Pneumatic Receiver With Flexible Barriers for Particle Damping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Pneumatic conveyance systems face challenges in ensuring the integrity of transported materials due to particle collisions, which can lead to material degradation, reduced effectiveness, and dust generation, particularly when handling toxic or explosive substances.
Innovation Solution
A receiver device with internal damping using flexible barriers, such as fabric, plastic, or rubber curtains, reduces particle velocity by bending and absorbing impact, integrated within a housing that can be connected to a pneumatic conveyance system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If precise regulation of gas flow is used to reduce particle impact, then material integrity is improved, but system complexity and control requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a passive intermediary element (the flexible barrier) between the gas stream and the material particles. This barrier mediates the interaction by absorbing and dissipating particle kinetic energy through deformation, eliminating the need for complex active gas flow regulation systems while protecting material integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the complex mechanical control system (gas flow regulation valves and controls) with a passive mechanical structure (flexible barrier). The barrier uses its inherent elasticity and flexibility to automatically dampen particle impacts without requiring external control mechanisms
2Reliability
If passive damping structures are added to reduce particle velocity, then material degradation is prevented, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs flexible barriers made of fabric, plastic, or rubber materials that bend and deform to absorb particle impact energy. These flexible elements are integrated into the receiver device housing, creating a passive damping structure that reduces particle velocity and prevents material degradation without adding significant structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The flexible barrier is designed to dynamically respond to particle impacts by bending and deforming during the impact event, then returning to its original position. This dynamic behavior allows the structure to absorb energy efficiently while maintaining a simple overall device configuration
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 flexible barriers effectively reduce particle velocity and minimize collisions, preventing material degradation and dust generation, enhancing the integrity and safety of transported materials.
Implementation Method 1
The flexible barrier is made of a flexible material such as fabric, plastic, or rubber and configured to reduce the velocity of arrival of particles of material
Implementation Method 2
configured to reduce the velocity of arrival of particles of material transported by the at least one pneumatic conveyance system from the at least one inlet to the outlet
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a receiver device comprising: a housing; an outlet; at least one inlet configured to be coupled to at least one pipeline of at least one pneumatic conveyance system; and at least one flexible barrier arranged inside the housing, configured to reduce the velocity of particles of material arriving transported by the at least one pneumatic transport system, from the at least one inlet to the outlet.