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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2020
Applicant:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. Schafrik, Lexington, KY (US);
Ashish Ranjan Kumar, Lexington, KY (US);
Allison Taylor, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 45/16 (2006.01); B04C 5/103 (2006.01); B04C 5/081 (2006.01); B04C 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 45/16 (2013.01); B04C 5/04 (2013.01); B04C 5/081 (2013.01); B04C 5/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inertial vortex particle scrubber includes a housing having an inlet guide, twin vortex chambers and an outlet. A particle-laden air stream is accelerated as it passes through the inlet guide into the twin vortex chambers where particles are displaced by centrifugal forces toward a wall of the twin vortex chambers. A relatively particle-free air stream is then discharged from the outlet.