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Device and method for separating minerals, carbon and cement additives from fly ash

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1174697

A process for separating organic and inorganic particles from a dry mixture by sizing the particles into isolated fractions, contacting the sized particles to a charged substrate and subjecting the charged particles to an electric field to separate the particles.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
6,681,938
Application Number:
09/878,196
OSTI ID:
1174697
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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