Anti-ice control system

• US 4,320,872 A
• Filed: 11/05/1979
• Issued: 03/23/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
• Original Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
• Inventors: Frederick, Gary L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapolcai, Jr., William E.
• Application Number:
  US06/091,028
• Time in Patent Office: 869 Days
• Field of Search: 236/87, 236/80 C, 236/80 A, 236/86, 236/91 F, 236/49, 165/28, 237/123 B
• US Class Current: 236/80.00A
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 15/04 Hot gas application
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/185 with auxiliary non-electric power

Abstract

An anti-ice control system for controlling flow of heated air in response to the temperature of the heated air and ambient air.

Claims

1. A variable volume control system for controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through supply conduit means, comprising a control valve movable between positions opening and closing the supply conduit means to fluid flow for modulating the flow rate therethrough;

a pressure responsive pneumatic actuator for movably positioning said control valve; and

means for supplying a pneumatic fluid pressure control signal to said actuator, said control signal supplying means including means for modulating the control signal in response to the temperature of ambient air, and in response to the temperature of the heated fluid within the supply conduit means, said control signal supplying means further including a reference pressure regulator, an input conduit connected between said regulator and the supply conduit means at a point upstream of said control valve, and output conduit means connected between said regulator and said actuator, said regulator including means responsive to fluid pressure in said input conduit to supply a predetermined control pressure to said actuator via said output conduit means said output conduit means comprising an output conduit connected from said regulator to atmosphere, and a control conduit including orifice means connected between said output conduit and said regulator.

2. A variable volume control system for controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through supply conduit means, comprising:

(a) a control valve movable between positions opening and closing the supply conduit means to fluid flow for modulating the flow rate therethrough;

(b) a pressure responsive pneumatic actuator for movably positioning said control valve; and

(c) means for supplying a pneumatic fluid pressure control signal to said actuator, said control signal supplying means including means for modulating the control signal in response to the temperature of the heated fluid within the supply conduit means, said control signal modulating means comprising;

(1) a servo unit;

(2) servo conduit means for supplying the control signal to said servo unit, said servo unit including adjustment means for adjustably opening and closing said servo conduit means to fluid flow;

(3) means responsive to the temperature of ambient air and coupled to said adjustment means for variably positioning said adjustment means in response to ambient air temperature; and

(4) means responsive to the temperature of the heated fluid and coupled to said adjustment means for variably positioning said adjustment means in response to the temperature of the heated fluid,

said servo conduit means including a servo conduit for supplying the control pressure to said servo unit in parallel with said actuator, said servo conduit terminating in a nozzle within said servo unit,

said adjustment means including a pivotally mounted servo beam for variably opening and closing said nozzle, and reference spring means for predeterminably biasing said beam toward a position closing said nozzle,

said ambient air temperature responsive positioning means comprising a temperature sensing bellows assembly disposed in communication with ambient air, said bellows assembly including a force arm in bearing engagement with said beam in force-opposition to said reference spring means for providing a force to said beam as a function of increasing ambient air temperature for moving said beam away from said nozzle to modulate the pressure level of the control signal.

3. The system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said temperature sensing bellows assembly is disposed along means forming an ambient air aspirator, and including flow means for drawing ambient air through said aspirator.

4. The system as set forth in claim 3 wherein said flow means comprises means coupled between the supply conduit means upstream of said control valve and said aspirator for drawing ambient air flow through said aspirator.

5. The system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said heated fluid temperature responsive means comprises pressure responsive positioning means in bearing engagement with said servo beam, heated fluid conduit means coupled between the pressure responsive means and the supply conduit means and variable orifice means along said heated fluid conduit means for supplying a fluid pressure to said pressure responsive means which is modulated as a function of the temperature of the heated fluid for urging said pressure responsive means and said servo beam in force-opposition to said reference spring as a function of increasing heated fluid temperature for moving said servo beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal.

6. The system as set forth in claim 5 wherein said heated fluid conduit means is coupled between the pressure responsive means and the supply conduit means downstream of the control valve.

7. The system as set forth in claim 5 wherein said heated fluid conduit means is coupled between the pressure responsive means and the supply conduit means upstream of said control valve.

8. The system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said variable orifice means comprises a variable orifice housing disposed along said heated fluid conduit means and including a fluid pressure inlet and a fluid pressure outlet coupled to said heated fluid conduit means, and an ambient outlet, and flow control means connected with said control valve for movement therewith for controllably varying the flow areas of said fluid inlet and ambient outlet generally inversely to each other so that the fluid pressure within said housing and communicated to said pressure responsive means via said fluid outlet comprises a predetermined function of the pressure of the heated fluid in the supply conduit means.

9. The system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said variable orifice means comprises a piston member disposed along said heated fluid conduit means, and a plurality of temperature sensitive disks in temperature communication with the heated fluid in the supply conduit means and in bearing engagement with said piston member for movably positioning said piston member for varying the available flow area of said heated fluid conduit means to define a temperature responsive variable orifice, whereby the fluid pressure supplied to said pressure responsive means comprises a pressure modulated in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

10. The system as set forth in claim 2 including means for supplying a feedback signal to said actuator in force-opposition to the control signal for limiting the maximum flow of the heated fluid through the supply conduit means, said feedback signal being proportional to the pressure of the heated fluid in the supply conduit means.

11. An anti-ice control system for controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through a flow path for supply to components subject to icing, comprising:

(a) a control valve operably positioned along the flow path for modulating the flow rate of heated fluid therethrough;

(b) a pressure responsive actuator coupled to said control valve for modulating said control valve;

(c) a servo unit;

(d) means for supplying in parallel to said actuator and said servo unit a control pressure signal functionally related to the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path, and servo unit including adjustment means for bleeding off a portion of the control pressure signal to modulate the pressure level thereof, said signal supplying means including a nozzle within said servo unit, said adjustment means comprising a pivotally mounted servo beam for variably opening and closing said nozzle, and reference spring means for predeterminably biasing said beam toward a position closing said nozzle;

(e) means responsive to the temperature of ambient air and coupled to said adjustment means for variably positioning said adjustment means in response to ambient air temperature, said ambient air temperature responsive means comprising a temperature sensing bellows assembly disposed in communication with ambient air, said bellows assembly including a force arm in bearing engagement with said beam in force-opposition to said reference spring means for providing a force to said beam as a function of increasing ambient air temperature to move said beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal; and

(f) means responsive to the temperature of the heated fluid and coupled to said adjustment means for variably positioning said adjustment means in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

12. The system as set forth in claim 11 wherein said temperature sensing bellows assembly is disposed along means forming an ambient air aspirator, and including flow means for drawing ambient air through said aspirator.

13. The system as set forth in claim 12 wherein said flow means comprises means coupled between the flow path upstream of said control valve and said aspirator for drawing ambient air flow through said aspirator.

14. The system as set forth in claim 11 wherein said heated fluid temperature responsive means comprises pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with said servo beam, heated fluid conduit means coupled between the pressure responsive means and the flow path, and variable orifice means along said heated fluid conduit means for supplying a fluid pressure to said pressure responsive means which is modulated as a function of the temperature of the heated fluid for urging said pressure responsive means and said servo beam in force-opposition to said reference spring as a function of increasing heated fluid temperature for moving said servo beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal.

15. The system as set forth in claim 14 wherein said heated fluid conduit means is coupled between the pressure responsive means and the flow path downstream of said control valve, and wherein said variable orifice means comprises a piston member disposed along said heated fluid conduit means, and a plurality of temperature sensitive disks in temperature communication with the heated fluid in the flow path and in bearing engagement with said piston member for movably positioning said piston member for varying the available flow area of said heated fluid conduit means to define a temperature responsive variable orifice, whereby the fluid pressure supplied to said pressure responsive means comprises a pressure modulated in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

16. The system as set forth in claim 14 wherein said heated fluid conduit means is coupled between the pressure responsive means and the flow path upstream of said control valve, and wherein said variable orifice means comprises a variable orifice housing disposed along said heated fluid conduit means and including a fluid pressure inlet and a fluid pressure outlet coupled to said heated fluid conduit means, and an ambient outlet, and flow control means connected with said control valve for movement therewith for controllably varying the flow areas of said fluid inlet and ambient outlet generally inversely to each other so that the fluid pressure within said housing and communicated to said pressure responsive means via said fluid outlet comprises a predetermined function of the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path.

21. The system as set forth in claim 8 or 16 or 19 wherein said housing includes therein at least one arcuately formed opening forming said fluid inlet, and at least one arcuately formed opening forming said ambient outlet, said flow control means comprising a disk member having a radially enlarged arcuate section sized for covering said fluid inlet and ambient outlet, and means for connecting said disk for movement with said control valve for controllably and partially covering and uncovering the fluid inlet and ambient outlet to vary their open flow areas generally inversely to each other.

17. An anti-ice control system for controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through a flow path for supply to components subject to icing, comprising a control valve operably positioned along the flow path for controlling the flow rate of heated fluid therethrough;

an actuator coupled to said control valve for movably positioning said valve, said actuator including an actuator housing, a diaphragm mounted within said actuator housing for pressure responsive movement, and means connected between said diaphragm and said control valve for positionally adjusting said control valve upon pressure responsive movement of said diaphragm;

a reference pressure regulator coupled between said actuator and the flow path upstream of said control valve for supplying a control pressure signal to said actuator for communication with said diaphragm;

an ambient air aspirator, said regulator including flow output means coupled to said aspirator for drawing ambient air flow through said aspirator;

a servo unit;

means including a nozzle within said servo unit for passage of the control pressure signal into said servo unit, said servo unit including a pivotally mounted servo beam for variably opening and closing said nozzle, and reference spring means for predeterminably biasing said beam toward a position closing said nozzle;

means responsive to ambient air temperature disposed along said aspirator and including a force arm in bearing engagement with said servo beam in force-opposition to said reference spring for providing a force to said beam as a function of increasing ambient air temperature for moving said beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal; and

means responsive to the temperature of the heated fluid including pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with said servo beam, heated fluid conduit means coupled between the flow path downstream of said control valve and said pressure responsive means, and variable orifice means along said heated fluid conduit means and responsive to the temperature of the heated fluid in the flow path for varying the available flow area therethrough for supplying a fluid pressure to said pressure responsive means which is modulated as a function of heated fluid temperature for urging said pressure responsive means and said servo beam in force-opposition to said reference spring as a function of increasing heated fluid temperature for moving said servo beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal.

18. The system as set forth in claim 17 wherein said variable orifice means comprises a piston member disposed along said heated fluid conduit means, and a plurality of temperature sensitive disks in temperature communication with the heated fluid in the flow path and in bearing engagement with said piston member for movably positioning said piston member for varying the available flow area of said heated fluid conduit means to define a temperature responsive variable orifice, whereby the fluid pressure supplied to said pressure responsive means comprises a pressure modulated in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

20. The system as set forth in claim 17 or 19 wherein said means connected between said diaphragm and said control valve is operable to move said control valve toward a position closing the flow path with decreases in the pressure level of the control pressure signal.

22. The system as set forth in claim 17 or 19 wherein said ambient air temperature responsive means includes a temperature sensing bellows.

23. The system as set forth in claim 17 or 19 including means for supplying a feedback signal to said actuator in force-opposition to the control signal for limiting the maximum flow of heated fluid through the flow path, said feedback signal being proportional to the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path.

19. An anti-ice control system for controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through a flow path for supply to components subject to icing, comprising a control valve operably positioned along the flow path for controlling the flow rate of heated fluid therethrough;

an actuator coupled to said control valve for movably positioning said valve, said actuator including an actuator housing, a diaphragm mounted within said actuator housing for pressure responsive movement, and means connected between said diaphragm and said control valve for positionally adjusting said control valve upon pressure responsive movement of said diaphragm;

a reference pressure regulator coupled between said actuator and the flow path upstream of said control valve for supplying a control pressure signal to said actuator for communication with said diaphragm;

an ambient air aspirator, said regulator including flow output means coupled to said aspirator for drawing ambient air flow through said aspirator;

a servo unit;

means including a nozzle within said servo unit for passage of the control pressure signal into said servo unit, said servo unit including a pivotally mounted servo beam for variably opening and closing said nozzle, and reference spring means for predeterminably biasing said beam toward a position closing said nozzle;

means responsive to ambient air temperature disposed along said aspirator and including a force arm in bearing engagement with said servo beam in force-opposition to said reference spring for providing a force to said beam as a function of increasing ambient air temperature for moving said beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal; and

means responsive to the temperature of the heated fluid including pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with said servo beam, heated fluid conduit means coupled between the flow path upstream of said control valve and said pressure responsive means, and variable orifice means along said heated fluid conduit means and responsive to the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path for supplying a modulated fluid pressure to said pressure responsive means for urging said pressure responsive means and said servo beam in force-opposition to said reference spring as a function of increasing heated fluid temperature for moving said servo beam away from said nozzle for modulating the pressure level of the control signal, said variable orifice means comprising a variable orifice housing disposed along said heated fluid conduit means and including a fluid pressure inlet and a fluid pressure outlet coupled to said heated fluid conduit means, and an ambient outlet, and flow control means connected with said control valve for movement therewith for controllably varying the flow areas of said fluid inlet and ambient outlet generally inversely to each other so that the fluid pressure within said housing and communicated to said pressure responsive means via said fluid outlet comprises a predetermined function of the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path.

24. A method of controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through supply conduit means to components subject to icing, comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning valve means in the supply conduit means, said valve means being operable to modulate the flow rate of heated fluid through the supply conduit to the components;

(b) sensing the pressure level within the supply conduit means and responsively generating a first control signal indicative of the sensed pressure level;

(c) sensing the temperature of the heated fluid within the supply conduit means and responsively generating a second control signal indicative of the sensed heated fluid temperature;

(d) sensing ambient temperature and responsively generating a third control signal indicative of a sensed ambient temperature; and

(e) simultaneously utilizing said first, second, and third control signals to operate said valve means.

25. A method of controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through supply conduit means, comprising the steps of:

(a) positioning a control valve movable between positions opening and closing the supply conduit means to fluid flow to modulate the fluid flow rate therethrough;

(b) movably positioning the control valve with an actuator;

(c) supplying a control signal to the actuator for controlling the position of the control valve, said control signal supplying step including supplying the control signal in parallel to the actuator and to a servo unit via a nozzle, said servo unit including a servo beam for adjustably opening and closing the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal for modulation of the control signal;

(d) modulating the control signal in response to the temperature of ambient air;

(e) modulating the control signal in response to the temperature of the heated fluid within the supply conduit means, said modulating steps comprising adjustably positioning the servo beam with respect to the nozzle respectively in response to the temperature of ambient air and the temperature of the heated fluid in the supply conduit means; and

(f) connecting a reference pressure regulator to the supply conduit means upstream of the control valve for responding to the pressure of the heated fluid for supplying a control pressure via output means to the actuator.

26. The method of claim 25 including the step of biasing the servo beam with a reference spring toward a position closing the nozzle.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein said ambient air temperature modulating step comprises sensing ambient air temperature with a temperature sensing bellows positioned in an ambient air aspirator, applying a force representative of ambient air temperature from the bellows to a force arm, and urging the servo beam with the force arm in force-opposition to the reference spring toward a position away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to ambient air temperature.

28. The method of claim 27 including connecting the reference pressure regulator output means with the aspirator for drawing ambient air flow through the aspirator.

29. The method of claim 26 wherein said heated fluid modulating step comprises positioning pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with the servo beam, coupling heated fluid conduit means between the supply conduit means and the pressure responsive means, and variably orificing heated fluid flow through the heated fluid conduit means as a function of heated fluid temperature for urging the pressure responsive means against the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring for urging the beam away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein said variably orificing step comprises sensing the heated fluid temperature by means of a plurality of temperature sensitive disks in temperature communication with the heated fluid in the supply conduit means downstream of the control valve, and variably moving a piston member with the disks in response to heated fluid temperature for variably opening and closing the heated fluid conduit means.

31. The method of claim 25 including the step of supplying a feedback signal to the actuator in force-opposition to the control signal for limiting the maximum flow of heated fluid through the supply conduit means, said feedback signal being proportional to the pressure of the heated fluid in the supply conduit means.

32. The method of claim 29 including connecting the heated fluid conduit means between the pressure responsive means and the supply conduit means at a point upstream of the control valve, said variably orificing step comprising connecting an orifice housing along the heated fluid conduit means, said orifice housing having an inlet and an outlet coupled to the heated fluid conduit means, and an ambient outlet and flow control means for variably changing the flow areas of the inlet and the outlet to provide a modulated fluid pressure responsive means, and connecting the flow control means with the control valve for movement therewith whereby the fluid pressure supplied to the pressure responsive means comprises a predetermined function of the pressure of the heated fluid in the supply conduit means.

33. The method of claim 32 including the steps of forming the orifice housing inlet and ambient outlet each to comprise at least one arcuately shaped opening, and forming the flow control means to comprise a disk member with a radially enlarged arcuate section sized to cover the housing inlet and ambient outlet for controllably and partially covering and uncovering the housing inlet and ambient outlet to vary their flow areas generally inversely to each other upon movement of the control valve.

34. A method of controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through a flow path for supply to components subject to icing, comprising the steps of positioning a control valve movable between positions opening and closing the flow path to fluid flow to control the fluid flow rate through the path;

movably positioning the control valve with an actuator;

supplying a control signal to the actuator for controlling the position of the control valve, and in parallel therewith to a servo unit via a nozzle;

positioning a servo beam for adjustably opening and closing the nozzle for bleeding off a portion of the control signal for modulation thereof;

biasing the servo beam with a reference spring toward a position closing the nozzle;

modulating the control signal in response to ambient air temperature by providing a force to the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring and representative of ambient air temperature for adjustably positioning the servo beam in response to ambient air temperature; and

modulating the control signal in response to the heated fluid temperature by providing a force to the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring and representative of the temperature of heated fluid in the flow path for adjustably positioning the servo beam in response to heated fluid temperature.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein said ambient air temperature modulating step comprises sensing ambient air temperature with a temperature sensing bellows positioned in an ambient air aspirator, applying a force representative of ambient air temperature from the bellows to a force arm, and urging the servo beam with the force arm in force-opposition to the reference spring toward a position away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to ambient air temperature.

36. The method of claim 35 including the step of connecting conduit means between the flow path and the aspirator for drawing ambient air flow through the aspirator.

37. The method of claim 34 wherein said heated fluid modulating step comprises positioning pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with the servo beam, coupling heated fluid conduit means between the flow path and the pressure responsive means, and variably orificing heated fluid flow through the heated fluid conduit means as a function of heated fluid temperature for urging the pressure responsive means against the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring for urging the beam away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

38. The method of claim 37 wherein said variably orificing step comprises sensing the heated fluid temperature by means of a plurality of temperature sensitive disks in temperature communication with the heated fluid in the flow path downstream of the control valve, and variably moving a piston member with the disks in response to heated fluid temperature for variably opening and closing the heated fluid conduit means.

39. The method of claim 34 including the step of supplying a feedback signal to the actuator in force-opposition to the control signal for limiting the maximum flow of heated fluid through the flow path, said feedback signal being proportional to the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path.

40. The method of claim 37 including connecting the heated fluid conduit means between the pressure responsive means and the flow path at a point upstream of the control valve, said variably orificing step comprising connecting an orifice housing along the heated fluid conduit means, said orifice housing having an inlet and an outlet coupled to the heated fluid conduit means, and an ambient outlet, and flow control means for variably changing the flow areas of the inlet and the outlet to provide a modulated fluid pressure to the pressure responsive means, and connecting the flow control means with the control valve for movement therewith whereby the fluid pressure supplied to the pressure responsive means comprises a predetermined function of the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path.

41. The method of claim 40 including the steps of forming the orifice housing inlet and ambient outlet each to comprise at least one arcuately shaped opening, and forming the flow control means to comprise a disk member with a radially enlarged arcuate section sized to cover the housing inlet and ambient outlet for controllably and partially covering and uncovering the housing inlet and ambient outlet to vary their flow areas generally inversely to each other upon movement of the control valve.

42. A method of controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through a flow path for supply to components subject to icing, comprising the steps of positioning a control valve movable between positions opening and closing the flow path to fluid flow to control the fluid flow rate through the path;

movably positioning the control valve with an actuator;

supplying a control signal to the actuator for controlling the position of the control valve, and in parallel therewith to a servo unit via a nozzle;

positioning a servo beam for adjustably opening and closing the nozzle for bleeding off a portion of the control signal for modulation thereof;

biasing the servo beam with a reference spring toward a position closing the nozzle;

modulating the control signal in response to ambient air temperature by providing a force to the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring and representative of ambient air temperature for adjustably positioning the servo beam in response to ambient air temperature, said ambient air temperature modulating step including sensing ambient air temperature with a temperature sensing bellows positioned in an ambient air aspirator, applying a force representative of ambient air temperature from the bellows to a force arm, and urging the servo beam with the force arm in force-opposition to the reference spring toward a position away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to ambient air temperature; and

modulating the control signal in response to the heated fluid temperature by providing a force to the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring and representative of the temperature of heated fluid in the flow path for adjustably positioning the servo beam in response to heated fluid temperature, said heated fluid temperature modulating step including positioning pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with the servo beam, coupling heated fluid conduit means between the flow path and the pressure responsive means, and variably orificing heated fluid flow through the heated fluid conduit means as a function of heated fluid temperature for urging the pressure responsive means against the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring for urging the beam away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to the temperature of the heated fluid.

43. The method of claim 42 wherein said variably orificing step comprises sensing the heated fluid temperature by means of a plurality of temperature sensitive disks in temperature communication with the heated fluid in the flow path downstream of the control valve, and variably moving a piston member with the disks in response to heated fluid temperature for variably opening and closing the heated fluid conduit means.

44. A method of controlling the flow rate of a heated fluid through a flow path for supply to components subject to icing, comprising the steps of positioning a control valve movable between positions opening and closing the flow path to fluid flow to control the fluid flow rate through the path;

movably positioning the control valve with an actuator;

supplying a control signal to the actuator for controlling the position of the control valve, and in parallel therewith to a servo unit via a nozzle;

positioning a servo beam for adjustably opening and closing the nozzle for bleeding off a portion of the control signal for modulation thereof;

biasing the servo beam with a reference spring toward a position closing the nozzle;

modulating the control signal in response to ambient air temperature by providing a force to the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring and representative of ambient air temperature for adjustably positioning the servo beam in response to ambient air temperature, said ambient air temperature modulating step including sensing ambient air temperature with a temperature sensing bellows positioned in an ambient air aspirator, applying a force representative of ambient air temperature from the bellows to a force arm, and urging the servo beam with the force arm in force-opposition to the reference spring toward a position away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to ambient air temperature; and

modulating the control signal in response to the heated fluid temperature by providing a force to the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring and representative of the temperature of heated fluid in the flow path for adjustably positioning the servo beam in response to heated fluid temperature, said heated fluid temperature modulating step including positioning pressure responsive means in bearing engagement with the servo beam, coupling heated fluid conduit means between the flow path and the pressure responsive means, and variably orificing heated fluid flow through the heated fluid conduit means as a function of heated fluid temperature for urging the pressure responsive means against the servo beam in force-opposition to the reference spring for urging the beam away from the nozzle to bleed off a portion of the control signal and thereby modulate the control signal in response to the temperature of the heated fluid, said variably orificing step comprising connecting an orifice housing along the heated fluid conduit means, said orifice housing having an inlet and an outlet coupled to the heated fluid conduit means, and an ambient outlet, and flow control means for variably changing the flow areas of the inlet and the outlet to provide a modulated fluid pressure to the pressure responsive means, and connecting the flow control means with the control valve for movement therewith whereby the fluid pressure supplied to the pressure responsive means comprises a predetermined function of the pressure of the heated fluid in the flow path.

45. The method of claim 44 including the steps of forming the orifice housing inlet and ambient outlet each to comprise at least one arcuately shaped opening, and forming the flow control means to comprise a disk member with a radially enlarged arcuate section sized to cover the housing inlet and ambient outlet for controllably and partially covering and uncovering the housing inlet and ambient outlet to vary their flow areas generally inversely to each other upon movement of the control valve.

46. Variable volume anti-ice control apparatus comprising:

(a) supply conduit means for flowing heated fluid from a source thereof to components subject to icing;

(b) valve means disposed in said supply conduit means and operable to modulate the flow rate of heated fluid to such components;

(c) first sensing means for sensing the pressure level within said supply conduit means and responsively generating a control signal indicative of the sensed pressure level;

(d) second sensing means for sensing the temperature of heated fluid within said supply conduit means and responsively generating a control signal indicative of the sensed heated fluid temperature;

(e) third sensing means for sensing ambient temperature and responsively generating a control signal indicative of the sensed ambient temperature; and

(f) control means for simultaneously utilizing the control signals from said first, second and third sensing means to operate said valve means.