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Method for the de-aeration of froths and foams

US10792593B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Glencore Technology Pty Limited · AU

Inventors

Peter Woodall · Mount Isa, AU
Daniel Smith · Sanford, US
Brendan Smith · Adelaide, AU

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2017
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC02F1/20
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for removing gas from a froth by supplying at least a portion of the froth from a vessel into a housing, providing a flow of fluid through the housing, introducing the froth into the fluid such that at least a portion of the gas in the froth is removed from the froth and entrained in the fluid to form a mixture of fluid and entrained gas and subsequently delivering the mixture to the vessel and/or another location within a processing circuit.

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