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EDWARDS LIMITED
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EDWARDS LIMITED
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Incorporated in the United Kingdom, Innovation Drive, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, RH15 9TW, United Kingdom
摘要：
Method comprising: meshing a 3D model of a component, that defines a reaction chamber of an abatement apparatus, based on specified component characteristics, to define an optimised finite element representation of the component; fabricating the optimised finite element representation. Characteristics may include thermal, chemical or physical requirements, mechanical strength, conductivity, insulation, permeability gradient, porosity gradient, fluid flow, fluid communication, materials that support catalytic reactions at specific locations of the component, structural elements (eg. sealing surfaces or edges, strengthening struts, ribs, connecting flanges, screw threads, bores). Finite elements may be polygons or cellular structures comprising polyhedrons of varying sizes. Characteristics may control filling of finite elements, number of filled faces, thickness of edges joining face vertices. Voids defined by finite elements may be partially filled. Terminal constraints may prevent cellular structures from extending beyond the surface or boundary of the 3D spatial model. Cellular structures may be truncated or sub-divided. Components may be manufactured using additive manufacturing or 3D printing. Solid component shapes may be modelled via 3D computer aided design (CAD). 3D models may be used in computational fluid dynamics simulations.
权利要求：
CLAIMS
1. A method, comprising:
meshing a 3D model representation of a component defining a reaction chamber of an abatement apparatus based on specified component characteristics to define an optimised finite element representation of said component; and
fabricating said optimised finite element representation.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said meshing comprises meshing with at
least one finite element.
3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein said meshing comprises fitting said
finite elements to fill said 3D model representation.
4, The method of claim 3, wherein said fitting comprises fitting said finite
elements to fill said 3D model representation based on terminal
constraints.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein said terminal constraints comprise
preventing protrusion of said finite elements beyond a surface of said 3D
model representation.
6. The method of claim 5, comprising selecting combinations of said finite
elements to prevent protrusion of said finite elements beyond a surface of
said 3D model representation.
I The method of claim 5 or 6, comprising truncating said finite elements to
prevent protrusion of said finite elements beyond a surface of said 3D
model representation.
8. The method of claim any preceding claim, wherein said meshing
comprises adjusting filling of said finite elements based on said specified
component characteristics.
9. The method of claim any preceding claim, wherein said meshing
comprises adjusting filling of said finite elements to adjust fluid
communication between said finite elements.
10. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein said adjusting filling comprises at
least one of:
at least partially filling faces of finite elements;
at least partially filling a void defined by finite elements; and
varying a thickness of edges of finite elements.
11. The method of any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein said specified
component characteristics define a permeability and said meshing
comprises adjusting filling of finite elements to provide said permeability.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said adjusting filling comprises at least
one of at least partially filling a void defined by finite elements and varying
a thickness of edges of finite elements to provide said permeability.
138. The method of any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein said specified
component characteristics define a porosity and said meshing comprises
adjusting filling of said finite elements to provide said porosity.
14. The method of any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein said specified
component characteristics define a fluid flow through said component and
said meshing comprises adjusting filling of said finite elements to provide
said fluid flow
15. The method of any one of claims 8 to 14, wherein said specified
component characteristics define a fluid flow from said component and
said meshing comprises adjusting filling of said finite elements to provide
said fluid flow
16. The method of any one of claims 8 to 15, wherein said specified
component characteristics define a structural body and said meshing
comprises adjusting filling of said finite elements to provide said structural
body.
17. The method of any one of claims 8 to 16, wherein said specified
component characteristics define a member and said meshing comprises
adjusting a configuration of filling of said finite elements to provide said
member.
18. The method of any one of claims 8 to 17, wherein said specified
component characteristics define materials at locations of said component
and said meshing comprises specifying finite elements made from said
materials to provide said optimised cellular structure.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein said materials are located to support
catalytic reactions.
20. The method of any preceding claim, wherein said 3D model representation
defines said component having at least one of a cylindrical, bell and
polyhedron shape.
21. The method of any preceding claim, wherein said 3D model representation
defines said component having walls of one of constant and varied
thickness.
22. The method of any preceding claim, wherein said fabricating comprises
additive manufacturing.
23. The method of any preceding claim, wherein said meshing comprises
meshing said 3D model representation of said component to define a finite
element representation of said component and optimising said cellular
element representation of said component based on said specified
component characteristics to provide said optimised cellular element
representation.
24. A component defining a reaction chamber of an abatement apparatus
formed by the method of any preceding claim.