Document Type
Article
Publication Date
November 2023
Patent Number
11808290
CPC
F15D 1/025 , F15D 1/06
Abstract
A fluid flow conditioning apparatus having self-adjusting tab members that reduce flow losses within a conduit. A plurality of tabular members is affixed to an insertion plate-type flow conditioner. Tabular members are cojoined in pairs at their leading edges. When the cojoined pair of the first tabular member and the second tabular member are placed into a fluid flow, an angle between the first tabular member and the second tabular member is configured to decrease in response to static and dynamic pressure exerted onto the outer surfaces of the tabular members by the fluid flow. The tabular members may be made of a hyperplastic material configured to undergo an elastic deformation and exhibit flapping due to the dynamic pressure of the fluid flow. Tabular members maybe cojoined by a hinge configured to partially close in response to pressure exerted by the fluid flow, decreasing the angle between the tabular members.
Application Number
17/556423
Recommended Citation
Mittal, Rajat and Goswami, Dharendra Yogi, "Fluid flow conditioning apparatus" (2023). USF Patents. 1377.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/1377
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
12/20/2021
