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System and method for altering the tack of materials using an electrohydraulic discharge

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OSTI ID:919889

A system and method for altering the tack of a material, namely a polymer used as an adhesive, also known as stickies, or pitch. The present invention reduces the tack of the stickies and pitch by exposing the materials for a short duration to low-energy pulsed electrical discharges between a pair of electrodes that are submerged in a liquid medium, such as a fiber stream, water, a pulp slurry, or whitewater.

Research Organization:
Institute of Paper Science and Technology
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-99GO10381
Assignee:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, GA)
Patent Number(s):
7,294,233
Application Number:
10/322,832
OSTI ID:
919889
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Ultraviolet radiation from electrical discharges in water journal January 1973
Acoustic cavitation generated by an extracorporeal shockwave lithotripter journal February 1987