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US 12,460,276 B2Granted
Advanced beneficiation process for beneficiation, mobilization, extraction, separation, and concentration of mineralogical resources
AssigneeAdvanced Fusion Systems LLC
InventorsCurtis Birnbach, William Joyce
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Abstract
A method for beneficiation of mineralogical materials that comprises using a one or more of a suite of processes including fluidized bed separation, plasma-based stimulation or enhancement of chemical reactions using a Reactive X-Ray Chemical Processor, field enhancement of chemical reactions and process and drying. All of the processes can be used singly, jointly, simultaneously or sequentially in multiple stages. The methods are nearly non-polluting and serve to replace polluting wet chemistry and other beneficiation techniques.
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A method for beneficiation of mineralogical materials comprising:
- inputting the mineralogical materials into a reactor vessel;
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- performing at least one chemical reaction on the mineralogical materials using a plasma-based process in which a plasma is generated in the reaction zone by x-radiation, and the plasma induces a chemical reaction in the mineralogical materials,
- wherein the mineralogical materials comprise materials derived from phosphogypsum.
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