Abstract:
A cylindrical rotary valve to control or affect fluid flow in processes where the fluid temperature must be maintained within a target range, the fluid pressure is varied and/or the amount of fluid flow is controlled comprising one or more of the following elements alone or in combination: (i) the use of a temperature control core in the valve shaft, (ii) the contoured or tapered shapes of the conduits, (iii) the use of the valve to create predictable pulses or waves in the fluid being controlled, (iv) a modular system of valves where the valve body is fixed and the valve shaft is replaceable with a second valve shaft of different conduit shape, (v) a rotary valve with multiple inputs or multiple outputs for either mixing or diverting of input fluids, and (vi) the use of the valve in abrasive particulate blasting and in particular dry ice blasting.
Abstract:
A cylindrical rotary valve adapted as a diverter valve to control or affect fluid flow. The diverter valve has at least two distinct sectors, each with a separate output fed from a separate groove on the valve shaft. The valve has a single input with internal branching to make distinct input connections to the chamber in which the valve shaft rests. The conduits are designed according to the immediate disclosure so as to maintain at least one of the input-output pairs in a partially open position with respect to its conduit at any shaft rotation. Alternatively, the diverter valve is a cylindrical valve with at least one intake and more than one exit, in which the valve shaft rotates between a first position in which the input communicates with one or more exit stream defined by the valve shaft and a second position in which the input communicates with two or more exit streams defined by the valve shaft.
Abstract:
A cavitation reactor having a pulse valve for receiving an input fluid flow and generating a pulsed output flow that is provided to the input of a resonance chamber, such as a tube. The pulse valve uses a shaft with a number of regularly spaced lands to form fluid conduits between an input port and the output port connected to the resonance tube to cause fluid communication between the input and output ports to be regularly opened and closed, thereby producing a pulsed output that drives the formation of resonance waves in the resonance chamber. The shaft is rotated at a suitable frequency to produce cavitation bubbles that collapse in the resonance chamber without damaging the valve shaft.