California Inventors Develop Patent for Ellipsoid Exhaust Intake Bonnet (EIB) for Maritime Emissions Control System - Power Engineering

Posted - 12/20/2011 - By Targeted News Service - Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar. 

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 20 -- Sal Caro, Camarillo, Calif., Kevin Connolly, Ventura, Calif., and Jason McAuley, Port Hueneme, Calif., have developed a patent (8,075,651) for an "ellipsoid exhaust intake bonnet (EIB) for maritime emissions control system."
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved Exhaust Intake Bonnet (EIB) for an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control System (AMECS) includes a ribbed frame lowered and then drawn around a stack of an Ocean Going Vessel (OGV), and a shroud unfurled over the ribbed frame. The ribbed frame has a more flexible structure to better conform to rectangular and oval stacks. The bonnet includes a peak with a duct for receiving exhaust gasses captured by the shroud. The bonnet is positioned over the stack using a deployment arm. A duct carries exhaust from the stack to an Advanced Maritime Emissions Control Unit (AMECU) where the exhaust gasses are processed before releasing to the air. The AMECU) may reside on a ship, a barge, a trailer next to a docked OGV, or be a stationary AMECU) on a dock."
The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2009 (12/356,862). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,075,651.PN.&OS=PN/8,075,651&RS=PN/8,075,651

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