Processing materials using micro-pulse micro-arc processing
OwnerJoseph Brifmaninventor
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Abstract
A system for providing multi-level action on the flow of a multiphase product and method of use. The system comprises a tubular reactor through which waste material is passed. The tubular reactor comprises an inductor configured to produce a rotating magnetic field. A plurality of needle-shaped ferromagnetic elements are disposed within a cylindrical working zone of the reactor. The needle-shaped ferromagnetic elements oscillate reaching several thousand periods per second. The system and method for providing multi-level action on the flow of a multiphase product utilizes micro-pulse micro-arc processing of the material in the rotating magnetic fields to extract nutrients from organic matter and to refine rare earth elements from raw ore.
Claims20
A method of processing material using a system for processing a material configured to generate a rotating electromagnetic field, the method comprising:
- mechanically reducing the material in size via a sieve or a screen;
- treating the material with the system for processing material using a rotating electromagnetic field using microarcs and power micro pulses at values of magnetic field induction in a working area of a tubular reactor;
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- separating the treated material into usable products.
A method of processing peat moss using a system for processing material configured to generate a rotating electromagnetic field, the method comprising:
- treating the peat moss with the system for processing material using a rotating electromagnetic field using microarcs and power micro pulses at values of magnetic field induction in a working area of a tubular reactor.
A method of separating and purifying rare earth elements from ore using a system for processing material configured to generate a rotating electromagnetic field, the method comprising:
- treating a rare earth element ore with the system for processing material using a rotating electromagnetic field using microarcs and power micro pulses at values of magnetic field induction in a working area of a tubular reactor;
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- separating the rare earth element from the treated rare earth element ore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.