Method and Apparatus for Jet-Assisted Drilling or Cutting

David A. Summers, Klaus Woelk, Kenneth Doyle Oglesby, Greg Galecki

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

An abrasive cutting or drilling system, apparatus and method, which includes an upstream supercritical fluid and/or liquid carrier fluid, abrasive particles, a nozzle and a gaseous or low-density supercritical fluid exhaust abrasive stream. The nozzle includes a throat section and, optionally, a converging inlet section, a divergent discharge section, and a feed section.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Sep 4 2012

Disciplines

  • Chemistry
  • Mining Engineering

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