141 |
미세기포 발생장치 및 미세기포 발생방법 |
KR1020070052288 |
2007-05-29 |
KR100845785B1 |
2008-07-11 |
박재섭; 이관우 |
An apparatus for generating micro-bubbles is provided to construct the apparatus in a very simple structure, operate operating conditions of the apparatus easily, and produce a large amount of micro-bubbles at an inexpensive cost by the dissolved air flotation process, and a method for generating micro-bubbles using the apparatus is provided. An apparatus(1') for generating micro-bubbles comprises: a pump(2') for sucking and mixing gas and liquid; a mixing chamber(3') which passes a mixture of the gas and liquid transferred from the pump, and remixes the gas with the liquid, and in which predetermined internal pressure and passing flow rate are generated; and a nozzle(8) installed on the outlet side of the mixing chamber to discharge a mixture of the gas and the liquid that have been remixed in the mixing chamber, wherein the nozzle is an openable-and-closeable porous nozzle. The apparatus further comprises: pipes(4,5) extending from an inlet and an outlet of the mixing chamber, the pump being connected to the inlet side pipe(4) of the mixing chamber; two pipes(6,7) branched off from the inlet side of the pump; and a suction valve(7a) installed on the gas inflow pipe(7) to adjust the amount of gas supplied to the pump. |
142 |
시멘트 킬른 연소가스 추기 더스트의 처리 시스템 및 처리방법 |
KR1020077005974 |
2005-09-20 |
KR1020070051906A |
2007-05-18 |
사이토신이치로; 오카무라소이치로; 마츠라츠요시 |
설비 비용 및 운전 비용을 낮게 억제하면서 시멘트 킬른 연소가스 추기 더스트로부터 납을 효율적으로 제거한다.
시멘트 킬른(2)의 킬른 바닥으로부터 최하단의 사이클론에 이르기까지의 킬른 배기가스 유로로부터 연소가스의 일부를 냉각하면서 추기하는 프로브(3)와, 프로브(3)에서 추기한 연소가스에 포함되는 더스트의 조분을 분리하는 분급기(5)와, 분급기(5)로부터 배출된 미분을 포함하는 추기가스를 집진하는 습식 집진기(6)와, 습식 집진기(6)에 킬른 배기가스에 포함되는 납의 황화를 행하기 위한 황화제를 공급하는 장치(12, 13)를 구비하는 시멘트 킬른 추기가스 처리 시스템(1) 등. 황화제 공급장치(12, 13)로부터 황화제를 순환액조(7)나 슬러리 순환용의 펌프(9)에 첨가하는 것이 바람직하다. 습식 집진기(6)에 의해 얻어진 슬러리를 납을 포함하는 거품과 석고를 포함하는 테일 측 슬러리로 부선 설비(14, 17, 18)에 의해서 분리한다.
시멘트 킬른, 연소가스, 추기, 더스트 |
143 |
GRANULAR MEDIA FOR BACKWASHABLE PARTICLE FILTER AND FREE PHASE OIL COALESCER |
US15774846 |
2017-10-19 |
US20190232195A1 |
2019-08-01 |
Hal Alper |
This disclosure relates to new filtration systems, granular substrates, granular media and processes that are highly effective for removing suspended oil, particulates and oily particulates from an oil-water mixture. The new filtration media comprises a microporous granular substrate having a combination of specified micro-porosity, hardness and additional characteristics, the substrate being modified by an infused or coated absorption composition. This resulting filtration media displays excellent filtration performance, including outstanding durability and robustness to sustain its excellent performance over a large number of backwash cycles. |
144 |
GAS RECIRCULATION IN MINERAL FLOTATION |
US15781488 |
2016-12-07 |
US20180353971A1 |
2018-12-13 |
Jukka LAKANEN |
An arrangement for recirculation of flotation gas in a mineral flotation process wherein the flotation gas volume fluctuations are handled by a closed pressure equalization loop including an apparatus for storing gas and adsorbing changes of gas pressure; a flushing line for connecting the pressure side of the primary gas recirculation loop to the apparatus for storing gas and adsorbing changes of gas pressure for allowing expulsion of a fraction of the flotation gas from the primary gas recirculation loop; and a suction line for connecting the suction side of the primary gas recirculation loop to the apparatus for storing gas and adsorbing changes of gas pressure, whereby the suction line comprises a pressure reducer for restricting flotation gas flow through the suction line. |
145 |
Stator for flotation machines |
US14440225 |
2013-11-06 |
US10137461B2 |
2018-11-27 |
Keri Caldwell; Timothy J. Olson; Ronney Rogerio Rodrigues Silva; Yihong Yang; Donald J. Foreman |
A flotation machine includes a stator positioned in a tank adjacent a rotor. The stator has a plurality of vanes. Each of the vanes has a plurality of slots formed therein. Each of the slots has a shape that is elongated in a direction along the width of the vane in which the slot is formed. Each of the vanes is spaced apart from the other vanes to which that vane is adjacent. The vanes are positioned in series adjacent a periphery of the stator to define a central opening within the stator that is sized such that the rotor of a flotation machine may be positioned therein. The stator may be retrofitted onto a prior flotation machine installation. For instance, a stator may be offered for sale and then installed onto a flotation machine. A previous stator may be removed before the installation of the new stator. |
146 |
FLOTATION PLANT AND ITS USES, A METHOD OF CHANGING A FLOTATION TANK IN A TANK MODULE AND A METHOD OF CHANGING A MODULE |
US15571908 |
2015-05-13 |
US20180161784A1 |
2018-06-14 |
Pekka TÄHKIÖ; Jukka LAKANEN; Matti LUUKKONEN |
A flotation plant includes a tank module which includes a self-supporting framework having an inner space. The tank module includes at least one flotation tank. The flotation tank is disposed in the inner space of the self-supporting framework. The tank module is a self-supporting unit capable of being transferable and hoistable as an integral entity. The flotation plant includes at least two drive units for the rotation of drive shafts, each drive shaft being connected to a rotor for mixing and/or forming bubbles in the flotation tank. An overflow receptacle is disposed at the level of the upper part of the tank module for receiving an overflow from the flotation tanks. The flotation plant includes an overflow channel which is connected to the overflow receptacle for receiving and conducting the overflow from the overflow receptacle to a pumping means. The overflow channel is disposed outside the tank module. |
147 |
Method and system for releasing mineral from synthetic bubbles and beads |
US14117912 |
2012-05-25 |
US09981271B2 |
2018-05-29 |
Paul J. Rothman; Mark R. Fernald; Francis K. Didden; Christian V. O'keefe; Douglas H. Adamson |
A synthetic bead for use in mineral separation is described. The synthetic bead has a surface made of a synthetic material such as polymer and the synthetic material is functionalized with molecules having a functional group for attaching mineral particles to the surface in a separation process. The synthetic beads can be placed in flotation cell containing a mixture of water, valuable material and unwanted material or in a pipeline where the mixture is transported from one location to another. The enriched synthetic beads carrying the mineral particles are separated from the unwanted materials in the mixture. The mineral particles are then released from the synthetic beads by means of low pH treatment, ultrasonic agitation, thermal or electromagnetic treatment. |
148 |
A DRIVE MODULE AND ITS USES, A FLOTATION PLANT AND A METHOD OF CHANGING OF THE DRIVE MODULE |
US15571891 |
2015-05-13 |
US20180141055A1 |
2018-05-24 |
Pekka TAHKIO; Valtteri VAARNA; Matti LUUKKONEN |
A drive module which is a self-supporting structure being transferable and hoistable as an integral entity. The drive module includes a self-supporting framework having a shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. The self-supporting framework defines an inner space within the self-supporting framework. The drive module also includes at least two drive units. The drive units are supported to the self-supporting framework in the inner space of the self-supporting framework. The drive units are connectable to an external rotatable shaft for the rotation of the rotatable shaft located outside the drive module. |
149 |
Synthetic beads/bubbles functionalized with molecules for attracting and attaching to mineral particles of interest |
US14117887 |
2012-05-25 |
US09352335B2 |
2016-05-31 |
Paul J. Rothman; Mark R. Fernald; Francis K. Didden; Christian V. O'Keefe; Alan D. Kersey; Douglas H. Adamson |
A synthetic bead for use in mineral separation is described. The synthetic bead has a surface made of a synthetic material such as polymer and the synthetic material is functionalized with molecules having a functional group for attracting mineral particles to the surface in a separation process. The synthetic beads can be placed in flotation cell containing a mixture of water, valuable material and unwanted material or in a pipeline where the mixture is transported from one location to another. The enriched synthetic beads carrying the mineral particles are separated from the unwanted materials in the mixture. The mineral particles are then released from the synthetic beads by means of low pH treatment, ultrasonic agitation, thermal or electromagnetic treatment. |
150 |
Air-assisted separation system |
US14056677 |
2013-10-17 |
US09278360B2 |
2016-03-08 |
Michael J. Mankosa; Jaisen N. Kohmuench; Eric S. Yan |
A separation system is presented that partitions a slurry containing a plurality of particles that are influenced by a fluidization flow (which comprises teeter water and gas bubbles) and a fluidized bed. The separation system comprises a separation tank, a slurry feed distributor, a fluidization flow manifold and a gas introduction system. All of these components are arranged to create the fluidized bed in the separation tank by introducing the slurry through the slurry feed distributor and allowing the slurry to interact with the fluidization flow that enters the separation tank from the fluidization flow manifold. The gas introduction system is configured to optimize the gas bubble size distribution in the fluidization flow. The gas introduction system comprises a gas introduction conduit and a bypass conduit. The gas introduction system can be adjusted by modulating the flow of teeter water through the gas introduction conduit. |
151 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLOTATION IN A FLUIDIZED BED |
US14804505 |
2015-07-21 |
US20150321202A1 |
2015-11-12 |
Graeme John JAMESON |
Separation of hydrophobic particles from a mixture of particles in a fluid is performed by providing a fluidized bed as a relatively non-turbulent contacting mechanism in a flotation cell incorporating a settling chamber located immediately above the fluidized bed. Hydrophobic particles attach to bubbles in the fluidized bed and rise to the interface with the settling chamber where non-hydrophobic particles flow over the lip of an internal launder and are removed as tailings at. The hydrophobic particles attached to bubbles float upwardly in the relatively placid settling chamber where unwanted gangue can fall back to interface. The bubbles form a froth layer at the upper surface of the settling chamber, and flow over the launder lip carrying the hydrophobic particles. An operation of the apparatus is kept stable by recirculating fluid from the settling chamber via pip and pump to mix with new feed entering at duct. |
152 |
Apparatus and method for removing unburned carbon from fly ash |
US12096333 |
2006-11-28 |
US08893892B2 |
2014-11-25 |
Shinichiro Saito; Kazuo Abe; Kazuyoshi Matsuo |
An apparatus and a method for removing unburned carbon from fly ash capable of suppressing facility cost and stably conducting performance adjustment depending on property of the fly ash. The method comprises the steps of: adding water to fly ash to produce slurry; adding collector to the slurry, feeding the slurry and the collector to a static-type mixer 4, a venturi pipe 24 or the like to add shearing force to them; adding frother to them to generate air bubbles; and adhering unburned carbon of the fly ash to the air bubbles to raise the unburned carbon. The frother and air can be fed to the static-type mixer or the like together with the slurry and the collector. Depending on the change in property of the fly ash, the number of the static-type mixers or the like used in series can be increased or decreased, and depending on required capacity, the number of the static-type mixers or the like used in parallel may be increased or decreased. The static-type mixer may comprise a guide vane chamber 4b with plurality of guide vanes 4d for converting the slurry and the like, which are fed to the chamber, to spiral flow, and a current cutter chamber 4c with plurality of mushroom-shaped projections 4e for adding shearing force to the slurry and the like. |
153 |
MINERAL SEPARATION USING SIZED-, WEIGHT- OR MAGNETIC-BASED POLYMER BUBBLES OR BEADS |
US14117534 |
2012-05-25 |
US20140183104A1 |
2014-07-03 |
Paul J. Rothman; Mark R. Fernald; Francis K. Didden; Christian V. O'keefe; Alan D. Kersey; Douglas H. Adamson |
Apparatus for use in, or forming part of, a separation process to be implemented in separation processor technology, the apparatus comprising synthetic bubbles or beads configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to a valuable material in a mixture so as to form an enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be separated from the mixture based at least partly on a difference in a physical property between the enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto and the mixture. |
154 |
Flotation Separation Using Lightweight Synthetic Beads or Bubbles |
US14116438 |
2012-05-25 |
US20140166585A1 |
2014-06-19 |
Paul J. Rothman; Mark R. Fernald; Francis K. Didden; Christian V. O'Keefe; Alan D. Kersey; Douglas H. Adamson |
Apparatus, such as a flotation separation device, features a flotation cell or column configured to receive a mixture of water, valuable material and unwanted material; receive polymer-based materials, including polymer bubbles or beads, configured to attach to the valuable material in the mixture; and provide enriched polymer-based materials, including enriched polymer bubbles or beads, having the valuable material attached thereon. |
155 |
MINERAL SEPARATION USING FUNCTIONALIZED MEMBRANES |
US14117209 |
2012-05-25 |
US20140138324A1 |
2014-05-22 |
Paul J. Rothman; Mark R. Fernald; Francis K. Didden; Christian V. O'Keefe; Douglas H. Adamson |
A machine or apparatus featuring a first processor and a second processor. The first processor is configured to receive a mixture of fluid, valuable material and unwanted material and a functionalized polymer coated member configured to attach to the valuable material in an attachment rich environment, and provide an enriched functionalized polymer coated member having the valuable material attached thereto. The second processor is configured to receive a fluid and the enriched functionalized polymer coated member in a release rich environment to release the valuable material, and provide the valuable material released from the enriched functionalized polymer coated member. |
156 |
FLOTATION DEVICE COMPRISING A FLUID DISTRIBUTION ELEMENT FOR GENERATING A FLOW THAT IS DIRECTED AT THE FOAM COLLECTING UNIT |
US14005204 |
2012-03-01 |
US20140001102A1 |
2014-01-02 |
Stefan Blendinger; Robert Fleck; Gerold Franke; Lilla Grossmann; Werner Hartmann |
A housing of a flotation device has a flotation chamber with at least one inlet for a suspension. The flotation device has at least one foam collecting unit, arranged on an upper face of the housing, for receiving and discharging a foam product, and at least one fluid distribution element, provided above the at least one inlet in the flotation chamber, for generating a flow directed toward the at least one foam collecting unit. The vertical position of the at least one fluid distribution element is variable above the at least one inlet in the flotation chamber. |
157 |
SET OF COLLECTABLE, SUPERIMPOSABLE CARDS |
US12681554 |
2008-10-02 |
US20110004043A1 |
2011-01-06 |
Anselmo Basso |
A process for decontaminating a medium polluted with metals and hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) includes providing an acidic slurry of water, acid, chloride salt, surfactant, and the polluted medium. Flotation is preformed on the acidic slurry to form a HOC-rich froth and an HOC-depleted slurry and the froth is recovered. The slurry is separated to obtain a treated solid and a liquid effluent rich in metallic ions. Preferably, the process also includes recuperating the metals by chemical precipitation and/or electrodeposition to produce a treated solution. Also provided are a decontaminant having an acid, a chloride salt, and a surfactant as well as a chemical kit for decontaminating the polluted medium including the decontaminant in which the acid, chloride salt and surfactant can be mixed with polluted medium in the presence of water before removing at least a portion of the metals and HOC from the polluted medium. |
158 |
Pumpbox |
US12761753 |
2010-04-16 |
US20100263752A1 |
2010-10-21 |
Michael Francis Young |
A pumpbox, the pumpbox being in fluid communication with one or more vessels, wherein the pumpbox comprises a classification portion and level control means adapted to control the level of fluid within the one or more vessels. |
159 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BIOFUELS FROM ALGAE |
US12565610 |
2009-09-23 |
US20100077654A1 |
2010-04-01 |
Benjamin Chiau-pin Wu; David Stephen; Gaye Elizabeth Morgenthaler; David Vancott Jones |
The invention provides systems and methods for producing biofuel from algae wherein the algae and fishes are co-cultured in a body of water. The methods further comprise inducing the algae to accumulate lipids by environmental stress, and concentrating the algae prior to extraction of the algal oil. The systems of the invention comprise at least one growth enclosure, means for concentrating algae, and means for subjecting algae to environmental stress. |
160 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING UNBURNED CARBON FROM FLY ASH |
US12096333 |
2006-11-28 |
US20090308794A1 |
2009-12-17 |
Shinichiro Saito; Kazuo Abe; Kazuyoshi Matsuo |
An apparatus and a method for removing unburned carbon from fly ash capable of suppressing facility cost and stably conducting performance adjustment depending on property of the fly ash. The method comprises the steps of: adding water to fly ash to produce slurry; adding collector to the slurry, feeding the slurry and the collector to a static-type mixer 4, a venturi pipe 24 or the like to add shearing force to them; adding frother to them to generate air bubbles; and adhering unburned carbon of the fly ash to the air bubbles to raise the unburned carbon. The frother and air can be fed to the static-type mixer or the like together with the slurry and the collector. Depending on the change in property of the fly ash, the number of the static-type mixers or the like used in series can be increased or decreased, and depending on required capacity, the number of the static-type mixers or the like used in parallel may be increased or decreased. The static-type mixer may comprise a guide vane chamber 4b with plurality of guide vanes 4d for converting the slurry and the like, which are fed to the chamber, to spiral flow, and a current cutter chamber 4c with plurality of mushroom-shaped projections 4e for adding shearing force to the slurry and the like. |