Component separation device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsMakoto Takahashi, Masaya Nakatani, Soichiro Hiraoka, Hiroshi Ushio, Akiyoshi Oshima
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Abstract
A component separating device includes a flow channel, an acoustic wave generator for generating an acoustic wave in the flow channel, a first inlet channel for introducing a fist solution containing solid particles into the flow channel, a second inlet channel for introducing a second solution, and outlet channels for discharging a solution from the flow channel. A density grade generator is provided at the first inlet channel for forming a density grade of the solid particles. This component separating device extracts the solid particles into a high-purity solution at a high collecting rate.
Claims26
A component separating device comprising:
- a flow channel;
- an acoustic wave generator for generating an acoustic wave in the flow channel;
- a first inlet channel which has an inlet for receiving a first solution containing solid particles and which introduces the first solution containing the solid particles into the flow channel;
- a density grade generator for forming a density grade of the solid particles in the first inlet channel as to form a higher-density region at which the solid particles are located locally at a higher density in the first solution;
- a second inlet channel for introducing a second solution into the flow channel, the second inlet channel being coupled with the first inlet channel at the flow channel;
- a plurality of first outlet channels for discharging the introduced first solution and the introduced second solution from the flow channel;
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- a second outlet channel connected to the first inlet channel, wherein
- the first inlet channel has a first side surface connected to the second inlet channel, and
- the second outlet channel is arranged to discharge a first portion of the first solution between the higher-density region and the first side surface of the first inlet channel from the first inlet channel.
A component separating device comprising:
- a first flow channel;
- a first acoustic wave generator for generating an acoustic wave in the first flow channel;
- a first inlet channel which has an inlet for receiving a first solution containing solid particles and which introduces the first solution containing the solid particles into the first flow channel;
- a density grade generator operable to form a density grade of the solid particles in the first inlet channel as to form a first higher-density region at which the solid particles are located locally at a higher density in the first solution;
- a second inlet channel for introducing a second solution into the first flow channel;
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- a plurality of first outlet channels for discharging a solution from the first flow channel, wherein
- the first inlet channel includes a first branch channel and a second branch channel branched at a first branching section which is located at the first higher-density region, and
- the first branch channel has a side surface connected to the second inlet channel in the first flow channel, the side surface of the first branch channel extending from the first branch section to the second inlet channel.
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