US 12,104,625 B2
Efficient mechanical generation of cavitation in liquids
David Staack, College Station, TX (US); and Xin Tang, College Station, TX (US)
Assigned to The Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX (US)
Filed by The Texas A & M University System, College Station, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,996.
Application 17/517,996 is a continuation of application No. 16/515,885, filed on Jul. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,193,513.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/699,841, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0056934 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F15D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC F15D 1/007 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of inducing a cavitation comprising:
biasing a dactyl plunger via a torsion spring;
rotating the dactyl plunger, by action of the torsion spring, into a propus socket, the propus socket comprising a nozzle-shaped channel; and
ejecting a socket cavity volume through the nozzle-shaped channel thereby inducing a cavitation event,
wherein the ejecting creates at least one of a shock wave and plasma.