公开(公告)号：US20250001431A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18758164

申请日：2024-06-28

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Frédéric Larouche ,  Thomas Poirié ,  Matthieu Balmayer ,  Olivier Bergeron ,  Jens Kroeger

IPC: B03B5/00 ,  B03B5/02 ,  B03B5/48 ,  B03B5/70 ,  B03B7/00 ,  B22F1/052 ,  B22F1/148

Abstract: A method is provided for removing ultrafine particles from an atomized powder. The method includes contacting the atomized powder with a removal liquid, the atomized powder comprising fine particles and ultrafine particles, wherein contacting the atomized powder with the removal liquid comprises adding energy to a mixture of the atomized powder and the removal liquid to detach the ultrafine particles from the fine particles; and separating the removal liquid and ultrafine particles from the fine particles.

公开(公告)号：US12097508B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-24

申请号：US18364630

申请日：2023-08-03

Applicant: SA Recycling LLC

Inventor： Mike Adams ,  George Adams ,  Clifford Glen Newby ,  Alex Meza ,  Carlos Alberto Quiroz Guedez ,  Martin Arredondo

IPC: B03B5/48 ,  B03B9/06

CPC classification number: B03B5/48 ,  B03B9/06

Abstract: Systems and methods for separating materials and recovery of valuable copper from shredded end-of-life vehicles and appliances are disclosed. The system utilizes a pair of conveyor belts; one for de-watering and removing most of the plastic and glass particles and a second below the first for separating the copper wire bits. The second conveyor belt has a belt with a particular tooth pattern and material softness, and is set at a slight uphill incline angle. Water is delivered from the top down the slope and the belt successfully transports mostly just copper up and over a top edge to a collection bin. A cascading series of pairs of conveyors may be used to ensure nearly complete recovery of the copper. A secondary copper recovery conveyor having a field of nails or spikes may be added subsequent to the last primary conveyor for enhanced yield of copper wire.

公开(公告)号：US12048952B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17336691

申请日：2021-06-02

Applicant: Terex GB Limited

Inventor： Neil Rooney ,  Paul McWilliams ,  Johnston Patterson

IPC: B08B3/04 ,  B02C18/14 ,  B02C23/36 ,  B03B5/48 ,  B08B1/16 ,  B08B1/20 ,  B08B1/32 ,  B08B13/00

CPC classification number: B08B3/042 ,  B02C18/142 ,  B02C23/36 ,  B03B5/48 ,  B08B1/165 ,  B08B1/20 ,  B08B1/32 ,  B08B13/00

Abstract: A washing apparatus comprises a tank in which rotatable, bladed shafts are located. The tank has a closable lower outlet located at a first end of the tank, and an upper outlet located at the first end of the tank, the upper outlet being higher than the lower outlet. A further outlet is located at a second end or between the first and second ends. The tank is disposed at an inclined angle such that the first end of the tank is lower than the second end of the tank, and is movable between a first inclined state in which the inclined angle is relatively shallow, and a second inclined state in which the inclined angle is relatively steep. The apparatus is able to perform the tasks of either a log washer or coarse material washer depending on the angle of inclination.

公开(公告)号：US11738352B1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US17741625

申请日：2022-05-11

Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy

Inventor： Patrick Craig Sims ,  Teresa Emery-Adleman ,  Andrew B. Sabater ,  Robert D. George ,  Kara C. Sorensen ,  Anna Obraztsova ,  Pamela A. Boss

IPC: B03B5/48 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B03B9/00

CPC classification number: B03B5/48 ,  B01L3/502753 ,  B03B9/00

Abstract: A system and method sorts particles suspended in a fluid. The system includes a transverse flow filter and a microfluidic sorter. The transverse flow filter concentrates the particles in a retained portion of the fluid. The microfluidic sorter sorts the particles and includes a delivery channel and at least one sorting stage. The delivery channel is dimensioned to permit passage of all the particles in the retained fluid from the transverse flow filter. The delivery channel delivers the particles in the retained fluid to a respective input for each sorting stage and exhausts a remainder of both the particles and the retained fluid at a drain output. Each sorting stage has a labyrinth of interconnected passageways dimensioned to permit passage from the respective input to a respective output for the sorting stage of those of the particles smaller than a respective size for the sorting stage.

公开(公告)号：US20190292630A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US16302478

申请日：2017-05-12

Applicant: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION ,  TOHO TITANIUM CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kota NAKASHIMA ,  Akira YOSHIMURA ,  Seiichiro TANI

IPC: C22B59/00 ,  C22B34/22 ,  C22B34/24 ,  C22B34/14 ,  B03B5/48

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to recover a minor metal and/or rare-earth metal.The present invention provides a method for recovering a minor metal and/or rare-earth metal from a post-chlorination residue in titanium smelting.The minor metal and/or rare-earth metal is one or more metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, V, Nb, Zr, Y, La, Ce, Pr, and Nd.

公开(公告)号：US10393642B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-27

申请号：US15474118

申请日：2017-03-30

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： Yann A. Astier ,  Robert L. Bruce ,  Joshua T. Smith ,  Chao Wang ,  Benjamin H. Wunsch

IPC: G01N15/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G01N15/10 ,  B01L3/00 ,  B03B5/48 ,  B81B1/00 ,  B81C1/00 ,  B82B3/00 ,  G03F7/00

Abstract: A technique related to sorting entities is provided. An inlet is configured to receive a fluid, and an outlet is configured to exit the fluid. A nanopillar array, connected to the inlet and the outlet, is configured to allow the fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet. The nanopillar array includes nanopillars arranged to separate entities by size. The nanopillars are arranged to have a gap separating one nanopillar from another nanopillar. The gap is constructed to be in a nanoscale range.

公开(公告)号：US20190039074A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US15666234

申请日：2017-08-01

Applicant: Mark Jeffery Rose

Inventor： Mark Jeffery Rose

IPC: B03B5/48 ,  B05B13/02 ,  B05B13/04

Abstract: Process to produce integer glandular trichomes from resin rich plants, comprising the steps of dislodging the integer glandular trichomes from the plants by the means of a pressurized cold water jet, and sieving the resulting water flow across a series of sieving screens being in a progressively decreasing hole size order.

公开(公告)号：US20180250674A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-06

申请号：US15971342

申请日：2018-05-04

Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Inventor： HUAN HU ,  SUNG CHEOL KIM ,  JOSHUA T. SMITH ,  BENJAMIN H. WUNSCH

IPC: B01L3/00 ,  B03B5/48

CPC classification number: B01L3/502761 ,  B01L3/502746 ,  B01L2200/0636 ,  B01L2200/0652 ,  B01L2300/0816 ,  B01L2400/086 ,  G01N15/0272 ,  G01N2015/0053

Abstract: A deterministic lateral displacement array that includes a channel, within a substrate, having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a channel length. A condenser portion that includes an entry port and an exit port. A first array of pillars is disposed between the entry port and the exit port of the condenser portion along the channel length, the first array of pillars operative to drive a first material particle and a second material particle towards the first sidewall of the channel. A separator portion that includes an entry port and an exit port, and a second array of pillars disposed between the entry port and the exit port of the separator portion along the channel length, the pillars operative to drive the first material particle towards the second sidewall of the channel.

公开(公告)号：US09744537B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-29

申请号：US14877306

申请日：2015-10-07

Applicant: CDE Global Limited

Inventor： Anthony Convery ,  Glenn Sloan

IPC: B03B7/00 ,  B03B9/02 ,  B03B9/00 ,  B03B5/34 ,  B03B5/48

CPC classification number: B03B9/02 ,  B03B5/34 ,  B03B5/48 ,  B03B7/00 ,  B03B9/00

Abstract: A process for refining sand for use as frac sand includes the steps of passing the sand through a first fines separation stage to remove fine particles of contaminant from the sand, reducing the water content of the sand (such as to less than 20%), passing the sand into an attrition scrubber unit containing moving blades to delaminate clay and other contaminants from the sand grains, passing the sand from the attrition scrubber unit through a second fines separation stage to separate fine contaminants from the sand, and dewatering the resulting sand product in a further dewatering stage.

公开(公告)号：US09688931B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14555063

申请日：2014-11-26

Applicant: Accordant Energy, LLC

Inventor： Dingrong Bai ,  Paula Calabrese

IPC: C10L5/46 ,  B03B5/48 ,  C10L5/36 ,  C10J3/46 ,  C10J3/72 ,  C10L5/08 ,  C10L5/40 ,  C10L5/44

CPC classification number: C10J3/72 ,  C01B3/02 ,  C10J3/463 ,  C10J2300/0903 ,  C10J2300/0906 ,  C10J2300/0909 ,  C10J2300/0916 ,  C10J2300/092 ,  C10J2300/0946 ,  C10L5/08 ,  C10L5/36 ,  C10L5/363 ,  C10L5/366 ,  C10L5/40 ,  C10L5/403 ,  C10L5/406 ,  C10L5/445 ,  C10L5/46 ,  C10L2200/0469 ,  C10L2250/04 ,  C10L2290/24 ,  C10L2290/28 ,  C10L2290/30 ,  Y02E50/10 ,  Y02E50/30 ,  Y02P20/145

Abstract: Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feed stocks, feed stocks produced by the described processes, and methods of making the fuel feed stocks. Components derived from processed MSW waste streams can be used to make such feed stocks which are substantially free of glass, metals, grit and noncombustibles. These feed stocks are useful for a variety of purposes including as gasification and combustion fuels.