Device and method for creating hydrodynamic cavitation in fluids
AssigneeFive Star Technologies, Inc.
InventorOleg V. Kozyuk
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Abstract
A device and method for creating hydrodynamic cavitation in fluid is provided. The device can include a flow-through chamber having a first portion and a second portion, and a plurality of baffles provided within the second portion of the flow-through chamber. One or more of the plurality of baffles can be configured to be selectively movable into the first portion of the flow-through chamber to generate a hydrodynamic cavitation field downstream from each baffle moved into the first portion of the flow-through chamber.
Claims18
A device for creating hydrodynamic cavitation in fluid, the device comprising:
- a flow-through chamber having an upstream portion and a downstream portion, the upstream and downstream portions being substantially cylindrical in shape and having different diameters wherein the diameter of the upstream portion is less than the diameter of the downstream portion;
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- a plurality of baffles provided within the downstream portion of the flow-through chamber wherein the diameters of the baffles are substantially equal,
- wherein one or more of the plurality of baffles are configured to be selectively movable into the upstream portion of the flow-through chamber to generate a hydrodynamic cavitation field downstream from each baffle moved into the upstream portion of the flow-through chamber.
A device for dynamically generating multiple stages of hydrodynamic cavitation in fluid, the device comprising:
- a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and internal chambers, the internal chambers including:
- a first substantially cylindrical chamber having a first diameter, the first chamber in fluid communication with the inlet;
- and
- a second substantially cylindrical chamber having a second diameter that is, greater than the first diameter, the second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber and with the outlet;
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- a plurality of baffles contained in the housing and connected in a fixed position relative to one another along the length of a shaft, the baffles having substantially the same diameter, the baffles configured to be movable between the first and second chambers by positioning of the shaft to provide for one or more hydrodynamic cavitation stages in the fluid when a corresponding number of baffles are located in the first chamber.
A method of generating one or more stages of hydrodynamic cavitation in a fluid, the flow-through chamber having a substantially cylindrical upstream portion, a substantially cylindrical downstream portion, and a plurality of baffles having substantially equal diameters, the baffles being contained in the downstream portion of the flow-through chamber, the method comprising:
- passing fluid through the flow-through chamber;
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- selectively moving one or more baffles into the upstream portion of the flow-through chamber to generate a hydrodynamic cavitation field in the fluid downstream from each baffle moved into the upstream portion of the flow-through chamber.
A device for dynamically generating multiple stages of hydrodynamic cavitation in fluid, the device comprising:
- a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and internal chambers, the internal chambers including:
- a first chamber having a first cross-sectional area, the first chamber in fluid communication with the inlet;
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- a second chamber having a second cross-sectional area that is greater than the first cross-sectional area, the second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber and with the outlet;
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- a plurality of baffles contained in the housing and connected in a fixed position relative to one another along the length of a shaft, the baffles having substantially the same diameter, the baffles configured to be movable between the first and second chambers by positioning of the shaft to provide for one or more hydrodynamic cavitation stages in the fluid when a corresponding number of baffles are located in the first chamber,
- wherein the first chamber is defined by a first inner surface and the second chamber is defined by a second inner surface,
- wherein a gap is defined between the first inner surface and the perimeter of one of the baffles,
- wherein the size of the gap for one baffle located in the first chamber is substantially the same as the size of the gap for other baffles located in the first chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.