REDUCING SMALL COLLOIDAL PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS IN FEED AND/OR BYPRODUCT FLUIDS IN THE CONTEXT OF WATERJET PROCESSING

• Main Authors: THOMAS, SCOTT, O'CONNOR, JAMES, M, OLSEN, JOHN, H, RAGHAVAN, CHIDAMBARAM, COKER, TANNER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 05.02.2015
• Subjects: ABRASIVE OR RELATED BLASTING WITH PARTICULATE MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GRINDING; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

A waterjet system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a pressurizing device configured to pressurize a fluid, a cutting head downstream from the pressurizing device, and a catcher positioned to collect a jet from the cutting head. The system can further include a treatment assembly c...