High-pressure fluid processing device configured for batch processing

A high pressure processing device comprising:

• a processing module having a flow path with a geometry configured to convert a high pressure to shear or impact forces on a material passing through the processing module;
• a pump configured to pump the material to an inlet of the processing module at the high pressure, the high pressure being between 5000 and 45000 psi;
• a recirculation pathway configured to recirculate the material from an outlet of the processing module back to the pump;
• an input device configured to receive a user input indicating a volumetric efficiency of the pump;
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• a controller including a processor and memory, the controller configured to (i) determine a number of pump strokes for the pump based on the user input indicating volumetric efficiency, and (ii) control the pump according to the determined number of pump strokes so that the material makes a predetermined plurality of passes through the processing module.

A high pressure processing device comprising:

• a processing module having a flow path with a geometry configured to convert a high pressure to shear or impact forces on a material passing through the processing module;
• a pump configured to pump the material to an inlet of the processing module at the high pressure, the high pressure being between 5000 and 45000 psi;
• a recirculation pathway configured to recirculate the material from an outlet of the processing module back to the pump;
• an input device configured to receive information from a file, the information including a batch size, a predetermined number of passes, and a volumetric efficiency of the pump for the material;
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• a controller including a processor and memory, the controller configured to (i) determine a number of pump strokes for the pump based on the received volumetric efficiency and batch size, and (ii) control the pump according to the determined number of pump strokes so that the material makes the predetermined number of passes through the processing module.