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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Adam Clayton Powell, IV, Newton, MA (US);
David Dussault, Stoneham, MA (US);
Matthew Earlam, Lakewood, CO (US);
Aaron Tajima, Melrose, MA (US);
Connor Raymes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 1/26 (2006.01); C25C 3/04 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01); C22B 26/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C 3/04 (2013.01); B01D 1/0082 (2013.01); B01D 1/26 (2013.01); B01D 5/006 (2013.01); C22B 26/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are provided for efficient metal distillation, and for related primary product process. Vertically stacked and gravity-driven evaporators and condensers are employed to distill metals, such metals having different volatilities. A multiple-effect thermal system of magnesium and other volatile metals is used to efficiently distill and separate metals from multiple metal alloys.