US 12,290,820 B1
Systems and methods to breakdown heterogeneous material
Robert Reeves, Arvada, CO (US); and David Scriven, Casper, WY (US)
Assigned to IronTech Resources, LLC, Casper, WY (US)
Filed by Robert Reeves, Arvada, CO (US); and David Scriven, Casper, WY (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/925,401.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/546,559, filed on Oct. 31, 2023.
Int. Cl. B02C 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 19/005 (2013.01) 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method including the steps of: (a) providing two or more streams of fluids with heterogeneous mineral-based particulate entrained therein; (b) directing the two or more streams of fluid at one another to create, in an impact zone, collisions between the heterogeneous mineral-based particulate of the two or more streams of fluid; (c) exposing the heterogeneous mineral-based particulate to a first cavitation fluid, wherein the step of exposing the heterogeneous mineral-based particulate to a first cavitation fluid occurs after step (b), and wherein the step of exposing the heterogeneous mineral-based particulate to a first cavitation fluid occurs outside the impact zone.