Abstract:
An induction assembly (100) for a high efficiency air filter includes a primary intake plenum (102), a primary throat aperture (106), a secondary intake plenum (112), a momentum transfer section (114), a static regain section (116), and a discharge opening (122). The primary intake plenum (102) directs primary air at high pressure to the primary throat aperture (106), which constricts the flow of the primary air and consequently increases the primary air velocity. The primary throat aperture (106) directs the high velocity primary air into the momentum transfer section (114), thus creating a negative pressure region by the Bernoulli principle and drawing a substantially equal quantity of the secondary air into the momentum transfer section (114). After the primary and secondary gasses mix in the momentum transfer section (114), the gas mixture continues on into the static regain section (116). As the gas mixture passes through the static regain section (116), the velocity pressure of the gas mixture is converted into static pressure, which is sufficient to force the gas mixture through a resistance at the discharge opening (122) such as an output filter (126).