Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/25082
- Title
- Stimulant sensitive flocculation and consolidation
- Author/Creator
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Franks, George Vincent;
Jameson, Graeme John;
Yan, Yao-De;
Biggs, Simon Richard
- Description
- Abstract of WO2005021129 The present invention relates to methods for the separation of materials from heterogeneous fluids and provides a means of effecting stimulant-sensitive flocculation and consolidation of solid suspensions within a liquid medium. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of controlling the state of a suspension of solid particles in a liquid, including applying to the suspension a stimulus adapted to control inter-particle forces between the solid particles. The stimulus is reversibly operable to control attraction and/or repulsion. Means of consolidating a sediment bed and of separating the resultant liquids-rich and solids-rich phases are also within the ambit of the invention.
- Date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Newcastle Research Associates Limited; Franks, George; Jameson, Graeme John; Yan, Yao-de; Biggs, Simon
- Keyword(s)
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WO2005021129
- Resource Type
- patent
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/25082
- Language
- eng
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