Installation and method with improved performance for forming a compact film of particles on the surface of a carrier fluid
AssigneeCommissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
InventorsOlivier Dellea, Pascal Fugier
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Abstract
An installation for forming a compact film of particles on a surface of a carrier fluid, including: a zone acting as a reservoir of carrier fluid; an inclined ramp; a particle storage and transfer zone situated extending from the inclined ramp; a mechanism moving the fluid; a mechanism dispensing the particles in solution, configured to dispense the particles at the surface of the carrier on the surface of the carrier fluid in the zone acting as a reservoir; and a mechanism raising a level of the carrier fluid by capillary effect, arranged at a junction between the zone acting as a reservoir and the inclined ramp.
Claims15
An installation for forming a compact film of particles on a surface of a carrier fluid, the installation comprising:
- a zone acting as a carrier fluid reservoir;
- an inclined ramp situated extending from the zone acting as a reservoir and whereon the particles can circulate gravitationally;
- a particle storage and transfer zone situated extending from the inclined ramp;
- moving means for moving the carrier fluid to make the carrier fluid circulate from the zone, acting as a reservoir, to the particle storage and transfer zone, via the inclined ramp;
- dispensing means for dispensing the particles in solution, the dispensing means dispensing the particles on the surface of the carrier fluid in the zone acting as a reservoir;
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- raising means for raising a level of the carrier fluid by capillary effect, the raising means arranged at a junction between the zone acting as a reservoir and the inclined ramp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.