Virtual electrode mineral particle disintegrator
US8789772B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B3/02
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for breaking mineral particles comprising suspending the particles in a liquid flowing in a conduction path, the liquid comprising a dielectric constant higher than the particles and wherein an electric voltage pulse is sent to electrodes to pass an electric field in the mineral particles with sufficient stress to fracture the mineral particles.
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