Ultrasonic Implosion Chamber for Dehydration and Disintegration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pulverizers are inefficient in reducing solid materials into uniform fine particles and require high power, leading to prolonged processing times and significant moisture content in the resulting particles.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus featuring an implosion chamber that generates ultrasonic soundwaves and turbulence, with a separating section to recycle coarser particles for further processing, utilizing a conical member, static and flail propellers, and a variable speed fan to achieve efficient disintegration and dehydration of materials into fine powder form.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional pulverizers with rotating cutters or hammer mills are used to reduce solid materials into smaller particles, then the materials can be crushed into smaller sizes, but the resulting particles are non-uniform in size and still consist of large chunks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs ultrasonic vibration generated by a horn element to disintegrate solid materials into fine uniform particles. The high-frequency mechanical vibration causes cavitation and micro-jetting effects that break down particles uniformly without the mechanical contact of conventional cutters or hammers, thereby achieving both particle size uniformity and processing efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the conventional mechanical cutting and impact system (rotating cutters, hammer mills) with an ultrasonic vibration-based disintegration system. This substitution eliminates the need for mechanical contact between moving parts and material, producing uniform fine particles while maintaining high processing speed
2Manufacturing precision
If conventional pulverizers are used to process solid materials into finer particles, then size reduction can be achieved, but the processing time is prolonged and power consumption is high
Solution Approach 1:
The ultrasonic horn generates high-frequency mechanical vibrations that rapidly disintegrate solid materials into fine particles in a single pass. This vibration-based mechanism is significantly faster than conventional mechanical grinding methods, reducing processing time while achieving the desired particle fineness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes high-frequency ultrasonic vibration parameters (typically 20-100 kHz) to achieve rapid particle disintegration. By changing the frequency and amplitude parameters of the ultrasonic field, the system can quickly reduce materials to fine particles without prolonged processing time or excessive power consumption
3Manufacturing precision
If conventional pulverizers are used to reduce solid materials, then size reduction can be achieved, but the moisture content of the resulting particles remains high
Solution Approach 1:
The ultrasonic vibration field generates cavitation bubbles that collapse and create micro-jets, mechanically separating moisture from solid particles. The high-frequency vibration also promotes evaporation of surface moisture, resulting in dry fine particles without requiring additional thermal drying processes
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 significantly reduces processing time and power consumption, producing uniform particles in the range of 80 to 400 mesh with reduced moisture content, facilitating faster and more energy-efficient size reduction of solid materials into powder form.
Implementation Method 1
the rotation of the flail propeller within the chamber is adapted for generating ultrasonic soundwaves causing moisture particles of the solid material to oscillate at high frequency
Implementation Method 2
causing the expansion of moisture particles that leads to cavitation and disintegration of the material into finer particles
Implementation Method 3
adapted for creating turbulence and ultrasonic soundwaves that bounce off the chamber walls at different angles
Implementation Method 4
the separating section A facilitates the separation of lighter and heavy particles within the apparatus
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for reducing the size of a solid material into smaller particles having an implosion chamber for containing the solid material and creating turbulence and ultrasonic soundwaves. The soundwaves generated by a flail propeller bounce off the chamber walls to create sound frequencies causing the expansion of moisture particles in the solid material leading to implosion of moisture particles within the solid material. The implosion thereby results in reducing the size of solid material, wherein a separating section that receives the smaller material from the implosion chamber channels the coarser particles back into the chamber to go through additional disintegration process. The rotation of the flail propeller within the chamber causes the moisture particles of the solid material to oscillate at high frequency and expansion that disintegrates the solid material. During this process, the moisture content is converted into vapor.