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US 11,898,222 B2Granted
System and method for liquid-organic particle separation
AssigneeFreeport Minerals Corporation
InventorSteven Richardson
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for separating a liquid from organic particles. The mixer-settler extraction cell includes a flow distributor. The flow distributor comprises a chevron-shaped series of welded plates, which separates the incoming flow stream of liquid and organic particles from one another.
Claims20
A flow distributor for a vessel of a mixer-settler assembly comprising:
- a first support structure;
- a first plate coupled to the first support structure configured to be substantially parallel to the first support structure;
- a second plate coupled to the first plate to be upstream thereof, the second plate angled at an angle different from the first plate;
- a weir spaced downstream from the first plate and coupled to the first support structure and to a leading edge;
- wherein the weir is configured to be substantially parallel to the first support structure and perpendicular to the leading edge, the leading edge spaced from the first plate and having an end surface facing in an upstream direction.
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A mixer-settler assembly comprising:
- a vessel configured to conduct the flow of a liquid comprising an inbound portion and an outbound portion;
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- a flow distributor, the flow distributor comprising:
- a first support structure;
- a first plate coupled to the first support structure configured to be substantially parallel to the first support structure;
- a second plate coupled to the first plate to be upstream thereof, the second plate angled at an angle different from the first plate;
- a weir spaced downstream from the first plate and coupled to the first support structure and to a leading edge;
- wherein the weir is configured to be substantially parallel to the first support structure and perpendicular to the leading edge, the leading edge spaced from the first plate and having an end surface facing in an upstream direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.