1149results about "Jet pumps" patented technology

This invention discloses improvements on previous inventions for catalytic conversion of coal and steam to methane. The disclosed improvements permit conversion of petroleum residua or heavy crude petroleum to methane and carbon dioxide such that nearly all of the heating value of the converted hydrocarbons is recovered as heating value of the product methane. The liquid feed is distributed over a fluidized solid particulate catalyst containing alkali metal and carbon as petroleum coke at elevated temperature and pressure from the lower stage and transported to the upper stage of a two-stage reactor. Particulate solids containing carbon and alkali metal are circulated between the two stages. Superheated steam and recycled hydrogen and carbon monoxide are fed to the lower stage, fluidizing the particulate solids and gasifying some of the carbon. The gas phase from the lower stage passes through the upper stage, completing the reaction of the gas phase.

A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a base having an air inlet and an air outlet, the base housing an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to create an air flow passing from the air inlet to the air outlet. The fan assembly further includes a vertically oriented, elongate annular nozzle including an interior passage having an air inlet for receiving the air flow from the base and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the nozzle defining an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth.

A bladeless fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base housing a device for creating an air flow. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow and a mouth for emitting the air flow. The nozzle defines, and extends about, an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth. The nozzle also includes a heater for heating the air flow upstream of the mouth.

A bladeless fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The nozzle comprises an interior passage and a mouth for receiving the air flow from the interior passage and through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. The nozzle defines an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth. The nozzle is detachable from the base, which is preferably sized to be accommodated within the opening of the nozzle for transportation.

A fan assembly includes a motor-driven impeller for creating an air flow, at least one heater for heating a first portion of the air flow, and a casing comprising at least one air outlet for emitting the first portion of the air flow, and first channel means for conveying the first portion of the air flow to said at least one air outlet. To cool part of the casing, the casing includes means for diverting a second portion of the air flow away from said at least one heater, and second channel means for conveying the second portion of the air flow along an internal surface of the casing. This second portion of the air flow may merge with the first portion within the casing, or it may be emitted through at least one second air outlet of the casing.

A fan assembly includes a motor-driven impeller for creating an air flow, at least one heater for heating a first portion of the air flow, means for diverting a second portion of the air flow away from said at least one heater, and a casing comprising at least one first air outlet for emitting the first portion of the air flow and at least one second air outlet from emitting the second portion of the air flow. To cool an external surface of the casing, at least one second air outlet is arranged to direct at least part of the second portion of the air flow over the external surface.

A fan assembly for creating an air current includes an air outlet mounted on a stand. The stand includes a base and a body tiltable relative to the base. Each of the base and the body has an outer surface shaped so that adjoining portions of the outer surfaces are substantially flush when the body is in the untilted position.

The invention discloses a fan without fan blades and relates to a fan device, which is characterized by comprising an airflow generating device (1), a nozzle (2) and a connecting pipe (3), wherein the nozzle comprises an internal channel (6), an exhaust port (4) and a closed loop, the airflow generating device is used for producing high-pressure airflow, at least part of the airflow generating device is positioned in the closed loop of the nozzle, and the connecting pipe is connected between the airflow generating device and the nozzle, thereby being a channel for circulation of the high-pressure airflow from the airflow generating device to the nozzle. The device has compact structure and low noise and can provide the airflow with uniform flow rate.

A pedestal for a fan assembly includes a telescopic duct for conveying an air flow to an outlet of the fan assembly. The duct includes an outer tubular member having a first stop member, an inner tubular member located at least partially within and slidable relative to the outer tubular member, the inner tubular member having a second stop member for engaging the first stop member to inhibit withdrawal of the inner tubular member from the outer tubular member, and a mainspring rotatably mounted on the second stop member, the mainspring having a free end retained by the first stop member.

The invention discloses an airflow generating method which comprises the following steps: an airflow generating unit and a nozzle are provided, wherein the nozzle is provided with an inner passage and a vent port, and the inner passage is communicated with the interior of the airflow generating unit; the airflow provided by the airflow generating unit is introduced into the inner passage, and thegage pressure of the airflow in the inner passage is 50-5000 Pa; the airflow in the inner passage is discharged from the vent port, and the discharged air does not produce the Coanda effect on the nozzle and entrains the air around the vent port, thereby amplifying the airflow. The invention also discloses an airflow generating device by using the method. The invention has the advantages of easy cleaning, high safety, high efficiency, small size, no effect on light rays, low noise and the like, and can be widely used in various fan units.

The invention discloses a bladeless fan, and relates to a fan device. The fan device comprises a base and a nozzle arranged on the base, wherein the nozzle comprises an internal channel and an air outlet; the nozzle basically extends orthogonally relative to an axis to limit an opening; and air outside the fan is sucked by airflow jetted from the air outlet through the opening. The fan device is characterized in that: the base comprises a pedestal and a support fixed on the pedestal; the nozzle is arranged on the support; the fan has a height and a width which are vertical to the axis; the width of the support of the fan is at least 10 millimeters less than that of the pedestal; the width of the pedestal of the fan is greater than 75 percent of the width of the nozzle and smaller than 125 percent of the width of the nozzle; and selectively, the nozzle, the pedestal and the support have depths along the direction of the axis, the depth of the support is at least 10 millimeters less than that of the pedestal, the depth of the pedestal is greater than 200 percent of the depth of the nozzle and smaller than 350 percent of the depth of the nozzle. The fan device can be safely and stably placed and used and has a simple and attractive structure.

The invention discloses an electronic ice fan. An ice containing box is arranged below a body seat; a pressure increasing axial flow fan is arranged in the body seat; a suction port is formed below the axial flow fan; an annular flow increasing ring is arranged above the body seat; a circulation channel and a jet flow port are formed in the flow increasing ring; a mist stimulation pipe is arranged above the pressure increasing axial flow fan; a mist stimulator is arranged on the lower part of the mist stimulation pipe and connected with the ice containing box below; the mist stimulation pipe is communicated with the pressure increasing ring above; the ice water in the ice containing box flows to the mist stimulator; the pressure increasing axial flow fan sucks air from the lower suction opening to form high-pressure air flow; the high-pressure air flow flows through the mist stimulation pipe and blows the water mist of the mist stimulator through the circulation channel to form ice mist at the jet flow port of the flow increasing ring; and the ice mist is immediately gasified into ice-cold air. The invention aims at providing an air cooler device which solves the problems of small mist amount and non-cool air of the air cooler by using the axial flow fan, the flow increasing ring and the mist stimulator; and moreover, as no fan blade is arranged in the flow increasing ring, the effects of large mist amount and cool air of a bladeless ice fan are realized.

The invention discloses a ventilation device, which aims to solve the problem that the conventional ventilation device does not have an air adjusting function. The device comprises a pedestal, a high-speed air blower and an annular ejector, wherein the high-speed air blower is arranged at the bottom of the pedestal; the annular ejector is arranged at an air outlet of the high-speed air blower and is fixed on the pedestal; and the air inlet or the air outlet of the high-speed air blower is provided with a vapor generator which is fixed on the pedestal for producing water vapor. In the ventilation device, the water vapor is produced through the vapor generator and is ejected through an atomization nozzle at a high speed to produce fog of smaller granularity, so that a hot air flow can more easily absorb the latent heat of vaporization, and the ventilation device has a humidification effect and a heat absorption and temperature reduction effect on a large amount of hot air sucked by the annular nozzle, and brings comfortable cool air similar to air on the shore of a lake or a sea to the surrounding environment. In the ventilation device, an external circulating device is not required to be mounted, so the cost is low; the space is not required to be closed, so that air convection is guaranteed; and the ventilation device is more energy-saving in the same temperature reduction range compared with a fan and an air conditioner, and can be used conveniently and safely.

The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement, in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump and a sheath receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage and having a distal intake opening and a proximal outflow opening for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening is present between the first section, and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.

A fan assembly includes a nozzle and a body on which the nozzle is mounted. The nozzle has a rear section having at least one first air inlet, at least one first air outlet, and a first interior passage for conveying air from said at least one first air inlet to said at least one first air outlet; and a front section having at least one second air inlet, at least one second air outlet, and a second interior passage for conveying air from said at least one second air inlet to said at least one second air outlet. A first air flow through the first interior passage and a second air flow through the second interior passage are each generated within the body. At least one of the temperature, humidity, and electrical charge of the second air flow is changed before it enters the second interior passage.

A method for constructing a thermal management system is provided herein. In accordance with the method, a fan (405) is provided which is adapted to provide a global flow of fluid through the device. A synthetic jet ejector (409) is also provided which is adapted to augment the global flow of fluid over the surfaces of a heat sink (403). The ratio of the flow per unit time of the synthetic jet ejector to the flow per unit time of the fan is selected so as to achieve a desired level of heat dissipation.

A multi-stage eductor apparatus includes a first stage eductor with an inlet, an outlet, and a venturi throat between the inlet and outlet into which a driving fluid is injected to flow from the outlet and create a suction at the inlet for drawing material into the inlet and through the first stage eductor with the driving fluid, and at least a second stage eductor of the same or similar configuration, with the inlet of the second stage eductor connected directly to the outlet from the first stage eductor, thereby increasing the suction at the inlet to the first stage eductor and maintaining the suction at the inlet to the first stage eductor through a wide range of driving fluid flow rates.

An ejector cycle device includes a compressor that draws and compresses refrigerant, a radiator that radiates heat of high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor, an ejector, a branch passage branched from a refrigerant passage between the radiator and a nozzle portion of the ejector and coupled to a suction port of the ejector, a throttle unit that is arranged in the branch passage and decompresses refrigerant, and an evaporator that is arranged on a downstream side of refrigerant flow of the throttle unit in the branch passage and evaporates refrigerant. Accordingly, even when a suction performance of the ejector is lowered, refrigerant can flow through the evaporator.

A pump for transferring particulate material from a source to a remote location, including a particulate chamber having open ends, check valves at the open ends, a vacuum source connected to the chamber adjacent one end, a gas source at the opposed end of the chamber and a control which alternatively connects the vacuum to the chamber to draw particulate material from the source to the chamber and connecting the gas under pressure to drive the particulate material to the remote location. In a preferred embodiment, the chamber has a cylindrical inner diameter and the source of vacuum is a venturi pump connected to a pinch valve permitting overflow of particulate material through the pinch valve and venturi pump, which is returned to the source. In one embodiment, the pinch valve surrounds an open end of the chamber permitting overflow while avoiding agglomeration of the particulate material.

A novel pressure-exchange ejector is disclosed whereby a high energy primary fluid transports and pressurizes a lower energy secondary fluid through direct fluid-fluid momentum exchange. The pressure-exchange ejector utilizes non-steady flow principles and both supersonic flow and subsonic flow embodiments are disclosed. The invention provides an ejector-compressor/pump which can attain substantially higher adiabatic efficiencies than conventional ejectors while retaining much of the simplicity of construction and the low manufacturing cost of a conventional ejector. Embodiments are shown which are appropriate for gas compression applications such as are found in ejector refrigeration, fuel cell pressurization, water desalinization, and power generation topping cycles, and for liquid pumping applications such as marine jet propulsion and slurry pumping.

A portable fan includes a casing having an air inlet, and an air outlet having an interior passage for receiving an air flow, and a mouth for emitting the air flow, the interior passage extending about an opening through which air is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth. The fan includes an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to generate an air flow between the air inlet and an air outlet which has a static pressure of at least 150 Pa downstream from the impeller. A filter unit is detachably connected to the casing. A filter of the filter unit is located upstream of the air inlet to remove airborne particulates from the air flow before it enters the casing.

A supercharged internal combustion engine system wherein the supercharger assembly includes an ejector pump driven by high-pressure air for pumping intake air into engine combustion chamber. The ejector pump uses a supersonic driving nozzle and a diffuser, each of which can be provided either with a fixed throat area or with a variable throat area. The system includes means for sensing engine power demand and controlling the supercharging action. Effective supercharging with fast response to demand is achieved even at low engine speeds. During periods of natural engine aspiration the ejector pump can be by-passed to reduce flow impedance. The invention permits increasing power output from small displacement engines. As a result, acceleration and grade ascent capabilities of automotive vehicles with small displacement engines having good fuel economy is improved. The system can be also operated to reduce engine exhaust emissions during cold start.

A dense phase pump for particulate material includes a pump chamber wherein material flows into the pump chamber under negative pressure and flows out of the pump chamber under positive pressure. A plurality of pinch valves are provided to control flow of material into and out of the pump chamber. The pinch valves are operated independent of each other and of the pump cycle rate. A modular design of the pump is provided.

Provided herein is a bladeless fan including a base and an blower. The base includes a rotating body configured to create the airflow and a fixed body installed below the rotating body and configured to drive the rotating body to horizontally rotate, the rotating body includes a rotation case being connected to the blower and having installed therein a turbine and a motor, the motor drives the turbine to rotate, an air suction hole is formed on the sidewall of the rotation case, the fixed body includes a fixation case and a synchronous driving mechanism configured to be fixed on the top of the fixation case and drive the rotation case to horizontally rotate, and a touch screen controlling device is installed in the fixation case.

An innovative method and apparatus for disposing of waste fluids, especially human body fluids such as are generated during surgery, into a hospital's sanitary sewer system is provided. A conduit system is adapted to transport waste fluid from a receptacle to a sanitary sewer using an eductor having a venturi device. The conduit system includes first and second conduits. First and second connectors are used to easily connect the first conduit to the second conduit. The second connector includes a flap that acts as a check valve.

An ejector for a fuel cell system of the present invention includes a nozzle having a nozzle hole for discharging hydrogen supplied via an inlet port of an ejector body, a diffuser for mixing hydrogen discharged from the nozzle hole and hydrogen off-gas discharged and returned via a circulation passage from a fuel cell, a needle displacing in the axial direction by a driving force of a solenoid, and a bearing member held in a hollow portion of the nozzle, and having a through hole that movably supports the needle in the axial direction.

Humidifying apparatus includes a housing defining a water reservoir, and a water tank mounted on the housing for supplying water to the reservoir. An air flow is conveyed over water stored in the reservoir and emitted from the apparatus. The water stored in the reservoir is irradiated by ultraviolet radiation and atomized by a transducer to humidify the air flow passing over the reservoir. A flow of water entering the reservoir is guided adjacent to, and preferably along, the ultraviolet radiation generator.

An intermittent gas lift well pumping system containing an accumulator, a gas line, a liquid discharge line, and a battery operated controller. By using one or more constrictions in the gas line and acoustical techniques, accurate liquid level is determined in the pumping system for optimum production. Bypasses are connected between the gas line and the liquid discharge line. Each contains a valve that opens at a preset absolute pressure in the gas line, an orifice, and a one-way valve. The bypasses are strategically placed to prevent overloading of the system. A liquid slug sensor on the upper end of the liquid discharge line and a rabbit in this line enables optimum production and gas conservation.

A device for compressing gas using thermal energy. In a subsonic embodiment the heat gas passes through a convergent pipe C1 where it is provided with operating velocity, a convergent pipe C2 where it is simultaneously maintained at high speed and cooled by evaporation of liquid sprayed by nozzles R with adjustable position distributed in C2. In a supersonic embodiment, the gas reaches sonic velocity at the throat of C2 and supersonic velocity in a divergent DG, then compressed in a convergent CG1 and simultaneously cooled by evaporation of sprayed liquid. In both embodiments, the gas is finally compressed in a subsonic divergent DG1. Pipes with variable geometry enable to modify the cross-sections of the throats of the device. The device is essentially designed for thermoelectric power stations.

A fan assembly includes a base and a body mounted on the base for movement relative thereto between an untilted position and a tilted position. The fan assembly also includes an air outlet and an interior passage for conveying air to the air outlet, and which extends about an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by air emitted from the air outlet. A brake and a stationary rail are disposed on the upper surface of the base, and a rail is connected to the lower surface of the body and located between the brake and the stationary rail. The brake is urged by a spring or other resilient member towards the stationary rail to urge the rail of the body against the stationary rail to maintain the body in a tilted position by means of friction between the rails.