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Sparging device for a flotation cell

US8794446B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Stefan Blendinger · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Robert Fleck · Wiesendorf, DE
Gerold Franke · Koblenzer Straße, DE
Lilla Grossmann · Erlangen, DE
Werner Hartmann · Hamburg, DE
Wolfgang Krieglstein · Roßtal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2011
Grant date	Aug 5, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F2215/0422
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A sparging device for a flotation cell may include a central gas tube with a central gas orifice which is adjoined by at least two connecting tubes each having a connecting gas orifice, the connecting tubes being aligned at a right angle ss to a longitudinal axis LZ of the central gas tube, the central gas orifice being connected to the connecting gas orifices, and each connecting tube being connected to at least one gas injection unit at its end remote from the central gas tube. A flotation cell with such a sparging device and a flotation method are also disclosed.

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