Jet Piercing of Oil Sands

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. R. Gilpin ◽  
E. M. Gates

This paper describes the results of an experimental investigation of the penetration of oil sands by continuous and pulsed high-pressure water jets. Both laboratory and field tests were carried out to determine the influence of the jet dynamic pressure, nozzle diameter, pulse frequency, and total jetting time upon the depth of penetration.

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0242413
Author(s):  
Youngjoo Lee ◽  
Daesung Kwon ◽  
Changmin Park ◽  
Myoungjae Seo ◽  
TaeWon Seo

The maintenance of buildings has become an important issue with the construction of many high-rise buildings in recent years. However, the cleaning of the outer walls of buildings is performed in highly hazardous environments over long periods, and many accidents occur each year. Various robots are being studied and developed to reduce these incidents and to relieve workers from hazardous tasks. Herein, we propose a method of spraying high-pressure water using a pump and nozzle, which differs from conventional methods. The cleaning performance parameters, such as water pressure, spray angle, and spray distance, were optimized using the Taguchi method. Cleaning experiments were performed on window specimens that were contaminated artificially. The cleaning performance of the proposed method was evaluated using the image-evaluation method. The optimum condition was determined based on the results of a sensitive analysis performed on the image data. In addition, the reaction force due to high pressure and impact force on the specimens were investigated. These forces were not sufficient to affect the propeller thrust or cause damage to the building’s surface. We expect to perform field tests in the near future based on the output of this research.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongnan Hu ◽  
Wanzhi Chen ◽  
Hongwen Li ◽  
Qingjie Wang ◽  
Jin He ◽  
...  

Oil Shale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
A ZHABIN ◽  
A POLYAKOV ◽  
E AVERIN ◽  
W KHACHATURIAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 00032
Author(s):  
Mykola Stupnik ◽  
Viktor Tarasiutin ◽  
Pavlo Fedorenko

The work is aimed at determining parameters of advance borehole stoping by hydraulic monitors leading to rational use of reserves structured according to ore types at deposits by means of advance stoping with selective disintegration of high-grade martite ores. The research methods include experimental investigations of parameters of breaking a high-grade martite ore massif by high-pressure water jets of borehole monitors; laboratory studies of technological properties of hydrodisintegrated products and their concentratibility; theoretical generalization of experimental data. The research has resulted in developing experimental borehole hydraulic monitors and determining basic technical parameters of high-pressure water jets; determining regularities of hydraulic monitor disintegration of high-grade martite ores considering structural and mineralogical characteristics of the ores and hydrodisintegration modes; proving the fact that the process of high-grade martite ore disintegration by monitors is also the process of ore disintegration to the level of ore mineral grain release providing the higher quality disintegration product after subsequent dewatering than that of the initial one. The scientific novelty of the research consists in determining a criterion of hydrodisintegration of martites, conditions of forming a required fractional composition of monitor disintegration products through controlling stability of a pulse of the water jet action on the stope face. The practical relevance of the monitor breaking process in conditions of mining units at deep levels of Kryvbas underground mines consists in providing advanced stoping of rich martite ores through raises and obtaining a new kind of product – martite superconcentrate.


2003 ◽  
Vol 416-418 ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wildor Theodoro Hennies ◽  
C.L.V. José ◽  
Francisco Rolando Valenzuela-Díaz ◽  
Pedro M. Büchler ◽  
Carlos Tadeu Lauand ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Denier ◽  
Thomas J. Herrick ◽  
O. Robert Mitchell ◽  
David A. Summers ◽  
Daniel R. Saylor

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