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- From: heke@stekt.oulu.fi (Heikki Paananen)
- Subject: Re: Where to mount an outside temp probe on a car?
- In-Reply-To: rubin@clam.cis.ohio-state.edu's message of Tue, 5 Jan 1993 05:05:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <HEKE.93Jan5104415@stekt1.oulu.fi>
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- Organization: University of Oulu, Dept. of EE, Finland
- References: <1993Jan4.134028.27684@phx.mcd.mot.com> <86134@ut-emx.uucp>
- <1993Jan4.223650.9171@phx.mcd.mot.com>
- <1993Jan5.050543.28601@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:44:15 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.050543.28601@cis.ohio-state.edu> rubin@clam.cis.ohio-state.edu (Daniel Rubin) writes:
-
- > Hmmm... You cannot get the probe any cooler than the temperature of the
- > air flowing around it no matter how fast the air is flowing! If anything
- > the friction of the air moving across the sensor would heat it up. Now if
- > it is wet then the air will aid to evaporate the water on the sensor which
- > takes heat of evaporation from the sensor thereby lowering it's temperature.
- > Dry air flow around the sensor will not provide false readings unless
- > excessive friction is created!
-
- Yes, but one should be careful not to put the sensor in a place where
- the air flow causes pressure changes. If, for example, air is rapidly
- compressed, the pressure rises and the temperature rises due to
- constant thermal energy it has (adiabatic prosess).
- If the sensor is uncorrectly placed, it may happen that the indicated
- temperature if a function of the speed of the vehicle!
-
- > - Dan
-
- Heke
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