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Aircraft anti-icing systems having deflector vanes

  • US 9,488,067 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2014
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a skin on an inlet side of a nacelle of an aircraft defining an annular chamber;

    a gas delivery system including a nozzle disposed within the annular chamber, the nozzle to provide a first gas to mix with and entrain a second gas in the annular chamber to define a flow through the annular chamber, wherein the second gas is at a different temperature from the first gas; and

    a deflector vane disposed within the annular chamber and in a direct impingement flow path of the nozzle, the deflector vane to redirect the flow through the annular chamber to increase a flow path length of the flow through the annular chamber.

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