Earlier this month, the US Patent and Trademark Office published Eldridge’s latest patented product. This patent is a continuation of Eldridge’s US Patent 8,470,064 published on June 25, 2013.
Eldridge’s Wave Plate Centrifugal Blower offers a much-needed solution to a problem with large motor-cooling blowers in harsh environmental conditions. When using a traditional blower setup to cool rig motors, rainwater and other contaminants are a huge detriment to the performance of the blower.
When presented with this problem, the Eldridge engineers just couldn’t accept the solutions offered by traditional setups—they knew there had to be a better way. Older setups allowed for too much rainwater to enter the blower system and newer setups compromised too much airflow and pressure to be efficient.
Eldridge engineers with expertise and experience in natural gas separation and exhaust ventilation developed the new Wave Plate Blower. The blower diverts contaminants from the airflow into an attached vessel without compromising airflow and pressure. It accomplishes this by using a wave plate, a technology that causes vibrations at specific frequencies and thereby separating and trapping denser materials (like liquids and solids) in an attached vessel. It allows air to pass as it normally would, but removes all unwanted contaminants from the flow. The solution does not sacrifice performance to achieve the separation.
This newest patent now brings the total count to a total of 7 US Patents that Eldridge engineers have been granted since 2010.
If your rig or factory is experiencing ventilation problems, contact Eldridge to discuss possible solutions with one of our experts. We guarantee our solutions will meet your project’s needs.
Device, method, and system to separate liquid and particulate matter from the airstream of a centrifugal fan
Publication Date: August 12, 2014