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US 2017/0219284 A1Published application
Acoustic-Assisted Heat and Mass Transfer Device
AssigneeHeat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsZinovy Zalman Plavnik, Jason Lye
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Abstract
An acoustic energy-transfer system includes: an acoustic chest arranged circumferentially around a container configured to receive a material to be processed; and an ultrasonic transducer arranged circumferentially inside the acoustic chest, the ultrasonic transducer defining an acoustic slot extending through the ultrasonic transducer, the acoustic slot angled with respect to a central axis of the acoustic chest.
Claims20
An acoustic energy-transfer system comprising:
- an acoustic chest arranged circumferentially around a container configured to receive a material to be processed;
- and
- an ultrasonic transducer arranged circumferentially inside the acoustic chest, the ultrasonic transducer defining an acoustic slot extending through the ultrasonic transducer, the acoustic slot angled with respect to a central axis of the acoustic chest.
An acoustic energy-transfer system comprising:
- a container;
- and
- an acoustic chest positioned inside the container and comprising an ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer defining an acoustic slot configured to direct acoustically energized air toward a circumference of a circulation path of a material being processed.
A method for processing a material using an acoustic energy-transfer system, the method comprising:
- forcing inlet air through an acoustic slot of an ultrasonic transducer positioned inside an acoustic chest, the acoustic chest and the ultrasonic transducer arranged circumferentially around a container, the acoustic slot of the ultrasonic transducer defined extending through the ultrasonic transducer, the acoustic slot angled with respect to a central axis of the container;
- directing acoustically energized air from the ultrasonic transducer at the material;
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- transporting the material through the container.
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