Fluid handling – Flow affected by fluid contact – energy field or coanda effect – Means to regulate or vary operation of device
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-18
2005-01-18
Chambers, A. Michael (Department: 3753)
Fluid handling
Flow affected by fluid contact, energy field or coanda effect
Means to regulate or vary operation of device
C137S806000, C137S807000, C137S828000, C204S451000, C204S600000, C204S601000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06843272
ABSTRACT:
A device for interrupting or throttling undesired ionic transport through a fluid network is disclosed. The device acts as a fluid valve by reversibly generating a fixed “bubble” in the conducting solvent solution carried by the network. The device comprises a porous hydrophobic structure filling a portion of a connecting channel within the network and optionally incorporates flow restrictor elements at either end of the porous structure that function as pressure isolation barriers, and a fluid reservoir connected to the region of the channel containing the porous structure. Also included is a pressure pump connected to the fluid reservoir. The device operates by causing the pump to vary the hydraulic pressure to a quantity of solvent solution held within the reservoir and porous structure. At high pressures, most or all of the pores of the structure are filled with conducting liquid so the ionic conductance is high. At lower pressures, only a fraction of the pores are filled with liquid, so ionic conductivity is lower. Below a threshold pressure, the porous structure contains only vapor, so there is no liquid conduction path. The device therefore effectively throttles ionic transport through the porous structure and acts as a “conductance valve” or “pressure-to-conductance” transducer within the network.
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Brennan James S.
Cummings Eric B.
Schoeniger Joseph S.
Chambers A. Michael
Evans Timothy P.
Sandia National Laboratories
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