DOE Patents title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Expandable mixing section gravel and cobble eductor

Abstract

In a hydraulically powered pump for excavating and transporting slurries in hich it is immersed, the improvement of a gravel and cobble eductor including an expandable mixing section, comprising: a primary flow conduit that terminates in a nozzle that creates a water jet internal to a tubular mixing section of the pump when water pressure is applied from a primary supply flow; a tubular mixing section having a center line in alignment with the nozzle that creates a water jet; a mixing section/exit diffuser column that envelopes the flexible liner; and a secondary inlet conduit that forms an opening at a bas portion of the column and adjacent to the nozzle and water jet to receive water saturated gravel as a secondary flow that mixes with the primary flow inside of the mixing section to form a combined total flow that exits the mixing section and decelerates in the exit diffuser.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Kenyon, MN
  2. Lakeville, MN
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
871147
Patent Number(s):
5667365
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F04 - POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS F04F - PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED {
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
expandable; mixing; section; gravel; cobble; eductor; hydraulically; powered; pump; excavating; transporting; slurries; immersed; improvement; including; comprising; primary; flow; conduit; terminates; nozzle; creates; water; jet; internal; tubular; pressure; applied; supply; center; line; alignment; exit; diffuser; column; envelopes; flexible; liner; secondary; inlet; forms; bas; portion; adjacent; receive; saturated; mixes; inside; form; combined; total; exits; decelerates; water pressure; flow conduit; center line; mixing section; water jet; inlet conduit; secondary flow; cobble eductor; expandable mixing; flexible line; /417/

Citation Formats

Miller, Arthur L, and Krawza, Kenneth I. Expandable mixing section gravel and cobble eductor. United States: N. p., 1997. Web.
Miller, Arthur L, & Krawza, Kenneth I. Expandable mixing section gravel and cobble eductor. United States.
Miller, Arthur L, and Krawza, Kenneth I. Wed . "Expandable mixing section gravel and cobble eductor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871147.
@article{osti_871147,
title = {Expandable mixing section gravel and cobble eductor},
author = {Miller, Arthur L and Krawza, Kenneth I},
abstractNote = {In a hydraulically powered pump for excavating and transporting slurries in hich it is immersed, the improvement of a gravel and cobble eductor including an expandable mixing section, comprising: a primary flow conduit that terminates in a nozzle that creates a water jet internal to a tubular mixing section of the pump when water pressure is applied from a primary supply flow; a tubular mixing section having a center line in alignment with the nozzle that creates a water jet; a mixing section/exit diffuser column that envelopes the flexible liner; and a secondary inlet conduit that forms an opening at a bas portion of the column and adjacent to the nozzle and water jet to receive water saturated gravel as a secondary flow that mixes with the primary flow inside of the mixing section to form a combined total flow that exits the mixing section and decelerates in the exit diffuser.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1997},
month = {1}
}