Systems and Methods for Separating Components of a Mixture

• Main Authors: Pease, Leonard F, Phillips, Nathan R, Minette, Michael J, Serkowski, Jason E, Burns, Carolyn A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.10.2024
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; OTHER SEPARATING BY DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL,e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SEPERATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, ORSIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SORTING; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

Systems for separating components of a mixture are provided which can include: a conduit system having at least one linear section including a length of opposing sidewalls defining a volume configured to receive a flow of mixed materials entering along a proximate end of the length and exiting along a distal end of the length; and a tortured path defining at least one series of members extending in line across the volume from one sidewall of the volume and inwardly toward the distal end defining an angle other than normal from the one sidewall.Methods for separating components of a mixture are provided which can include providing a mixture of components into the tortured path to separate larger components from smaller components of the mixture and concentrate the larger components toward an opposing sidewall of the conduit.