Machine and process for filterless wet removal of particles from and humidification of air
AssigneeIsaacs Hydropermutation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBlake L. Isaacs, Cody Christopher Race, Boyd Kent Rowe
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Abstract
An improved air scrubber has an improved, more efficient, more robust impeller and impeller housing for mixing incoming air with water, scrubbing the air with increased efficiency and lower mean time between failures. Also water flow through the system is improved to prevent loss of scrubbing performance and to reduce user workload. In addition to these improvements, the water intake system has been redesigned to use less water, prevent using too much water, and to prevent previously common errors that require users to drain water from the impeller housing.
Claims21
An improved impeller comprising:
- a central hub having an axis of rotation;
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- eight or more blades each having a first end and a second end, each first end being coupled to the hub at positions which together define a circle having a center at the axis of rotation, each position being at equal distances away from each other position around the hub, each blade being positioned in a plane of rotation orthogonal to the axis of rotation, wherein the improved impeller has a width and a diameter, wherein the diameter is defined as straight-line distance across a circle formed at the second ends of the blades when the blades are rotated in a plane of rotation perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and the width of defined as a width of each blade parallel to the axis of rotation wherein the blades each have a same width to diameter ratio which is between 0.09 and 0.125.
An improved air scrubbing system comprising:
- an improved impeller mounted within an improved impeller housing, the impeller configured to cause air entering the impeller housing which enters through an intake at a first angle to be driven to and exit into an air channel at a second angle, the impeller being configured with eight or more blades each having a first end and a second end, each first end being coupled to the hub at positions which together define a circle having a center at the axis of rotation, each position being at equal distances away from each other position around the hub, each blade being positioned in a plane of rotation around the axis of rotation and positioned to rotate in a same plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation;
- a water supply configured to be provided to the intake of the impeller housing;
- a separation tank configured to receive an air-water mixture from the air channel, the separation tank further having a drain;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.