181 |
Systems and methods of separating manure from a manure and bedding mixture |
US11548044 |
2006-10-10 |
US07552827B2 |
2009-06-30 |
Thomas Menke; David Ricke |
Systems and methods configured to continuously separate manure and bedding comprise a vertical housing without screens, grates, or filters therein, a manure and bedding inlet port coupled to the side of the housing, and a water inlet port coupled to the side of the housing. The system further comprises at least one inlet flow controller. Upon separation of the bedding and manure, the housing comprises a manure outlet port disposed on its upper portion and configured to output a product stream comprising separated manure and water. The housing further comprises a bedding outlet port disposed on its lower portion and configured to output a product stream comprising separated bedding and water. |
182 |
Systems and Methods For Sorting Recyclables at a Material Recovery Facility |
US11883758 |
2005-07-12 |
US20080237093A1 |
2008-10-02 |
James W. Bohlig; Sean P. Duffy |
Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors. |
183 |
Apparatus and method for sorting and recombining minerals into a desired mixture |
US10874087 |
2004-06-22 |
US07380669B2 |
2008-06-03 |
Earl L. Hacking, Jr.; Thomas A. Swaninger |
A method and apparatus is employed to create a mixture having a desired composition. A raw material is separated in a pair of density separators into constituent parts. Those parts are then recombined in a desired fashion using a pair of splitters to create an intermediate mixture and delivered to a third density separator. The third density separator processes the intermediate mixture to create a final mixture having the desired composition. |
184 |
Dycon gravity mineral recovery apparatus and process |
US11492644 |
2006-07-25 |
US20080023377A1 |
2008-01-31 |
George P. Baummer |
A gravity mineral recovery apparatus and process uses stratification to separate the relatively heavier valuable particulates from the lighter tailings in ore. A housing holds a process chamber therein, the chamber capable of oscillating within the housing. Ore is gravity fed into the process chamber and falls toward the bottom with the ore channeled to the outer sidewall of the process chamber by a deflector that creates an annular passage within the chamber. The oscillation of the chamber causes the heavier particulate to stratify into circumferentially disposed hoppers while the tailings are discharged through a central chute to a tailings hopper. The hoppers have compound sloped sidewalls and have a sensor for opening a discharge valve within the hopper once a given concentration is achieved. A series of sensors within the tailings hopper control a tailings discharge valve as well as an ore feed valve. Water constantly flows through the system yet does not participate in the actual transport of the particulates. |
185 |
Load sensing system |
US11699660 |
2007-01-30 |
US07314053B1 |
2008-01-01 |
Timothy L. Stalp |
A load sensing system for maximizing the cleaning efficiency of particulate raw materials such as sand, gravel, rock, ores, etc., in a log washer by sensing the weight of the aggregate in the log washer tank and adjusting the angle of inclination of the tank for cleaning efficiency. The system includes a log washer tank pivoted at its lower end and supported by hydraulic cylinders at its upper end. A height sensor detects changes in the weight of the load and raises or lowers the upper end of the tank when low or high pressure limits are exceeded through solenoid activated hydraulic valves. |
186 |
Systems and methods for sorting recyclables at a material recovery facility |
US10989604 |
2004-11-17 |
US07264124B2 |
2007-09-04 |
James W. Bohlig; Sean P. Duffy |
Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors. |
187 |
Systems and methods for sorting recyclables at a material recovery facility |
US11487372 |
2006-07-17 |
US20060254957A1 |
2006-11-16 |
James Bohlig; Sean Duffy |
Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors. |
188 |
Dual-cell mechanical flotation system |
US10297635 |
2001-06-07 |
US06955763B2 |
2005-10-18 |
Melvin O. Stacy; Kenneth Tolmie; James C. T. Chen |
It has been discovered that a mechanical flotation system having only two cells can be nearly as efficient as one having more cells, yet provide an apparatus with a considerably smaller footprint, significantly reduced capital and operating costs, as well as be resistant to floating oil recovery platform wave effects. The dual-cell mechanical flotation system has, in sequential order, an inlet chamber and two gasification chambers or cells, each with at least one gas ingestion and mixing mechanism, and a discharge chamber. A common primary skim collection channel atop the partition dividing the gasification chambers efficiently channels away the bulk of the floating collected matter. At least one baffle depending from the top of the vessel near the primary skim collection channel helps dampen the action of the fluid containing the suspended matter when the vessel is affected by wave motion against the floating oil production platform. |
189 |
Load sensing system |
US10295846 |
2002-11-18 |
US06938625B2 |
2005-09-06 |
Timothy L. Stalp |
A load sensing system for maximizing the cleaning efficiency of particulate raw materials such as sand, gravel, rock, ores, etc. in a log washer by sensing the weight of the aggregate in the log washer tank and adjusting the angle of inclination of the tank for cleaning efficiency. The system includes a log washer tank pivoted at its lower end and supported by hydraulic cylinders at its upper end. A high/low pressure sensor detects changes in the weight of the load by changes in hydraulic fluid pressure, and raises or lowers the upper end of the tank when low or high pressure limits are exceeded through solenoid activated hydraulic valves. |
190 |
Systems and methods for sorting recyclables at a material recovery facility |
US10989604 |
2004-11-17 |
US20050126958A1 |
2005-06-16 |
James Bohlig; Sean Duffy |
Systems and methods for providing a quantity of cullet having at least two colors of glass from an input stream of recyclable material and non-recyclable material. In an embodiment, the system includes a sortation station, a screening apparatus, an air classifier, and a crushing apparatus to provide as output substantially pure cullet having at least two colors. |
191 |
Method for reblending sand |
US09817679 |
2001-03-26 |
US06796432B2 |
2004-09-28 |
Trenton L. Soldwish-Zoole; Franklin E. Squires |
A method of reblending sand in a classification tank having multiples stations and discharge valves within each station includes the steps of delivering sand to the tank; calibrating the tank to analyze the raw feed material and develop discharge rates, flow multipliers, and a mathematical model of the tank; and inputting a specification or quantity and sieve size distribution for a reblended sand product into a computer for controlling the tank. Then the tank is operated in a production mode and the discharge valves at each station of the tank are adjusted by the computer for percent open time and discharge rate. With one algorithm, the computer identifies which station has the most of a sieve size that is out of specification and diverts material at that station by closing the appropriate discharge valve(s). In another algorithm especially adapted to minimize fines, the computer begins with the station most remote from the inlet and diverts material by repeatedly reducing the valve open percentage of the appropriate valve at that station by a given amount until the specification is met or the valve is always closed. Once the valve is always closed, the computer moves a station closer to the inlet and repeats the process. Once a primary product is being produced to specification, the same algorithm can be used to control the production of a secondary product. |
192 |
Process for the physical segregation of minerals |
US09669076 |
2000-09-25 |
US06675064B1 |
2004-01-06 |
Jon C. Yingling; Rajive Ganguli |
With highly heterogeneous groups or streams of minerals, physical segregation using online quality measurements is an economically important first stage of the mineral beneficiation process. Segregation enables high quality fractions of the stream to bypass processing, such as cleaning operations, thereby reducing the associated costs and avoiding the yield losses inherent in any downstream separation process. The present invention includes various methods for reliably segregating a mineral stream into at least one fraction meeting desired quality specifications while at the same time maximizing yield of that fraction. |
193 |
Dual-cell mechanical flotation system |
US10297635 |
2003-04-11 |
US20030213735A1 |
2003-11-20 |
Melvin
O
Staoy; Kenneth
Tolmie; James
C T
Chen |
It has been discovered that a mechanical flotation system having only two cells can be nearly as efficient as one having more cells, yet provide an apparatus with a considerably smaller footprint, significantly reduced capital and operating costs, as well as be resistant to floating oil recovery platform wave effects. The dual-cell mechanical flotation system has, in sequential order, an inlet chamber and two gasification chambers or cells, each with at least one gas ingestion and mixing mechanism, and a discharge chamber. A common primary skim collection channel atop the partition dividing the gasification chambers efficiently channels away the bulk of the floating collected matter. At least one baffle depending from the top of the vessel near the primary skim collection channel helps dampen the action of the fluid containing the suspended matter when the vessel is affected by wave motion against the floating oil production platform. |
194 |
WASHING LIQUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM |
US09880949 |
2001-06-15 |
US20020189979A1 |
2002-12-19 |
Timo
U.
Niitti |
A system for delivering the same or differing controllable amounts of washing liquid to several flights of a spiral separator including a housing, a plurality of spaced members having a respective generally vertical passage communicating with fluid in the housing and permitting fluid to flow therethrough. A plurality of fluid passageways respectively communicate with the members to provide the same or differing amounts of liquid to each of the flights. The distributor housing may include a central liquid receiving chamber, a plurality of spaced compartments located in proximity with the chamber, a plurality of passages through which fluid flows into fluid passageways respectively coupled to the compartments, a single flow controller rotatable therein to expose different portions of said passages at every rotation thereby varying the liquid flow to each compartment. The housing may be tilted to vary the amount of liquid flowing into each of the compartments, thereby delivering the same or differing amounts of liquid to each of the flights enabling adjustment of the liquid flow for each flight. Another distributor housing contains a plurality of fluid passageways fluidly communicating with the plurality of flights of spiral separator, each of the fluid passageways having respectively a vertical passage for receiving liquid from the housing into the fluid passageways, and a tilting mechanism for tilting the housing to vary liquid flow through the passages. |
195 |
Method for reblending sand |
US09817679 |
2001-03-26 |
US20020121464A1 |
2002-09-05 |
Trenton
L.
Soldwish-Zoole; Franklin
E.
Squires |
A method of reblending sand in a classification tank having multiples stations and discharge valves within each station includes the steps of delivering sand to the tank; calibrating the tank to analyze the raw feed material and develop discharge rates, flow multipliers, and a mathematical model of the tank; and inputting a specification or quantity and sieve size distribution for a reblended sand product into a computer for controlling the tank. Then the tank is operated in a production mode and the discharge valves at each station of the tank are adjusted by the computer for percent open time and discharge rate. With one algorithm, the computer identifies which station has the most of a sieve size that is out of specification and diverts material at that station by closing the appropriate discharge valve(s). In another algorithm especially adapted to minimize fines, the computer begins with the station most remote from the inlet and diverts material by repeatedly reducing the valve open percentage of the appropriate valve at that station by a given amount until the specification is met or the valve is always closed. Once the valve is always closed, the computer moves a station closer to the inlet and repeats the process. Once a primary product is being produced to specification, the same algorithm can be used to control the production of a secondary product. |
196 |
Method and means for sand reblending |
US09266037 |
1999-03-11 |
US06311847B1 |
2001-11-06 |
Trenton L. Soldwish-Zoole; Franklin E. Squires |
A method of reblending aggregate includes delivering aggregate of various sizes to the classification tank having a plurality of stations with primary and secondary discharge valves. The tank is then calibrated to determine raw feed analysis, discharge rates and the flow multipliers needed to develop a mathematical model of the tank. Inputting the calibration information data and the desired production specification into a computer allows the tank to be operated and controlled with appropriate adjustments in discharge rates and valve percent settings at each station. This method provides more accurate control than the existing min-max control methods. The apparatus for this method includes the tank, a pumping device, and a computer interconnected with a PLC and electrohydraulic mechanisms for valves at each tank station such that both the discharge rate from each station and the valve percent settings of the individual valves at each station are variable and controllable. |
197 |
Method and system for reclaiming aggregate from concrete waste material |
US974169 |
1997-11-19 |
US5884856A |
1999-03-23 |
Kazutoshi Isaji |
A method and system for reclaiming aggregate from concrete waste material includes crushing step and means of compression-crushing lumps of concrete waste material into a crushed mixture, and sorting the crushed mixture by size thereof, grinding step and means of rotating the crushed mixture sorted to grind it with a grinding member which rotates in an opposite direction to the rotating direction of the crushed mixture sorted, thereby peeling mortar from gravel, crushed stones and sand of the crushed mixture to obtain a mixture of gravel, crushed stones, sand, cement and mortar, and product separating step and means of separating the mixture of gravel, crushed stones, sand, cement and mortar into gravel and crushed stones, sand, cement and mortar. |
198 |
Gas entrainment flotation reactor with arrangements for separating
solids from liquids |
US809743 |
1997-03-07 |
US5776335A |
1998-07-07 |
Horst Overath |
A flotation/entrainment reactor is poured with a plurality of concentric tubes forming respective chambers, the tubewear for receiving and filtering a liquid from solids contained therein, and with an inlet cylindrical base receiving the liquid and guiding it and, a rising flow along a cone wall of a frustoconical cap mounted on the base to the region of formation of a foam column in one of the concentric tubes encompassing an imaginary apex of the cone wall of the cap. |
199 |
Device for separating inorganic material polluted by organic material
from a fluid |
US564325 |
1995-12-19 |
US5641397A |
1997-06-24 |
Johann Grienberger |
A device for separating inorganic material polluted by organic material from a fluid, especially of sand polluted by organic material in sewage devices, is provided with a circular shaped container (1), which in its upper region has a feed device (19) for the introduction of the fluid into the container (1), with an extractor device (32) for the inorganic material positioned in the lower region (7) of the container (1) and with an extractor device (29) to discharge the organic material and the fluid. A fluidized sand bed (14) is provided in the lower region (7) of the container (1) in order to separate the organic material from the inorganic material. The fluidized sand bed (14) is kept in motion by an upward flow of liquid distributed via a perforated base (8). A by-pass (38) is provided to transfer part of the sand from the fluidized sand bed (14) into the extractor device (32) in the lower region (7) of the container (1). |
200 |
Device for automatic regulation of the process of separating froth
concentrate from gangue in a floatation machine |
US586259 |
1990-09-21 |
US5578198A |
1996-11-26 |
Fedor A. Chumak; Vladimir N. Cherednik; Mikhail N. Zlobin |
The automatic regulator device comprises a channel for measuring the level and density of pulp in the chamber of a floatation machine, in which two bubbling pipes are in communication with a differential pressure pickup connected to the input of a frother flow-rate regulating channel and to one input of a correction unit whose other input is connected to a pressure pickup communicating with one of the bubbling pipes. The output of the correction unit is connected to the input of a circuit designed to regulate the rate of flow of water with frother in a pulp level stabilizing channel, the output of said circuit being connected to an actuator valve installed on a pipeline feeding water with frother and furnishing a control signal with respect to a pulp level deviation from a preset value. A water-and-frother flow transducer is connected to the input of a circuit designed to regulate the gangue discharge rate in the pulp level stabilizing channel, the output of said circuit being connected to the drive of the actuator valve installed on a gangue discharge branch pipe, said output developing a control signal with respect to a deviation of the water-and-frother flow rate from a preset value. |