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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
James L Hodges, Vernon, CT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
239 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making artificial snow wherein a stream of compressed air and liquid water is expanded into a nucleating in which there is established an electrostatic field. By subjecting the expanding stream of compressd air and liquid water to the electrostatic field, the mean particle size of the ice nuclei formed in the nucleating zone is decreased and the number of ice nuclei particles produced for a given water flow is increased. Additionally, a stream of pressure water may be injected into the secondary air into which the ice nuclei pass in order to increase the humidity of the secondary air by atomizing the injected in a second electrostatic field.