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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael M Ohadi, Columbia, MD (US);
Serguei V. Dessiatoun, Colmar Manor, MD (US);
Igor Ivakhnenko, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Riverdale, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 3/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03C 3/36 ;
Abstract
A device for separating liquid particles from an entraining gas or vapor stream. The device employs mechanical centrifugal forces to concentrate liquid droplets in a limited space for further extraction from the gas flow using an electrical field and an electrically charged collecting surface whereby the particles are attracted to and deposited on the surface for further extraction by the gas flow without reintrainment of the liquid back into the vapor stream. The device is constructed to provide an area of low gas velocity for removing the liquid from the device.