Patents by Inventor Alan A. Kornhauser

Alan A. Kornhauser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of reducing flow metastability in an ejector nozzle
    Patent number: 5343711
    Abstract: A method of reducing flow metastability in a liquid refrigerant in an ejector nozzle by generating dispersed bubbles in the flow entering the nozzle by first forming relatively large bubbles and then breaking them down into small finely dispersed bubbles, so as to reduce the density of the flowing mixture and provide nucleation sites allowing control of flow rate and causing the mixture to expand in substantial thermodynamic equilibrium with maximum nozzle velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan A. Kornhauser, Peter Menegay