Method and Apparatus for Separating Particulate Matter from a Fluid.

Abstract

A method and apparatus for filtering particulate matter entrained in a fluid entering a port from a reservoir. First and second ultrasonic wave generators produce ultrasonic waves to define a composite wave pattern. The patterns produce nodes and antinodes in a region through which fluid entering a port passes. The particulate matter in the portion of the fluid passing through the region accumulates along the nodes and antinodes. The accumulating particulate matter is thereby separated and is displaced from the fluid entering the port.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADD017964

Entities

People

  • Robert Kuklinski
  • Stuart C. Dickinson

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Composite Materials
  • Filtration
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Generators
  • Materials
  • Particles
  • Particulate Matter
  • Particulates
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Reservoirs
  • Standing Waves
  • Ultrasounds
  • United States
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Electrical Engineering