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US 2026/0132038 A1Published application
Process for Removing Salts from an Aluminium Dross
AssigneeFinexTech (Pty) Ltd
InventorDennis Finch
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Abstract
A process is described for the removal of salts from an aluminium dross. The process includes leaching particulate dross with a solvent to produce a brine solution and wetted dross, separating the wetted dross from the brine solution, hydrolysing the wetted dross to produce gas and a hydrolysed dross, reacting the gas with an acid, producing a salt solution, and removing liquid from the brine solution to produce a salt product.
Claims15
A process for the removal of salts from an aluminium dross which comprises the steps of:
- leaching particulate dross with a solvent to produce a brine solution and wetted dross;
- separating the wetted dross from the brine solution;
- hydrolysing the wetted dross to produce gas and a hydrolysed dross;
- reacting the gas with an acid, producing a salt solution;
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- removing liquid from the brine solution to produce a salt product.
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