Nozzle designs which have been found to be effective in governing overspray in OVJP are provided. Aspects of the invention have been found to be effective in reducing or avoiding sudden pressure drops at the end of the nozzle close to the substrate, and may be advantageously employed in obtaining, for example, greater consistency between the nozzle outlet diameter and the deposited pattern width.

An apparatus for cavitation peening is disclosed, including a fluid source, a conduit, and a portable nozzle assembly. The conduit includes a proximal end portion connected to the fluid source and a distal end portion connected to the portable nozzle assembly. The portable nozzle assembly includes an inner nozzle configured to channel a first stream of high-pressure fluid, and an outer nozzle configured to channel a second stream of low-pressure fluid concentrically around the first stream. The inner nozzle includes a cavitation insert having an inner passage with at least two reductions in cross-sectional area.

Devices, systems, and methods for extinguishing fires are provided. A device for extinguishing fires may include a nozzle defining a flow channel. The device may include a convector fluidly coupled with the flow channel and configured to introduce a flow through the flow channel. The device may also include a vortex generator disposed within the nozzle, the vortex generator positioned to interact with the flow and to form a stream-wise vortex external to the nozzle.

An injection head for liquid fire extinguishing agent that has an injection head including an injection head body connecting with a pipe providing the liquid fire extinguishing agent, an orifice plate arranged in the injection head body and formed with an orifice through which flowing the liquid fire extinguishing agent and, a porous member having a block shape arranged in an exiting part of the orifice and, a baffle plate arranged contacting with an end surface of the porous member opposite side of the exiting part of the orifice; and the baffle plate covers at least a projected area of a circumscribed circle of the orifice of the end surface of the porous member and, the liquid fire extinguishing agent is released via a gap formed between the injection head body and the baffle plate.

An injection head for liquid fire extinguishing agent that has an injection head including an injection head body connecting with a pipe providing the liquid fire extinguishing agent, an orifice plate arranged in the injection head body and formed with an orifice through which flowing the liquid fire extinguishing agent and, a porous member having a block shape arranged in an exiting part of the orifice and, a baffle plate arranged contacting with an end surface of the porous member opposite side of the exiting part of the orifice; and the baffle plate covers at least a projected area of a circumscribed circle of the orifice of the end surface of the porous member and, the liquid fire extinguishing agent is released via a gap formed between the injection head body and the baffle plate.

The two-piece nozzle for an aerosol dispenser, has (i) an outer piece (12, 22) provided with a tubular wall (121, 221) open on one side and closed on the other by a front wall (122, 222), forming a cavity, the front wall being provided at its center with an outlet opening (123, 223), the outer piece having a certain symmetry about an axis of symmetry (A) and (ii) inner piece (11, 21) separate from the dispenser for which the nozzle is intended, the inner piece (11, 21) being dimensioned to penetrate into the cavity of the outer piece while being retained therein, the inner piece having a front face (111, 211) facing the front wall (122, 222) of the outer piece and a lateral face following the front face. Channels (112, 125, 224, 225) are made in the cavity of the outer piece (12, 22) and/or on the surface of the inner piece, which channels open into a turbulence chamber (127, 227) in communication with the outlet opening (123, 223), the outlet opening (123, 223) being placed in the flow path of the product flow downstream of the turbulence chamber. The channels are divided into lateral channels (112, 224) in the lateral face of the inner piece (11, 21) and/or in the inner face of the tubular wall of the outer piece (12, 22), and into converging channels (125, 225) in the front wall (122, 222) of the outer piece or in the front face (111, 211) of the inner piece.

A fluid supply nozzle insert comprises a center shaft body insertedly installed in a tube and having a circular cross-sectional shape; multiple collision protrusions formed to be spirally arranged in the longitudinal direction on the outer circumferential surface of the center shaft body while being spaced apart from each other; a conical outlet shaft body integrally formed with and extending from the front end of the center shaft body and having a diameter gradually decreasing in the direction in which a fluid moves; a connection shaft body integrally formed with and extending from the rear end of the center shaft body and having a circular cross-sectional shape; an inlet shaft body integrally formed with and extending from the rear end of the connection shaft body and having a circular cross-sectional shape; and multiple guide blades spirally arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the inlet shaft body.

A fluid supply nozzle insert comprises a center shaft body insertedly installed in a tube and having a circular cross-sectional shape; multiple collision protrusions formed to be spirally arranged in the longitudinal direction on the outer circumferential surface of the center shaft body while being spaced apart from each other; a conical outlet shaft body integrally formed with and extending from the front end of the center shaft body and having a diameter gradually decreasing in the direction in which a fluid moves; a connection shaft body integrally formed with and extending from the rear end of the center shaft body and having a circular cross-sectional shape; an inlet shaft body integrally formed with and extending from the rear end of the connection shaft body and having a circular cross-sectional shape; and multiple guide blades spirally arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the inlet shaft body.

The invention discloses a method and modified aerodynamic apparatuses: fluid pushers-off and fluid motion-sensors, making enable efficient implementation and use of a controllable enhanced jet-effect, either the waving jet-effect, the Coanda jet-effect, the lift-effect, the effect of thrust, the Venturi effect, and/or the de Laval jet-effect, all are controllable using the Peltier effect and/or the Seebeck effect. The modified aerodynamic apparatuses are geometrically shaped and supplied with built-in thermoelectric devices, wherein the presence of the thermoelectric devices provides for new functional properties of the modified aerodynamic apparatuses. The method solves the problem of effective control of the operation of modified aerodynamic apparatuses such as airfoil wings of a flying vehicle, convergent-divergent nozzles, loudspeakers, and detectors of acoustic waves, all of a highly-efficient functionality.

A fire suppression system in an aircraft includes a first nozzle within a region to perform discharge of a fire suppression agent in a first direction within a region. The systems also includes a second nozzle within the region to perform discharge of the fire suppression agent in a second direction within the region. The discharge in the first direction by the first nozzle and the discharge in the second direction by the second nozzle generate and maintain a vortex of the fire suppression agent that occupies the region with rotational flow.