ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,343, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Universiteit Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium).
"Vortex chamber" was invented by Georgi Trenchev (Antwerp, Belgium) and Annemie Bogaerts (Wommelgem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vortex chamber comprising a cavity elongating along a central axis and a swirl generator. The swirl generator comprises a plurality of swirl channels configured for introducing a gas flow into the cavity as a vortex flow about the central axis, each swirl channel comprising a channel entrance and a channel exit. The swirl generator further comprises a gas redistribution chamber c...