Virtual electrode mineral particle disintegrator
US7959094B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB02C2019/183
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for breaking mineral particles comprising suspending the particles in a liquid flowing in a conduction path, the liquid comprising a dielectric constant higher than the particles and wherein an electric voltage pulse is sent to electrodes to pass an electric field in the mineral particles with sufficient stress to fracture the mineral particles.
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