Inventors:
Nagabhusan Senapati - Worthington OH
Harold W. Johnson - Kingwood TX
Byung C. Kim - Columbus OH
Satya P. Chauhan - Columbus OH
Dennis A. Gamlen - Missouri City TX
Raju Eason - Stafford TX
H. S. Muralidhara - Dublin OH
Matthew S. Zelinski - Worthington OH
International Classification:
B01D 5702, B01D 4300, C02F 1469
Abstract:
A first electrode arrangement and a transport element are movable relative to a support. A working space is disposed between the movable elements for advancing moist material along a processing path. As the moist material advances, electrical current is passed through the material between the first electrode arrangement and a second electrode arrangement adjacent the transport element. An acoustic transducer arrangement disposed adjacent the working space simultaneously subjects the moist material to an acoustic field as the material moves along the processing path. The acoustic field is generated by an array of acoustic transducers spaced along part of the processing path.