CHARLES ALEXANDER GANS
Engineers in Collegeville, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE053646E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Collegeville, PA 19426
Professional information
Upblast Exhaust Apparatus With A Variable Outlet Nozzle
US Patent:
2013031, Nov 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec 18, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/958617
Inventors:
Charles A. Gans - Collegeville PA, US
Paul A. Tetley - Collegeville PA, US
Paul A. Tetley - Collegeville PA, US
International Classification:
F04D 29/40
US Classification:
415220
Abstract:
A radial upblast exhaust apparatus includes a fan housing having a fan inlet to receive air to be exhausted and a fan outlet to expel air to be exhausted. An upper housing is positioned immediately above the fan housing. It includes a first wall section and a second wall section each shaped as a partial conical section being concaved toward each other. The upper housing forms an air outlet nozzle. A mechanism changes the outlet area of the outlet nozzle in order to provide a variable area outlet for the fan.
Control System For Exhaust Gas Fan System
US Patent:
2011005, Mar 3, 2011
Filed:
Dec 19, 2008
Appl. No.:
12/863328
Inventors:
Charles Alexander Gans - Collegeville PA, US
Paul A. Tetley - Collegeville PA, US
Brian Jay Merritt - Conshohocken PA, US
Paul A. Tetley - Collegeville PA, US
Brian Jay Merritt - Conshohocken PA, US
Assignee:
MPC INC. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
F24F 7/007
US Classification:
454343
Abstract:
Systems and methods for controlling an exhaust gas fan system. The control system may control one or more components of the exhaust system to optimize system performance and improve energy efficiency. The control system may be designed to maintain a substantially constant pressure in the exhaust header and provide a substantially constant flow through the exhaust fans. The control system may include software and hardware that allow the control system to control one or more of: modulation of one or more by-pass dampers; adjustment of the nozzle outlet area; varying the speed of the fans; the number and staging of fans. By utilizing and controlling one or more of these functions, the amount of energy being used may be minimized/optimized.