Crud handling circuit
CA 1097028 A · Owner: Freeport Minerals Company · Inventors: Mcallister, James E.; Manuel, Ronald J.; Smith, Jay C.
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Abstract of the Disclosure A method for handling the problem of crud formation in the solvent extraction of wet-process phosphoric acid is described. Crud is the name ordinarily given to the thick interfacial layer of semi-floatable material which tends to form and accumulate and, which interferes with many of the extraction processes and in, particular, with the solvent extraction of wet-process phosphoric acid. The method described provides for the operation of the solvent extraction stages in a manner that allows the formation and temporary accumulation of crud in those stages whereupon the solvent and the crud are then removed from the extraction stages and treated in a series of …
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- Granted March 10, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 10, 1998.
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