Patent ID: 7150560

Claim:
A device for determining a total corrected temperature (TT corrected ) of an aircraft, including a probe fixed to a skin of the aircraft, the probe comprising: means for measuring a total temperature (TT measured ); and means for dissipating thermal power intended to prevent ice from forming in the probe; means for correcting said measured total temperature (TT measured ) recorded by the means for measuring a total temperature as a function of upstream infinity parameters (M ∞ , Pt ∞ , Ps ∞ ) and of the power (P) dissipated in the probe, in order to obtain the total corrected temperature (TT corrected ) of the airflow, wherein, M ∞ is a Mach number of the flow at upstream infinity, Pt ∞ is a dynamic pressure at upstream infinity, Ps ∞ is a static pressure at upstream infinity.