Hyperbolic frequency modulation related to aero/hydrodynamic flow systems

• US 4,347,983 A
• Filed: 01/09/1980
• Issued: 09/07/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sontek Industries, Inc. (Evercel, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sontek Industries, Inc. (Evercel, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bodai, Conrad A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Application Number:
  US06/110,670
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 239/101, 239/102, 239/461, 239/463, 239/468, 239/486, 239/487, 239/466, 239/490-497, 239/543-545, 261/DIG. 39, 261/DIG. 48, 261/DIG. 55, 261/DIG. 78
• US Class Current: 239/466
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2025/9191 characterised by the arrangement of the feed openings for one or more flows, e.g. for the mainflow and the flow of an additional component
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/10 Mixing by creating a vortex flow, e.g. by tangential introduction of flow components
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/102 wherein the vortex is created by two or more jets introduced tangentially in separate mixing chambers or consecutively in the same mixing chamber
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 19/10 employing sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 5/02 Ultrasonic whistles

Abstract

A device is disclosed which is capable of generating turbulence in a fluid as well as a sonic or ultrasonic field of predetermined frequency comprising a swirl chamber which is in fluid communication with a compression chamber and followed downstream by modulator cavities. Each successive stage of the device can alter the frequency and amplitude of the waves produced and in certain embodiments can act to intensify the vortices created in the fluid passing through the device to produce both mold controlled turbulence as well as stable high frequency/high amplitude acoustic (sonic or ultrasonic) vibration at the exit port.

Claims

1. A frequency modulator comprising:

(a) a swirl chamber having a substantially circular cross-section and further having means for the feeding of a fluid to the interior of the swirl chamber to impart a rotational motion to the fluid;

(b) a compression chamber also having a substantially circular cross-section disposed downstream of the swirl chamber and in substantially coaxial alignment therewith wherein said compression chamber has a cross-section which is equal to or smaller than the cross-section of said swirl chamber; and

(c) at least two modulator cavities also having substantially circular cross-sections which are in fluid communication with and disposed downstream of said compression chamber and which communicate with the compression chamber by ports tangential to the modulator cavities.

2. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein the cross-sections of the modulator cavities are smaller than the cross-section of the compression chamber.

3. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein the cross-sections of the modulator cavities are substantially equal to the cross-section of the compression chamber.

4. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein the cross-sections of the modulator cavities are larger than the cross-section of the compression chamber.

5. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said compression chamber is substantially open to fluid flow at its upstream end and substantially restricted to fluid flow at its downstream end, said downstream end being peripherally intersected by said modulator cavities.

6. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said modulator cavities are arranged in a ring coaxial with the compression chamber.

7. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said modulator cavities are paraxially aligned with the axis of the compression chamber.

8. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said modulator cavities are perpendicularly aligned to the axis of the compression chamber.

9. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said modulator cavities are obliquely aligned to the axis of the compression chamber at a common angle thereto.

10. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said ports are defined by substantially sharp edges.

11. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said modulator cavities are geometrically arranged so that any acoustic waves are in phase when exiting each of said modulator cavities.

12. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said means for feeding a fluid comprises a tangential opening in the side wall of the swirl chamber.

13. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein axes of the modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that acoustic waves exiting each modulator cavity most optimally constructively interferes with the acoustic waves exiting the other modulator cavities substantially along the radial center of the frequency modulator.

14. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein axes of the modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that fluid exiting each modulator cavity interacts orthokinetically with the fluid exiting the other modulator cavities.

15. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein axes of the modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that fluid exiting each modulator cavity interacts parakinetically with the fluid exiting the other modulator cavities.

16. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein axes of the modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that fluid exiting each modulator cavity interacts semi-orthokinetically with the fluid exiting the other modulator cavities.

17. The frequency modulator of claim 1 wherein said modulator cavities are arranged in a ring which is coaxial with the compression chamber and which peripherally intersect the outer wall of the compression chamber to define a series of ports through which fluid may be discharged.

20. The frequency modulator of claims 1 or 18 further comprising a second set of modulator cavities having substantially circular cross-sections which are in fluid communication with and are disposed downstream of said previously recited modulator cavities and which communicate with the first set of modulator cavities by ports tangential to the second set of modulator cavities.

21. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein the cross-sections of the second set of modulator cavities are smaller than the cross-sections of the first set of modulator cavities.

22. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein the cross-sections of the second set of modulator cavities are substantially equal to the cross-sections of the first set of modulator cavities.

23. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein the cross-sections of the second set of modulator cavities are larger than the cross-sections of the first set of modulator cavities.

24. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein said second set of modulator cavities peripherally intersect said previously recited modulator cavities forming ports which are defined by substantially sharp edges.

25. The frequency modulator of claim 20 further comprising additional sets of modulator cavities serially located downstream of said second set of modulator cavities wherein each of the downstream modulator cavities has a substantially circular cross-section which is serially smaller than the cross-section of the preceding modulator cavities.

26. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein axes of the second set of modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that fluid exiting each second set modulator cavity interacts orthokinetically with the fluid exiting the other second set modulator cavities.

27. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein axes of the second set of modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that fluid exiting each second set modulator cavity interacts parakinetically with the fluid exiting the other second set modulator cavities.

28. The frequency modulator of claim 20 wherein axes of the second set of modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that fluid exiting each second set modulator cavity interacts semi-orthokinetically with the fluid exiting the other second set modulator cavities.

18. A frequency modulator comprising:

(a) a swirl chamber having a substantially circular cross-section into which a fluid under pressure is introduced to produce a vortical flow;

(b) a compression chamber also having a substantially circular cross-section disposed downstream of the swirl chamber and in substantially coaxial alignment therewith wherein said compression chamber has a cross-section which is equal to or smaller than the cross-section of said swirl chamber so that the fluid entering the compression chamber intensifies in vortical flow; and

(c) at least two modulator cavities also having substantial circular cross-sections which are each smaller than the cross-section of said compression chamber and which are disposed downstream of the compression chamber whereby the modulator cavities communicate with the compression chamber by means of a series of ports in the compression chamber tangential to the modulator cavities through which the vortical flow in the compression chamber may be discharged into each modulator cavity.

19. The frequency modulator of claim 18 wherein the axes of said modulator cavities are biased with respect to the axis of the compression chamber so that acoustic waves exiting from each modulator cavity most optimally constructively interferes with the acoustic waves exiting the remaining modulator cavities substantially along the radial center of the frequency modulator.