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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Yiannis Ventikos, Oxford, GB;
Nicholas Hawker, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Yiannis Ventikos, Oxford, GB;
Nicholas Hawker, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 3/00 (2013.01); Y02E 30/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of impacting liquid droplets onto a surface includes providing a series of liquid droplets, and directing the liquid droplets at a non-planar target surface to cause a shockwave in the droplets upon impact. An apparatus for impacting liquid droplets onto a surface includes a mechanism to produce a series of liquid droplets, and a mechanism to direct the liquid droplets at a non-planar target surface to cause a shockwave in the droplets upon impact. The non-planar target surface is shaped to intensify the shockwave in the droplets.