Expandable mixing section gravel and cobble eductor
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy
InventorsArthur L. Miller, Kenneth I. Krawza
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AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Department of Energy
InventorsArthur L. Miller, Kenneth I. Krawza
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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.
In a hydraulically powered pump for excavating and transporting slurries in which it is immersed, the improvement of a gravel and cobble eductor comprising:
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