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Continuous Electrokinetic Dewatering System for Use in Phosphate Mining Cleanup
Efficiently Removes Water from Phosphorus Clay to Speed the Disposal of Waste Clay Suspensions Resulting from Phosphate MiningThis device continuously dewaters phosphatic clay suspensions through electrokinetics. A typical Florida phosphate mining operation produces more than 100,000 gallons per minute of phosphatic clay, which is pumped into large...
Published: 1/13/2022   |   Inventor(s): Mark Orazem, Arthur Dizon
Keywords(s): dewatering, electrokinetic dewatering, mine tailings, phosphatic clay
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Materials
Electrokinetic Dewatering System that Effectively Removes Water from Phosphatic Clay Slurries
An Applied Low Voltage Electrical Field Enhances the Rate of Clay Dewatering, Hastening Clay Settling Pond Land Reclamation Continuous operation of this electrokinetic dewatering system removes water from phosphatic clay suspensions, thereby achieving clay cake solid contents approaching 25 percent more rapidly than other methods. In Central Florida,...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Mark Orazem, David Bloomquist, Saeed Moghaddam, Rui Kong, Yuelong Huang, Dazhi Yu, Han Lai, David Horner
Keywords(s): Clays, dewatering, mining, Phosphate fertilizer
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical, Technology Classifications > Engineering > Civil, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Solid, Technology Classifications > Environmental > Water