Upgraded combustion ash and its method of production
AssigneeSonoash LLC
InventorsKlaus Oehr, Rod McElroy, Michael Kiktavy
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Abstract
Described and claimed herein is a method of producing enhanced combustion ash for use in pozzolanic applications or cement clinker manufacture. The method employs a primary process in which wet or dry feedstock is pulverized with sonication using one or more grinding media having a maximum component size of about 2 mm. Alternatively, the media may have a true grinding medium volume to chamber volume ratio of at least 0.29. Also disclosed an claimed is an enhanced combustion ash produced by the method, whereby the enhanced combustion ash has one or more qualities that make it particularly suitable in pozzolanic applications or cement clinker manufacture.
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A method for producing enhanced combustion ash, said method comprising the steps of exposing combustion ash to a primary process in a chamber having a chamber volume (CV), wherein said primary process comprises the steps of:
- (a) charging the chamber with a volume of the combustion ash;
- (b) charging the chamber with at least one grinding medium, wherein components of the grinding medium have a maximum diameter of no more than about 2 mm;
- and,
- (c) pulverizing the combustion ash by applying sonic energy in the frequency range of 20 Hz-400 Hz to the chamber to pulverize the combustion ash in minutes.
A method for producing enhanced combustion ash, said method comprising the steps of exposing combustion ash to a primary process in a chamber having a chamber volume, wherein said primary process comprises the steps of:
- (g) charging the chamber volume (CV) with a volume of the combustion ash;
- (h) charging the chamber with a grinding medium, wherein the grinding medium defines a true grinding medium volume (TMV) that is calculated by dividing the weight of the grinding medium by the specific gravity of the grinding medium, and wherein a ratio of TMV to CV is at least 0.29;
- and,
- (j) pulverizing the combustion ash by applying sonic energy in the frequency range of 20 Hz-400 Hz to the chamber.
A method for producing enhanced combustion ash, said method comprising the steps of exposing combustion ash to a primary process in a chamber having a chamber volume (CV), wherein said primary process comprises the steps of:
- (a) charging the chamber with a volume of the combustion ash;
- (b) charging the chamber with at least one grinding medium, wherein components of the grinding medium have a maximum diameter of no more than about 2 mm;
- (c) adding water to the chamber and pulverizing the combustion ash by applying sonic energy to the chamber;
- (d) draining the liquid from the pulverized combustion ash;
- (e) drying the combustion ash;
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- (f) exposing the combustion ash to a secondary process, wherein said secondary process is at least one of triboelectric separation, air classification, vibratory separation, and sieving.
A method for producing enhanced combustion ash, said method comprising the steps of exposing combustion ash to a primary process in a chamber having a chamber volume, wherein said primary process comprises the steps of:
- (g) charging the chamber volume (CV) with a volume of the combustion ash;
- (h) charging the chamber with a grinding medium, wherein the grinding medium defines a true grinding medium volume (TMV) that is calculated by dividing the weight of the grinding medium by the specific gravity of the grinding medium, and wherein a ratio of TMV to CV is at least 0.29;
- (i) adding a liquid to the chamber to produce a slurry of the combustion ash;
- (j) pulverizing the combustion ash by applying sonic energy to the chamber;
- (k) draining the liquid from the pulverized combustion ash;
- (l) drying the combustion ash;
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- (m) exposing the combustion ash to a secondary process, wherein said secondary process is at least one of triboelectric separation, air classification, vibratory separation and sieving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.