Whole smoke exposure apparatus
OwnerYasuo Fukano, Mutsuaki Suzuki +1inventors
InventorsYasuo Fukano, Mutsuaki Suzuki, Maiko Ide
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a smoke emitting section which emits smoke containing particulate matter, a dilution section for diluting the smoke emitted by the smoke emitting section, a clean air unit which supplies clean air to the dilution section, at least one chamber which incorporates a cell-adhered surface and into which the smoke diluted by the dilution section is introduced, and an exhaust section for exhausting the smoke from the chamber and the dilution section. A smoke flow in the chamber is shut off to make the smoke settle down in the chamber and expose the cell-adhered surface to the smoke.
Claims12
A whole smoke exposure apparatus comprising:
- a smoke emitting section which emits smoke containing particulate matter;
- a dilution means for diluting the smoke emitted by the smoke emitting section by adding a gas to the smoke;
- an air unit which supplies the gas to said dilution means;
- at least one exposure chamber which has a cell-adhered surface therein and into which the smoke diluted by the dilution means is introduced;
- a blocking means for shutting off a gas flow so as to seal the chamber after the smoke is introduced into the chamber;
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- an exhaust means for exhausting the smoke introduced into the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.