A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS OF PURIFYING A BAYER PROCESS STREAM

• Main Authors: VANWYK, Sanelle, MULLINS, Adrian Richard, REN, Yaqjong, STAKER, Warren, GERRELL, Brian Craig, MACH, Tomas, FELL, Howard
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.06.2021
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; SEPARATION; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

An apparatus and a method for purifying a Bayer process stream that includes a FILTER stage comprising at least one filter configured to filter particulate matter from at least one ionic liquid stream from EXTRACT, STRIP, and REGEN stages. Filtering particulate matter from the at least one the ionic...