Stimulant sensitive flocculation and consolidation

Title: Stimulant sensitive flocculation and consolidation
Creator: Franks, George Vincent; Jameson, Graeme John; Yan, Yao-De; Biggs, Simon Richard
Publisher: University of Newcastle Research Associates Limited; Franks, George; Jameson, Graeme John; Yan, Yao-de; Biggs, Simon
Resource Type: patent
Date: 2005
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.
Subject: WO2005021129
Identifier: uon:294
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/25082
Language: eng