Gas core vortex ring generator
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorChristopher J. Weiland
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Abstract
A method is provided for producing a vortex ring in a liquid medium. The method includes concatenating pairs of insulated anode and cathode rings into a stack; inserting the stack into a vertically oriented chamber; disposing a cylindrical cavity below the chamber; inserting a piston into the cavity; connecting the chamber to the medium; and raising the piston to displace the medium while the stack produces an annular bubble that induces the vortex ring. In particular, the medium is water and the stack separates the medium into hydrogen and oxygen gas.
Claims11
A method for producing a gaseous core vortex ring in a liquid medium, said method comprising:
- concatenating pairs of insulated anode and cathode rings into a stack;
- inserting said stack into a vertically oriented chamber;
- disposing a cylindrical cavity below said chamber;
- inserting a piston into said cavity;
- connecting said chamber to the medium;
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- raising said piston to displace the medium while said stack produces an annular bubble that induces the vortex ring.
A device for producing a vortex ring in a liquid medium, said device comprising:
- a housing containing a cylindrical chamber oriented vertically;
- a column having a cylindrical cavity disposed beneath said chamber;
- a piston contained within and movable along said cavity, said piston being movable by an external influence;
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- a stack of interweaving anode and cathode rings, each ring having a circular through-hole, wherein
- said stack is contained within said chamber,
- said cavity and said through-hole in said each ring forming a continuous circular channel, and
- said influence causes said piston to translate from said cavity into said stack to induce motion in the medium for said stack to generate a gas bubble around which the vortex ring forms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.