Multiplex inertial filter, collector and separator

US11779869B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• IRPI LLC · US
• The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration · US

Inventors

• Mark M. Weislogel · Portland, US
• John C. Graf · Houston, US
• Nora D. Shapiro · Tempe, US
• Logan Torres · Wilsonville, US
• Rawand M. Rasheed · Houston, US
• Ryan Jenson · Wilsonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2258/06
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a multiplexed phase separating inertial filter that is composed of helical through holes generating centrifugal separating forces. In one example, the inertial filter may be a planar porous material with an array of helical channels, each helical channel of the array of helical channels extending from a top surface of the porous material to a bottom surface of the porous material.