US Patent:
20150336852, Nov 26, 2015
Inventors:
- Piscataway NJ, US
Vahit Atakan - West Windsor NJ, US
Daniel Castoro - Lincroft NJ, US
Deepak Ravikumar - Piscataway NJ, US
John Kuppler - Green Brook NJ, US
Steven Jensen - South Amboy NJ, US
Mark Scantlebury - East Orange NJ, US
Kenneth Michael Smith - Somerset NJ, US
Jorge Mora - Elizabeth NJ, US
Emanuel Rojas - North Plainfield NJ, US
Tom Schuler - Landenberg PA, US
Alan Blacklock - Clark NJ, US
International Classification:
C04B 40/02
G05B 19/414
B01J 19/00
Abstract:
The invention encompasses equipment used to condition a recirculating gas stream in order to cure a COComposite Material (CCM) and processes that use such equipment to cure the CCM. The gas conditioning equipment allows for a process that controls, reduces or eliminates the rate-limiting steps associated with water removal during the curing of a composite material. The equipment may include, but will not be limited to, control over the temperature, relative humidity, flow rate, pressure, and carbon dioxide concentration within the system; which includes the conditioning equipment, any vessel containing the CCM, and the material itself. Flow rate control can be used as a means to achieve uniformity in both gas velocity and composition.