Patent ID: 11865546
Assignee: SHARP PULSE CORP.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 2:
3. An impactor for kinetically impacting compound material comprising constituent materials of different mechanical characteristics, the impactor comprising:
a first chamber configured to be substantially filled with a first fluid;
an acoustic shockwave generator located within the first chamber, the acoustic shockwave generator comprising a pair of gapped electrodes;
a second chamber fluidly isolated from the first chamber by an interior wall, the second chamber comprising
(i) an input port for allowing a preimpact mixture suspended in a second fluid to enter the impactor, wherein the preimpact mixture comprises a plurality of compound particles, each compound particle of the plurality of compound particles comprises a first constituent material and a second constituent material, and
(ii) an output port for allowing a postimpact mixture suspended in the second fluid to exit the impactor;

wherein the acoustic shockwave generator is configured to generate an acoustic shockwave for impacting the preimpact mixture by causing an electrical breakdown of the first fluid in a gap between the pair of gapped electrodes,
wherein the acoustic shockwave is able to cause the first constituent material to separate from an at least one compound particle of the plurality of compound particles, resulting in the postimpact mixture comprising (i) an at least one first constituent-material subparticle and (ii) an at least one reduced-compound particle comprising the second constituent material; and
wherein the interior wall comprises a shockwave-transmission section configured to transmit the acoustic shockwave from the first chamber to the second chamber without the acoustic shockwave losing a substantial amount of energy.