Micromachined virtual impactor
    1.
    发明授权
    Micromachined virtual impactor 失效
    微加工虚拟冲击器

    公开(公告)号:US6062392A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US191980

    申请日:1998-11-13

    摘要: A separation plate (10) includes a first surface and an opposing second surface. Plural pairs of a nozzle (14) and a virtual impactor (16) are provided on the first surface. Each nozzle tapers from an inlet end (14a) to an outlet end (14b). Each virtual impactor comprises a pair of generally fin-shaped projections (24). Each fin-shaped projection includes an inner wall (26) and a convex outer wall (28). The inner walls of the fin-shaped projections of a virtual impactor face each other to define a minor flow passage (30) therebetween. The convex outer walls of the fin-shaped projections of a virtual impactor cooperatively present a convex surface including a virtual impact void therethrough. The virtual impact void defines an inlet end of the minor flow passage. A virtual impactor body (33) is provided between adjacent virtual impactors (16). When a particle-laden fluid stream (23) is caused to flow through the nozzles and advance to the virtual impactors, a major portion of the fluid containing a minor portion of particles flows around the virtual impactors, is blocked by the virtual impactor bodies, and redirected from the first surface through a suitable major flow outlet. A minor portion of the fluid containing a major portion of particles enters the virtual impact voids, advances through the minor flow passages, and exits therefrom, where it can be collected, analyzed, or processed further in any other manner.

    摘要翻译: 分离板(10)包括第一表面和相对的第二表面。 多个喷嘴(14)和虚拟冲击器(16)设置在第一表面上。 每个喷嘴从入口端(14a)到出口端(14b)逐渐变细。 每个虚拟冲击器包括一对大致为翅片状的突起(24)。 每个鳍状突起包括内壁(26)和凸形外壁(28)。 虚拟冲击器的翅片状突起的内壁彼此面对以在它们之间限定一个小流动通道(30)。 虚拟冲击器的翅片状突起的凸形外壁协同地呈现包括虚拟冲击空隙的凸表面。 虚拟冲击空隙限定了小流量通道的入口端。 在相邻的虚拟冲击器(16)之间设置虚拟冲击器主体(33)。 当使含有颗粒的流体流(23)流过喷嘴并进入虚拟冲击器时,包含少部分颗粒的流体的主要部分围绕虚拟冲击器流动,被虚拟冲击器体阻挡, 并从第一表面通过合适的主流出口重新定向。 含有主要部分颗粒的流体的一小部分进入虚拟冲击空隙,通过较小的流动通道前进,并从中流出,在那里可以以任何其他方式进一步收集,分析或处理。

    Micromachined teardrop-shaped virtual impactor
    2.
    发明授权
    Micromachined teardrop-shaped virtual impactor 失效
    微加工泪珠形虚拟冲击器

    公开(公告)号:US6120573A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-19

    申请号:US191982

    申请日:1998-11-13

    IPC分类号: B01D45/08

    CPC分类号: B01D45/08 Y10S55/39

    摘要: A separation plate (10) includes a first surface (10a) and an opposing second surface. A plurality of teardrop-shaped virtual impactor projections (12) are provided on the first surface, preferably in a plurality of rows (13a, 13b, 13c). Each projection includes a convex leading profile (18) facing a fluid stream (16), and two concave side surfaces (19) that are positioned to define a tapered downstream portion. The convex leading profile may include a concave portion (20). The concave portion defines a virtual impact void therethrough. The virtual impact void defines a terminal end of a passageway that extends through the separation plate to communicate with the second surface. When particle-laden fluid is caused to flow along the first surface, a major portion of the fluid containing a minor portion of particles flows around the teardrop-shaped virtual impactor projections along the first surface. A minor portion of the fluid containing a major portion of particles is collected near the convex leading profiles of the projections, and enters the concave portions and the virtual impact voids of the projections. The minor portion of the fluid then travels through the passageways to the second surface of the separation plate, where it can be collected, analyzed, or processed further.

    摘要翻译: 分离板(10)包括第一表面(10a)和相对的第二表面。 多个泪滴形虚拟冲击器突起(12)设置在第一表面上,最好是多排(13a,13b,13c)。 每个突起包括面向流体流(16)的凸起的引导轮廓(18)和定位成限定锥形下游部分的两个凹入侧表面(19)。 凸起的引导轮廓可以包括凹部(20)。 凹部限定穿过其中的虚拟冲击空隙。 虚拟冲击空隙限定了延伸通过分隔板以与第二表面连通的通道的终端。 当使含有颗粒的流体沿着第一表面流动时,含有少部分颗粒的流体的主要部分沿着第一表面围绕泪珠状虚拟冲击器突起流动。 含有大部分颗粒的流体的一小部分被收集在凸起的凸起引导轮廓附近,并进入凸起的凹部和虚拟冲击空隙。 然后液体的小部分通过通道进入分离板的第二表面,在那里可以进一步收集,分析或处理。

    Micromachined virtual impactor
    4.
    发明授权
    Micromachined virtual impactor 有权
    微加工虚拟冲击器

    公开(公告)号:US06290065B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-18

    申请号:US09494962

    申请日:2000-01-31

    IPC分类号: B07B704

    摘要: A separation plate separates a major flow of fluid from a minor flow of fluid. The major flow includes a minor portion of particles greater than a “cut size,” while the minor flow includes a major portion of particles greater than the cut size. Plates define a laterally extending passage between a front of the separation plate and its rear. The passage telescopes or converges from an initial height at its inlet, to a substantially smaller height at its outlet. A slot extends transversely into the plates from within a minor flow portion of the passage and connect into major flow outlet ports. The flow of fluid into the outlet is thus divided into the major flow, which flows from the major flow outlet ports and the minor flow that exits the outlet of the passage. To accommodate a desired flow of fluid, the width of the passage can be changed, or an array of stacked separation plates can be employed.

    摘要翻译: 分离板将主流体流与少量流体分开。 主要流量包括小于“切割尺寸”的较小部分的颗粒,而较小的流量包括大于切割尺寸的大部分颗粒。 板在分隔板的前部和其后部之间限定横向延伸的通道。 通道从其入口处的初始高度望远镜或会聚到其出口处的基本较小的高度。 狭槽从通道的小流动部分内横向延伸到板中并且连接到主流出口。 因此,流入出口的流体被分成从主要流出口流出的主要流量和离开通道出口的小流量。 为了适应期望的流体流动,可以改变通道的宽度,或者可以使用堆叠的分隔板阵列。

    Virtual impactor
    5.
    发明授权
    Virtual impactor 失效
    虚拟冲击者

    公开(公告)号:US06698592B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-03-02

    申请号:US10202210

    申请日:2002-07-22

    IPC分类号: B07B704

    摘要: A separation plate separates a major flow of fluid from a minor flow of fluid. The major flow includes a minor portion of particles greater than a “cut size,” while the minor flow includes a major portion of particles greater than the cut size. Plates define a laterally extending passage between a front of the separation plate and its rear. The passage telescopes or converges from an initial height at its inlet, to a substantially smaller height at its outlet. A slot extends transversely into the plates from within a minor flow portion of the passage and connect into major flow outlet ports. The flow of fluid into the outlet is thus divided into the major flow, which flows from the major flow outlet ports and the minor flow that exits the outlet of the passage. To accommodate a desired flow of fluid, the width of the passage can be changed, or an array of stacked separation plates can be employed.

    摘要翻译: 分离板将主流体流与少量流体分开。 主要流量包括小于“切割尺寸”的较小部分的颗粒,而较小的流量包括大于切割尺寸的大部分颗粒。 板在分隔板的前部和其后部之间限定横向延伸的通道。 通道从其入口处的初始高度望远镜或会聚到其出口处的基本较小的高度。 狭槽从通道的小流动部分内横向延伸到板中并且连接到主流出口。 因此,进入出口的流体流被分成从主要流出口流出的主要流量和离开通道出口的小流量。 为了适应期望的流体流动,可以改变通道的宽度,或者可以使用堆叠的分隔板阵列。

    Impact particulate collector using a rotary impeller for collecting particulates and moving a fluid
    6.
    发明授权
    Impact particulate collector using a rotary impeller for collecting particulates and moving a fluid 有权
    冲击式微粒收集器采用旋转叶轮收集微粒并移动流体

    公开(公告)号:US06267016B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-07-31

    申请号:US09265619

    申请日:1999-03-10

    IPC分类号: G01N3120

    摘要: A particle collector includes a combined impact collector and fan, which is usable for both drawing air or other gaseous fluid in which particulates are entrained into a cavity, and then separating the particulates from the gaseous fluid by providing a rotating surface that impacts the particulates. The particulates also impact on other surfaces within the cavity, including its inner surface, and are washed from these surfaces, which are wetted with water or other liquid injected into the cavity. The cavity is defined by a housing having an inlet port through which the air or other gaseous fluid is drawn. The combined impact collector and fan includes a plate on which a plurality of spaced-apart impeller vanes are disposed. The shape of the impeller vanes produces a centrifugal fan effect when they are rotated within the cavity. The water or other liquid is either continuously or intermittently injected into the cavity to wash the particulates from the impeller vanes and other surfaces on which they have impacted. The particulates are carried by the liquid through a threaded drain port, into a receiver that includes an exhaust port for the air or gaseous fluid. A pump recirculates the liquid from the receiver through a conduit that sprays the liquid into the cavity through the inlet port. The particulates collected in the receiver provide a specimen that can be analyzed to detect or identify the particulates that were entrained in the air or other gaseous fluid.

    摘要翻译: 颗粒收集器包括组合的冲击收集器和风扇,其可用于将空气或其它气体流体抽吸到其中,其中颗粒被夹带到空腔中,然后通过提供影响颗粒的旋转表面将颗粒与气态流体分离。 颗粒也影响腔体内的其他表面,包括其内表面,并从这些表面洗涤,这些表面被注入空腔的水或其他液体润湿。 空腔由具有入口的壳体限定,空气或其它气态流体通过该入口吸入。 组合的冲击收集器和风扇包括其上设置有多个间隔开的叶轮叶片的板。 当叶轮叶片在空腔内旋转时,叶轮叶片的形状产生离心风扇效应。 水或其他液体连续地或间歇地注入空腔中以从叶轮叶片和其所撞击的其它表面洗涤微粒。 颗粒由液体通过螺纹排放口承载到包括用于空气或气体流体的排气口的接收器中。 泵将来自接收器的液体通过导管将液体通过入口喷射到空腔中。 收集在接收器中的颗粒提供可以分析以检测或识别被夹带在空气或其它气态流体中的颗粒的样品。

    Electrostatic atomizer and method of producing atomized fluid sprays
    7.
    发明授权
    Electrostatic atomizer and method of producing atomized fluid sprays 失效
    静电雾化器和雾化喷雾剂的生产方法

    公开(公告)号:US06802456B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-10-12

    申请号:US10271013

    申请日:2002-10-15

    IPC分类号: A01G1500

    摘要: Fluids are atomized using a miniaturized electrostatic microinjector. The microinjectors are capable of producing uniform droplets in several spray modes, and metering and dispersing very small volume fluids. The atomizer is useful in carburetion systems for internal combustion engines, to prepare samples for analytical methods such as MALDI, for fluid filtration and separation, and in other applications.

    摘要翻译: 使用微型静电微量注射器使流体雾化。 微量注射器能够以几种喷雾模式产生均匀的液滴,并且计量和分散非常小体积的流体。 雾化器可用于内燃机的化油系统,以制备用于分析方法的样品,如MALDI,用于流体过滤和分离,以及其他应用。

    Virtual impactor device with reduced fouling
    8.
    发明授权
    Virtual impactor device with reduced fouling 失效
    具有减少结垢的虚拟冲击装置

    公开(公告)号:US07178380B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-20

    申请号:US11041823

    申请日:2005-01-24

    IPC分类号: G01N1/00

    摘要: A virtual impactor device having reduced fouling includes injection ports within the separation zone to redirect particles that otherwise tend to impact the walls of the separation zone and produce fouling. The virtual impactor device preferably also includes an acceleration zone having concave and convex sections, which reduces fouling in that area. The virtual impactor device can be combined with various downstream components such as collectors, atomizers and various analytical devices.

    摘要翻译: 具有减少的结垢的虚拟冲击器装置包括分离区内的注入口,以重新引导否则倾向于冲击分离区的壁并产生结垢的颗粒。 虚拟冲击器装置优选地还包括具有凹凸部分的加速区域,这减少了该区域中的结垢。 虚拟冲击器装置可以与诸如收集器,雾化器和各种分析装置的各种下游部件组合。

    Electrostatic atomizer and method of producing atomized fluid sprays
    9.
    发明授权
    Electrostatic atomizer and method of producing atomized fluid sprays 失效
    静电雾化器和雾化喷雾剂的生产方法

    公开(公告)号:US07337984B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-04

    申请号:US10917824

    申请日:2004-08-13

    摘要: Fluids are atomized using a miniaturized electrostatic microinjector. The microinjectors are capable of producing uniform droplets in several spray modes, and metering and dispersing very small volume fluids. The atomizer is useful in carburetion systems for internal combustion engines, to prepare samples for analytical methods such as MALDI, for fluid filtration and separation, and in other applications.

    摘要翻译: 使用微型静电微量注射器使流体雾化。 微量注射器能够以几种喷雾模式产生均匀的液滴,并且计量和分散非常小体积的流体。 雾化器可用于内燃机的化油系统,以制备用于分析方法的样品,如MALDI,用于流体过滤和分离,以及其他应用。