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AssigneeNederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
InventorDirk Verdoes
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In order to remove a component from solid particle material by extraction, use is made of a column with one or more tubes which extend between the ends of the column, at least one filter being fitted in the wall of each tube. The particle material is fed in at a first end of the column and, forced by hydraulic pressure, moves along the abovementioned tubes to scraping means fitted at the second end of the column. Extraction liquid is fed into the column at the abovementioned second end and flows in countercurrent to the particle material in the direction of the abovementioned first end of the column. Extraction liquid with component from the particle material dissolved in said extraction liquid passes by way of the above mentioned filters into the abovementioned tubes and flows in countercurrent to the particle material to an outlet at the abovementioned first end. The particle material is scraped off at the abovementioned second end by the scraping means.
Method for removing a component from a solid particle material by extraction, in which an extraction liquid is brought in flowing contact with the particle material inside a column in which at least one tube extends, and the particle material is fed in at the first end of the column and—forced by hydraulic pressure—moves as a packed porous bed to scraping means fitted at the second end of the column, and the extraction liquid is fed into the column at the above-mentioned second end and flows in countercurrent to the particle material in the direction of the above-mentioned first end of the column, and the particle material is scraped off at the above-mentioned second end by the above-mentioned scraping means, characterized in that at least one filter is fitted in the wall of each tube and that extraction liquid with component from the particle material dissolved in said extraction liquid passes by way of the above-mentioned filter or filters into the above-mentioned tube and flows in countercurrent to the particle material to an outlet at the above-mentioned first end, said outlet being connected to the tube, and that the scraped particles are discharged via a washing chamber.
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