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Method and apparatus for jet-assisted drilling or cutting

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1078308

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.

Research Organization:
Regency Technologies, LLC (Tulsa, OK); The Curators of the University of Missouri (Rolla, MO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-04NT15476
Assignee:
Regency Technologies, LLC (Tulsa, OK) ; The Curators of the University of Missouri (Rolla, MO)
Patent Number(s):
8,257,147
Application Number:
12/400,507
OSTI ID:
1078308
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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