Patents by Inventor Zenan Tian

Zenan Tian 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: 11953405
    Abstract: A tracer particle spreading device for a boundary layer flow visualization experiment based on a flat plate includes a tracer particle generator, a smoke storage box, and a wall-surface particle distribution box. Fume and oil are pressurized by a micro pump and flows into a heating pipe to be heated and vaporized, and then is ejected from a nozzle to form tracer particles. The tracer particles enter the smoke storage box via a smoke guiding tube. An axial flow fan is mounted on a wall surface of the smoke storage box. The tracer particles enter a cavity of the wall-surface particle distribution box via the smoke guiding tube, and the tracer particles are rectified by a rectifying plate and ejected from a spreading slit. An outlet of the spreading slit is at an angle of 15° with respect to an experiment flat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yao Zheng, Zhixian Ye, Jianfeng Zou, Yang Zhang, Yiyang Jiang, Zenan Tian, Shaochang Mo
  • Publication number: 20220315806
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a micro-groove drag reduction flexible film and a preparation method thereof. The micro-groove film has a triangular groove structure on the upper surface along the direction of an air flow, and an adhesive layer on the lower surface for quick adhesion to an aircraft surface. After the surface of the aircraft is covered with a micro-groove film, it could limit the spanwise movement of the bottom air at the boundary layer of the aircraft surface, improve the flow field characteristics of the aircraft near the wall, and effectively reduce the frictional resistance of the wall. The micro-groove flexible film is prepared by a roller hot pressing method. The triangular groove structure is processed on the surface of the mold roller of the double roller hot press. After pretreatment of the thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) polymer film, a micro-groove structure is hot-pressed on the surface of the TPU film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Yao Zheng, Zhixian Ye, Jianfeng Zou, Yang Zhang, Yiyang Jiang, Zenan Tian, Shaochang Mo
  • Publication number: 20220214245
    Abstract: A tracer particle spreading device for a boundary layer flow visualization experiment based on a flat plate includes a tracer particle generator, a smoke storage box, and a wall-surface particle distribution box. Fume and oil are pressurized by a micro pump and flows into a heating pipe to be heated and vaporized, and then is ejected from a nozzle to form tracer particles. The tracer particles enter the smoke storage box via a smoke guiding tube. An axial flow fan is mounted on a wall surface of the smoke storage box. The tracer particles enter a cavity of the wall-surface particle distribution box via the smoke guiding tube, and the tracer particles are rectified by a rectifying plate and ejected from a spreading slit. An outlet of the spreading slit is at an angle of 15° with respect to an experiment flat plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yao Zheng, Zhixian Ye, Jianfeng Zou, Yang Zhang, Yiyang Jiang, Zenan Tian, Shaochang Mo