Acoustic concentration of particles in fluid flow

MD Ward, G Kaduchak - US Patent 7,837,040, 2010 - Google Patents
An apparatus for acoustic concentration of particles in a fluid flow includes a substantially
acoustically transparent membrane and a vibration generator that define a fluid flow path …

Acoustic concentration of particles in fluid flow

MW Ward, G Kaduchak - US Patent 9,733,171, 2017 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein is a acoustic concentration of particles in a fluid flow that includes a
substantially acoustically transpar ent membrane and a vibration generator that define a …

Apparatus for separating particles utilizing engineered acoustic contrast capture particles

G Kaduchak, MD Ward - US Patent 8,083,068, 2011 - Google Patents
An apparatus for separating particles from a medium includes a capillary defining a flow
path therein that is in fluid communication with a medium source. The medium source …

Method and apparatus for determination of the concentration of particles in multi-component fluid systems

A Priev, VP Ponomarev - US Patent 7,484,414, 2009 - Google Patents
A method for determining the concentration of a large particle component in a multi-
component system. The method requires first separating and concentrating the large particle …

Systems and methods for separating particles utilizing engineered acoustic contrast capture particles

G Kaduchak, MD Ward - US Patent 9,909,117, 2018 - Google Patents
An apparatus for separating particles from a medium includes a capillary defining a flow
path therein that is in fluid communication with a medium source. The medium source …

Apparatus for directing particles in a fluid

JJ Hawkes, MJ Long, WT Coakley… - US Patent …, 2008 - Google Patents
There is disclosed apparatus for directing particles entrained in a fluid, comprising a
chamber having a first wall, includ ing means for generating a sound wave having a …

Active acoustic method for predicting properties of process fluids comprising solid particles or gas/liquid volumes based on their size distribution and concentration

T Liljenberg, S Backa, L Thegel, M Åbom - US Patent 9,772,311, 2017 - Google Patents
In the present invention a controllable acoustic source (14) in connection with the process
fluid (10) emits a signal (18) into the fluid (10), consisting of a suspension of particles (12) …

Acoustic fluid flow monitoring

SO Colgate, KC McGill - US Patent 5,285,675, 1994 - Google Patents
A method of measuring the flow and composition of a fluid or mixture of fluids through a
system by determining the temperature, pressure and speed of sound in the fluid or mixture …

Particle manipulation

WT Coakley, JJ Hawkes, DA Barrow, J Cefai - US Patent 6,332,541, 2001 - Google Patents
An apparatus which manipulates particles Suspended in a fluid includes a duct for the flow
of the fluid in which the particles are Suspended, and a mechanism for establishing an …

Apparatus and method for measuring parameters of a mixture having solid particles suspended in a fluid flowing in a pipe

DL Gysling, DH Loose - US Patent 7,359,803, 2008 - Google Patents
An apparatus 10.70 and method is provided that includes a spatial array of unsteady
pressure sensors 15-18 placed at predetermined axial locations XX disposed axially along a …