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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2007
Spyros A. Svoronos, Gainesville, FL (US);
Dongchul Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hassan El-sayed El-shall, Gainesville, FL (US);
Spyros A. Svoronos, Gainesville, FL (US);
Dongchul Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Hassan El-Sayed El-Shall, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A classifier includes a central particle inlet, an inclined feed surface, and a classification surface. A plurality of particle feeding vanes are positioned above the feed surface, and the plurality of particle feeding vanes rotate above the feed surface. A plurality of classification vanes are positioned above the classification surface, and the plurality of classification vanes rotate above the classification surface. Particles enter the classifier through the inlet near an axis of rotation and flow radially outward on the feed surface to the classification surface.