Patent ID: 8539761
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B01F,F01N,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A flow device comprising: a plate having a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface, the plate defining a plurality of openings; and a plurality of flow deflectors engaged to the plate at the plurality of openings, each flow deflector including a first scoop shaped deflector that extends outwardly from the first surface of the plate and a second scoop shaped deflector that extends outwardly from the second surface of the plate, each pair of the first scoop shaped deflector and the second scoop shaped deflector defining a flow turning passage with a passage axis, the first scoop shaped deflector and the second scoop shaped deflector at least partially facing each other about the passage axis, wherein flow of exhaust gases through the flow turning passage causes the exhaust gases to swirl about a central axis of the plate that is non-parallel to the first surface of the plate.