Method and system for extracting red-mud lumps from slurry

Publication: US-2016137521-A1 on Google Patents
Filed / published / granted: 2015-03-16 / 2016-05-19 / n/a
Offices: US
Applicants: Sesa Sterlite Ltd (IN, industry)
Minerals: Aluminium (not on list)
Stages: Compounds and materials
Waste stream: Red mud (bauxite residue)
CPC: C01F7/0646, B01D25/282, B01D25/12, B01D25/281
Abstract (first 170 chars): The present invention provides a method and system for extracting a plurality of red mud lumps from a slurry. The method and system includes separating an aqueous content from the slurry by simultaneous action of one or more de-watering agents and a physical force, and extracting the plurality of red-mud lumps having a moisture content of less than 18 percent from a slurry mixture. The separating of the aqueous content from the slurry includes feeding the slurry mixture to a filtering arrangement, exerting a first physical force to the slurry mixture in the filtering arrangement; and exerting

Why it is labelled this way

Decided by cpc-rules+text: Matched aluminium by text.

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