channel including a channel casing defining an air flow path and an interruption of the channel casing disposed in the interaction section;
• an electromagnetic wave generating device;
• an electromagnetic wave diverting device structured and arranged such that during operation electromagnetic waves emitted by the electromagnetic wave generating device are at least partially diverted via the electromagnetic wave diverting device through the interruption of the channel casing and interact with an air flow passing through the air flow path in the interaction section of the analysis channel;
• an electromagnetic wave detector structured and arranged to detect the electromagnetic waves diverted via the electromagnetic wave diverting device that have interacted with the air flow;
• wherein the analysis channel, the electromagnetic wave generating device, the electromagnetic diverting device, and the electromagnetic wave detector are arranged in the housing interior space;
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• wherein the air flow path of the analysis channel and the housing interior space are in fluid communication with one another via the interruption.