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US 12,343,691 B2Granted
Venturi device with forced induction systems and methods
AssigneeZero Nox, Inc.
InventorJames Matthew Kerton
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Abstract
A Venturi device with a primary flow path and a secondary flow path introduced into the primary flow path, wherein a flow of one or more flowable mediums in the primary flow path and the secondary flow path creates a vortex generating a suction at an inlet of the Venturi device. A particulate burner system can be used to combust fuel emission byproducts by injecting fuel and air into a housing having a bottom plate with a round bottom opening for burners to inject fuel into a combustion chamber and a top plate with a round top opening for exhausting fuel emissions. A thruster system can be used to propel munition for deep earth penetration by using a thruster system having a transfer cone connected to a munition body.
Claims26
A Venturi device, the Venturi device comprising:
- an inlet configured to receive a primary flow of a fluid;
- an outlet configured to eject the primary flow;
- and
- a body disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the body comprising:
- a body wall comprising a converging portion and a diverging portion, wherein a movement of the primary flow through the converging portion and the diverging portion produces a Venturi effect, pulling the primary flow in through the inlet;
- a first funnel disposed at least partially in the converging portion, the first funnel extending from the body wall toward a central axis of the body, the first funnel forming a first annular space between the first funnel and the body wall, the first funnel configured to create a first low pressure fluid in the first annular space relative to a high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow flowing through the first funnel to pull the primary flow through the inlet and into the body, wherein reduction in the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow through the first funnel causes the first low pressure fluid to at least partially exit the first annular space for the first low pressure fluid to flow toward the outlet;
- a second funnel disposed at least partially in the diverging portion, the second funnel extending from the body wall toward the central axis of the body, the second funnel forming a second annular space between the second funnel and the body wall, the second funnel configured to create a second low pressure fluid in the second annular space relative to the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow flowing through the second funnel to pull the primary flow through the inlet and into the body, wherein reduction in the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow through the second funnel causes the second low pressure fluid to at least partially exit the second annular space for the second low pressure fluid to flow toward the outlet, wherein the second annular space is larger than the first annular space,
- wherein the body is sealed about the central axis between the inlet and an exit of the second funnel for the body to seal the first annular space and the second annular space about the central axis;
- a secondary input disposed between the converging portion and the outlet, the secondary input configured to direct a secondary flow of the fluid into the primary flow to create a vortex, pulling the primary flow through the inlet and into the body;
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- a conical interior surface disposed downstream of the secondary input relative to the primary flow of the fluid, the conical interior surface configured to direct the primary flow toward the outlet, the conical interior surface comprising a cross-sectional flow area that increases in size toward the outlet.
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A Venturi device, the Venturi device comprising:
- an inlet configured to receive a primary flow of a fluid;
- an outlet configured to eject the primary flow;
- and
- a body disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the body comprising:
- a body wall comprising a converging portion and a diverging portion, wherein a movement of the primary flow through the converging portion and the diverging portion produces a Venturi effect, pulling the primary flow in through the inlet;
- a first funnel disposed at least partially in the converging portion, the first funnel extending from the body wall toward a central axis of the body, the first funnel forming a first annular space between the first funnel and the body wall, the first funnel configured to create a first low pressure fluid in the first annular space relative to a high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow flowing through the first funnel, wherein reduction in the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow through the first funnel causes the first low pressure fluid to at least partially exit the first annular space for the first low pressure fluid to flow toward the outlet;
- a second funnel disposed at least partially in the diverging portion, the second funnel converging from the body wall toward the central axis of the body within the diverging portion along the central axis, the second funnel forming a second annular space between the second funnel and the body wall, the second funnel configured to create a second low pressure fluid in the second annular space relative to the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow flowing through the second funnel, wherein reduction in the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow through the second funnel causes the second low pressure fluid to at least partially exit the second annular space for the second low pressure fluid to flow toward the outlet, wherein an exit of the second funnel is at or upstream an end of the diverging portion along a direction of the primary flow;
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- a secondary input disposed between the converging portion and the outlet, the secondary input configured to direct a secondary flow of the fluid into the primary flow to create a vortex, pulling the primary flow through the inlet and into the body.
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A Venturi device, the Venturi device comprising:
- an inlet configured to receive a primary flow of a fluid;
- an outlet configured to eject the primary flow;
- and
- a body disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the body comprising:
- a body wall comprising a converging portion and a diverging portion, wherein a movement of the primary flow through the converging portion and the diverging portion produces a Venturi effect, pulling the primary flow in through the inlet;
- a funnel extending from the body wall toward a central axis of the body, the funnel forming a space between the funnel and the body wall, the funnel configured to create a low pressure fluid in the space relative to a high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow flowing through the funnel, wherein reduction in the high pressure fluid flow of the primary flow through the funnel causes the low pressure fluid to at least partially exit the space for the low pressure fluid to flow toward the outlet,
- wherein the body is sealed about the central axis between the inlet and an exit of the funnel for the body to seal the space about the central axis;
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- a secondary input disposed between the converging portion and the outlet, the secondary input configured to direct a secondary flow of the fluid into the primary flow to create a vortex, pulling the primary flow through the inlet and into the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.