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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Applicant:
UT Battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Inventors:
Ayyoub Mehdizadeh Momen, Knoxville, TN (US);
Kyle R. Gluesenkamp, Knoxville, TN (US);
Edward Allan Vineyard, Knoxville, TN (US);
Roger A. Kisner, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/02 (2006.01); D06F 58/28 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/02 (2013.01); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); D06F 58/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dryer includes a plurality of piezoelectric transducers in electrical communication with a high frequency piezoelectric oscillation generator. The piezoelectric oscillation generator controls the duty cycle and resonant frequency source signal that drive the plurality of piezoelectric transducers non-continuously. The piezoelectric transducers dry the wet articles without heating air passing through the articles.