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US 2008/0167764 A1Published application
Ice rate meter with virtual aspiration
OwnerRobert James Flemminginventor
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Abstract
A system and method of determining an actual liquid water content (Actual LWC) with an ice rate meter probe without aspiration.
Claims27
A system for an aircraft comprising:
- an ice rate meter probe operable to acquire a measured liquid water content (Measured LWC);
- and
- an ice rate module in communication with said ice rate meter probe, said ice rate module operable to determine a virtual aspiration factor, and to determine a representation of an actual liquid water content using at least said virtual aspiration factor and the Measured LWC, wherein said representation is suitable for use to adjust at least a portion of a deice system.
A method comprising:
- acquiring measured liquid water content (Measured LWC) data from an ice rate meter probe;
- acquiring measured data from an aircraft sensor suite;
- correlating a virtual aspiration factor with the measured data from the aircraft sensor suite;
- and
- determining an actual liquid water content (Actual LWC) by applying the virtual aspiration factor to the measured liquid water content data.
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A method comprising:
- acquiring measured data from an aircraft sensor suite;
- multiplying a virtual aspiration factor which is a function of the measured data by a measured liquid water content (Measured LWC) to obtain an actual liquid water content (Actual LWC);
- and
- using said Actual LWC to adjust a deice system of an aircraft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.