Acoustic fuel deoxygenation system
US7041154B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 9, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23K2900/05082
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system. A signal generator system includes a multiple of transducers located adjacent a fuel channel. The transducers are arranged to generate acoustic flow chaotization and cavitation-induced phase separation which destroys oxygen depleted boundary layers and significantly improving flow mixing, intensifying oxygen supply to the surface of an oxygen-removing membrane of the deoxygenator system.
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