Acoustic-assisted heat and mass transfer device
AssigneeHeat Technologies, Inc.
InventorsZinovy Zalman Plavnik, Jason Lye
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Abstract
An acoustic energy-transfer apparatus including: an acoustic chest, the acoustic chest defining an inner chamber sized to receive a material to be processed; and an acoustic device positioned within the acoustic chest and oriented to direct acoustic energy towards the material to be processed. A method for drying a material, the method including: positioning a material in an acoustic chest including an acoustic device; and directing acoustically energized air from the acoustic device at the material within the acoustic chest.
Claims20
An acoustic energy-transfer apparatus comprising:
- a dryer comprising an acoustic chest, the acoustic chest defining an inner chamber sized to receive a material to be processed, the acoustic chest defining a material inlet and a material outlet and a material path extending from the material inlet to the material outlet;
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- an acoustic device positioned within the acoustic chest, configured to rotate around the material path, and oriented to direct acoustic energy towards the material to be processed.
A method for processing drying a material, the method comprising:
- positioning a material in an acoustic chest of a dryer, the acoustic chest including an acoustic head defining a central axis, the acoustic head comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, each of the ultrasonic transducers facing a central axis of the acoustic head;
- rotating the acoustic head about the material within the acoustic chest;
- and directing acoustically energized air from the acoustic head at the material within the acoustic chest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.