Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solvent extraction settler arrangement
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Application No.: US14407187Application Date: 2013-06-12
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Publication No.: US09863017B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Jussi Vaarno , Rami Saario , Henri Fredriksson
- Applicant: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Outotec (Finland) Oy
- Current Assignee: Outotec (Finland) Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel LLP
- Priority: FI20125715 20120626
- International Application: PCT/FI2013/050638 WO 20130612
- International Announcement: WO2014/001620 WO 20140103
- Main IPC: C22B3/02
- IPC: C22B3/02 ; B01D11/04 ; C22B3/20 ; B01D17/02

Abstract:
A solvent extraction settler arrangement comprising a mixing unit for preparing a dispersion from mutually immiscible solutions and a settler having a feed end and a discharge end. The settler is arranged to separate solution phases from a dispersion fed from the feed end while the dispersion flows towards the discharge end. The arrangement further comprises a feeding device located at the feed end for feeding the dispersion prepared by the mixing unit to the settler. The feeding device comprises an elongated feed launder having a first end for receiving the dispersion from the mixing unit, and a second end. The feed launder extends alongside the feed end of the settler. The feed launder has a form of a conical tube with a cross-section converging towards the second end and an inclined bottom ascending towards the second end. A plurality of feed pipes are arranged along the length of the feed launder at a distance from each other, each feed pipe having a third end opening to the inner space of the feed launder at the bottom to receive the dispersion from the feed launder and a fourth end opening to the settler to conduct the dispersion to the settler.
Public/Granted literature
- US09803259B2 Solvent extraction settler arrangement Public/Granted day:2017-10-31
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