SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE PRESENT PROPOSAL INVESTIGATES A NOVEL CYCLON WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A NEARLY CONSTANT EFFICIENCY IN A BROAD RANGE OF FEED RATE VARIATIONS.
Award amount
$39,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Innovative Technology Lab
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE PRESENT PROPOSAL INVESTIGATES A NOVEL CYCLON WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A NEARLY CONSTANT EFFICIENCY IN A BROAD RANGE OF FEED RATE VARIATIONS. THE RESULTED IMPROVEMENT WOULD ELIMINATE THE MOST UNDESIRABLE FEATURE IN THE EXISTING CYCLONE SEPARATORS, NAMELY THEIR DEFFICIENCYIN SEPARATION PERFORMANCE AT OFF-DESIGN FEED RATES. THE PROPOSED CYCLONE SEPARATOR INCLUDES A SPRING LOADED MOVEABLEEND PLATE THAT AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTS THE INLET FLOW AREA IN RESPONSE TO FEED FLOW VARIATIONS TO MAINTAIN A NEARLY CONSTANT CENTRIFUGAL HEAD, AND THEREBY A NEARLY CONSTANT SEPARATION EFFICIENCY. THE ANTICIPATED RESULT IS A LOW COST ALTERNATIVE DESIGN WHICH WOUL\D PROVIDE SAVINGS BOTH FOR ORIGINAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND FOR OPERATING EXPENSES THOUGH PROCESS SIMPLICATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
Technology keywords
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