System and method for on-line monitoring and control of heavy metal contamination in soil washing process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5414195
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07899962

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The concentrations of residual heavy metal contaminants in the particulate material in a slurry produced in a particulate material washing process are monitored on-line and can be used to control the washing process. In alternative embodiments of the invention, x-rays, thermal neutrons or laser beams are directed at the slurry as it flows through a flow cell to induce emission of secondary x-rays, gamma rays or light, respectively, characteristic of the heavy metal contaminants and constituents representative of the solids contents of the slurry. These characteristic energies are measured and used to determine the concentration in ppm of the residual heavy metal contaminants in the particulate material within the slurry.

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  • WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bartko, John State College, PA 14 217
Congedo, Thomas V Edgewood, PA 15 274
Grant, David C Gibsonia, PA 26 385
Lahoda, Edward J Edgewood Borough, PA 116 791
Partlow, William D Forest Hills, PA 6 45
Peterson, Steven H Murrysville, PA 36 516
Skriba, Michael C Irvine, CA 10 156
Sverdrup, Edward F North Huntingdon, PA 5 80
Witkowski, Robert E West Mifflin, PA 3 42
Wolfe, Arthur L Murrysville, PA 5 119

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