FLOCCULENT ADDITION AND MIXING RATE FOR SEPARATING A SLURRY

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APP PUB NO 20130168326A1
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13808978

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The invention concerns a method for separating solid and liquor components of a process slurry comprising solid material entrained in a liquor, said method comprising: (a) a pre-treatment step of adding a flocculent to the process slurry and mixing the flocculent and the slurry by selecting a higher extent of mixing in an early stage of said step than in a later stage of said step, and (b) a solid/liquor separation step of allowing separation of solid material, including aggregates of solid material, and liquor of said process slurry to produce process outputs of a clarified liquor and solid material with some entrained liquor. The invention also concernes a method and an apparatus for adding a flocculent to a process slurry.

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RIO TINTO ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDMONTRÉAL QC H3A 3G2

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bouchard, Nicolas-Alexandre Jonquiere, CA 1 3
Dufour, Renald Jonquiere, CA 4 40
Peloquin, Guy Jonquiere, CA 9 59

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