公开(公告)号：US20210285071A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US16340744

申请日：2017-10-10

Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Inventor： Mikko VEPSÄLÄINEN ,  Miao CHEN ,  David MOLENAAR ,  Anthony KILPATRICK

IPC: C22B3/04 ,  G01N7/00 ,  G01N27/02 ,  G01N27/333

Abstract: An apparatus system and method are provided for use in acquiring data from fluid within a region of material in a heap leaching application. The apparatus includes one or more sensor strings provided in a region of material to be analysed. Each sensor string includes a data cable and two or more solid-state sensors positioned along the length of the data cable. The sensors are adapted to periodically acquire sensor data relating to chemical properties of the fluid surrounding the sensor over a predetermined period of time and to transmit the sensor data via the data cable to one or more hubs.

公开(公告)号：US20220200263A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17606253

申请日：2020-04-24

Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION

Inventor： David MOLENAAR ,  Rueben RAJASINGAM ,  David MARCUSON ,  Craig BROADLY

IPC: H02H3/16 ,  H02H1/00

Abstract: A short-circuit mitigation device for use in an electrolytic cell (101) is disclosed. The device comprises a switch (302) connected in parallel with a damping load (502). The switch is disposed between a contact (102) and an electrode (106) of the cell (101) to selectively provide an electrical conduction path between the contact and the electrode. The switch comprises a plurality of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) (402) connected in parallel. The device further comprises a switch controller (306) operably associated with the switch (302) to monitor electric current (308) through the switch and to generate a toggle signal (309) to toggle the switch (302) from a conductive closed state to a non-conductive open state when the electric current exceeds a first threshold value.