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US Patent Number
5702612
Publication Date
12-30-1997
Abstract
A flotation method and apparatus for separating a selected constituent from an effluent of an industrial process is provided. The apparatus includes a conditioning tank and a flotation cell. The conditioning tank allows mixing a flotation reagent with an effluent and includes a mechanism for also dissolving gas in the effluent within the conditioning tank. The flotation cell includes a dissolved gas flotation chamber having an overflow for recovering the selected constituent and a tailings drain. In addition, the flotation cell also includes an added gas flotation chamber having a sparger for injecting gas into the effluent, an overflow for recovering the selected constituent and a tailings drain.
Assignees
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Ky.
Application Number
504,819
Filing Date
06/20/1995
Recommended Citation
Wang, Xiang-Huai, "Method and Apparatus for Flotation Separation" (1997). Center for Applied Energy Research Faculty Patents. 27.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/caer_patents/27
