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Fluid flow control devices and systems, and methods of flowing fluids therethrough

  • US 10,550,960 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2017
  • Issued: 02/04/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of flowing a fluid through a fluid flow control device, comprising:

  • flowing a fluid through a first substantially arcuate channel that extends from an outer surface of a body to an inner surface of an aperture extending through the body;

    flowing a fluid through at least one second substantially arcuate channel that from the outer surface of the body to the inner surface of the aperture, the at least one second substantially arcuate channel intersecting the first substantially arcuate channel, the first substantially arcuate channel and the at least one second substantially arcuate channel being bounded by channel sidewalls extending smoothly and continuously from the outer surface of the body to the inner surface of the aperture; and

    impinging the fluid flowing through the first substantially arcuate channel into the fluid flowing through the at least one second substantially arcuate channel, wherein the intersecting channels fit simultaneously through an area having an approximate width of a single channel.

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