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Apparatus and method for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry

US5901853A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 10, 1996
Grant dateMay 11, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 10, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04C2009/007
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus (310) for extracting impurities from a pulpous slurry. The apparatus has an auxiliary chamber (13) having an upper chamber (313) and a hydrocyclone (311) for further extracting impurities from the pulpous slurry. A conduit (58) returns a selected portion of the pulpous slurry back to a separation chamber for further processing.

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