Patents by Inventor Arturo GONZALEZ QUIROGA

Arturo GONZALEZ QUIROGA 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).

  • Patent number: 11465116
    Abstract: A device for bringing a target medium into contact with a carrier fluid comprises a chamber comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom wall and a top wall forming an enclosure for containing the target medium while contacting the carrier fluid, the chamber being substantially rotationally symmetric with respect to an axis of symmetry and adapted for remaining mechanically static in operation of the device. The device comprises a fluid inlet for injecting the carrier fluid into the chamber in a substantially tangential direction with respect to an inner surface of the circumferential wall, and an outlet. The device comprises a fluid distributor in the chamber for enabling the injected carrier fluid to pass through the distributor in a substantially inward radial direction, the distributor being substantially rotationally symmetric and adapted for rotating around the axis when driven by a transfer of momentum between the injected carrier fluid and the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Kevin Van Geem, Arturo Gonzalez Quiroga, Guy Marin, Vladimir Shtern, Maria Pantzali
  • Publication number: 20200147576
    Abstract: A device for bringing a target medium into contact with a carrier fluid comprises a chamber comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom wall and a top wall forming an enclosure for containing the target medium while contacting the carrier fluid, the chamber being substantially rotationally symmetric with respect to an axis of symmetry and adapted for remaining mechanically static in operation of the device. The device comprises a fluid inlet for injecting the carrier fluid into the chamber in a substantially tangential direction with respect to an inner surface of the circumferential wall, and an outlet. The device comprises a fluid distributor in the chamber for enabling the injected carrier fluid to pass through the distributor in a substantially inward radial direction, the distributor being substantially rotationally symmetric and adapted for rotating around the axis when driven by a transfer of momentum between the injected carrier fluid and the distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin VAN GEEM, Arturo GONZALEZ QUIROGA, Guy MARIN, Vladimir SHTERN, Maria PANTZALI