Exhaust capture devices and methods
AssigneeGreener Process Systems Inc.
InventorMaurizio Festa
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Abstract
A system of controlling the capture of emissions from an exhaust emitter includes a housing including an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet; an adapter configured to attach to the exhaust emitter and the inlet of the housing; an attachment assembly coupled to the exhaust emitter, the attachment assembly including at least one leg pivotably coupled to the adapter; at least one valve coupled to the housing; and a control unit capable of communicating with the at least one valve to control the emission of exhaust through the device.
Claims18
A system of controlling the capture of emissions from an exhaust emitter comprising:
- a housing including an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet;
- an attachment assembly having a shaft, a motor, a gear assembly and an adapter configured to attach to the exhaust emitter and the inlet of the housing, the attachment assembly removably couplable to the adapter;
- at least one valve coupled to the housing and including a first valve located between the housing and the first outlet and a second valve located between the housing and the second outlet coupled to the housing;
- and
- a control unit capable of communicating with the at least one valve to control the emission of exhaust through the device,
- wherein the shaft includes teeth configured to mate with the gear of the gear assembly to operably couple the shaft to the motor.
A system for capturing exhaust from a stack, the system comprising:
- a housing including at least one inlet and at least one outlet;
- an adaptor configured to couple with the housing and with the stack;
- an actuator operably coupled to a gear assembly;
- a shaft within the housing operably coupled to the gear assembly, the shaft removably coupled to the stack;
- at least one valve attached to the housing at the least one outlet;
- and
- at least one sensor in communication with a control unit, the control unit configured to adjust the at least one valve based on a reading from the at least one sensor.
A method of capturing emissions from an exhaust emitter comprising:
- activating an actuator to translate a shaft relative to an adaptor;
- coupling the shaft to engage the exhaust emitter;
- sealing an emission capture device to the exhaust emitter by attaching a gasket of the adaptor to the exhaust emitter;
- sensing emission data from an inlet of a housing;
- and
- modulating a first valve operably coupled to a first outlet of the housing and a second valve operably coupled to a second outlet of the housing based on the emission data,
- wherein the step of sensing emission data includes sensing the emission data from a differential pressure sensor located in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.