Cyclonic Smoke Cooling via Bubble Entrainment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for cooling smoke from burning plant materials, such as tobacco or cannabis, do not adequately reduce the irritation caused by hot smoke entering the respiratory system, necessitating a more effective cooling solution for therapeutic or medicinal smoking applications.
Innovation Solution
A cyclonically cooled and filtered smoking apparatus that mixes smoke-entrained air with a circulating fluid, utilizing a hydrodynamic or cyclonic flow mechanism to entrain smoke as bubbles within the fluid, enhancing heat transfer and cooling efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If smoke is cooled by simple water contact, then some cooling effect is achieved, but the cooling efficiency is insufficient to adequately reduce respiratory irritation
Solution Approach 1:
The smoke stream is segmented into numerous small bubbles through the hydrodynamic flow deflecting body, increasing the total surface area for heat transfer. This segmentation allows more efficient thermal contact between the smoke and cooling fluid, rapidly reducing smoke temperature to minimize respiratory irritation.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention employs hydraulic principles by using a circulating fluid system with pumped flow to enhance the cooling process. The hydrodynamic flow deflecting body utilizes fluid dynamics to create effective smoke-fluid contact, and the circulating pump maintains continuous fluid movement to sustain high heat transfer efficiency.
2Productivity
If smoke is thoroughly mixed with cooling fluid, then cooling efficiency improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hydrodynamic flow deflecting body utilizes the kinetic energy of the circulating fluid itself to create the mixing and bubble formation actions. The fluid's own flow characteristics generate the turbulence and dispersion needed for effective cooling, eliminating the need for additional mechanical mixing devices and reducing overall system complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus effectively cools smoke by increasing the surface area of gas within the fluid, leading to enhanced heat transfer and reduced irritation for users, making it suitable for therapeutic smoking and potentially applicable to other cooling applications.
Implementation Method 1
The suction surface is oriented in the fluid to generate aerodynamic force to draw smoke into the fluid
Implementation Method 2
The stirring mechanism is provided in the housing and is driven to induce circulation of the fluid and the smoke in the chamber
Implementation Method 3
aerate the fluid by entraining the smoke in the fluid as bubbles
Implementation Method 4
enhancing heat transfer and cooling efficiency
Data Source
AI summary
A hydrodynamically cooled and filtered smoking apparatus is provided having a housing, an inlet pipe, a stirring mechanism, and a flow deflecting body. The housing having at least one wall portion providing a chamber configured to contain a fluid for circulation therein. The inlet pipe has an inlet configured to draw in smoke from a source and an outlet provided within the chamber beneath a top surface of the contained fluid configured to deliver the smoke into the chamber for entrainment within the fluid. The stirring mechanism is provided in the housing and is driven to induce cyclonic circulation of the fluid and the smoke in the chamber. The flow deflecting body has a suction surface with at least one aperture provided in the suction surface and communicating with the inlet pipe. The suction surface is oriented in the fluid to generate hydrodynamic force to draw smoke into the fluid and aerate the fluid by entraining the smoke in the fluid as bubbles. A method is also provided.