vsafe™

Heated Solutions

Improved heaters, apparatus and methods for providing heat and for melting snow and ice and removing condensation from panels, covers, or lenses of electromagnetic illuminators and illumination assemblies, such as emitters and detectors for autonomous vehicles including radar and LIDAR and light assemblies for both mobile and stationary applications, as well as for stationary and mobile applications on structures, and heating air or fluids for medical or other devices.

VSAFE and VSEEN heating technologies by Van Straten Enterprises (VSE)

Mechanisms that drive out moisture from a housing through a breathable membrane or vent

Moisture is driven out of the housing through a breathable membrane or vent:

1.) High concentration of water molecules follows the “Second Law of Thermodynamics” And moves to the low concentration of water molecules (high moisture moves to low moisture – entropy increase); and

2.) Differential pressure is created by higher level of heat and humidity on one side of the membrane compared to the other side pursuant to the “Ideal Gas Law” (PV = nRT). Vapor pressure from the high temperature pushes moisture through the treatable membrane to the low temper side.

In summary, warm, moist air moves toward cold, dry air until there is equilibrium. Use of just a breathable membrane without a heat source means that the full potential of moisture migration will not be reached.