18492624. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECLEANING AIR USING CHARGE PLATES (Caterpillar Inc.)
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECLEANING AIR USING CHARGE PLATES
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Inventor(s)
Philip Carl Spengler of Washington IL US
Franklin Jeffrey Kostecki of O'Fallon MO US
Alex Raymond Kuscsik of Gurnee IL US
Patrick James White Mcnulty of Plainfield IL US
Stephen Christopher Sheltra of Peoria IL US
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECLEANING AIR USING CHARGE PLATES
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18492624 titled 'SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRECLEANING AIR USING CHARGE PLATES
Original Abstract Submitted
A filter for filter air for an internal combustion engine and methods of operation are described herein. The air precleaner is configured to use electrostatic attraction or repulsion to move ionized particles towards an inner wall of the air precleaner, where the particles eventually exit the air precleaner through a particle exhaust. The particles are ionized using a positive charge plate and a negative charge plate. The positive charge plate creates a positive charge field, creating positive ions that ionize particles in the air with a positive charge. The negative charge plate creates a negative charge field, creating negative ions that ionize particles in the air with a negative charge. The air precleaner can also include a cyclonic section that causes the air to rotate about a central axis of the air precleaner, imparting a centripetal force on the particles. The centripetal force and the electrostatic force act together to filter the air.