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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Taro Fukaya, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Tsutsumi, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Yamanashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Noguchi, Sakai, JP;
Yasutaka Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Seki, Yokohama, JP;
Taro Fukaya, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Tsutsumi, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Yamanashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Noguchi, Sakai, JP;
Yasutaka Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Seki, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a copper recovery apparatus includes a precipitation tank configured to precipitate copper hydroxide grains in water, a filter aid supplier, a mixing tank configured to mix the filter aid with a water to produce a suspension, a separator provided with a filter, a line configured to supply the suspension to the separator, thereby forming a precoat layer formed of the filter aid on the filter, a separation tank configured to receive the detached matter of the precoat layer discharged together with the detaching water from the separator to magnetically separate copper hydroxide grains and filter aid, a line configure to discharge and recover the detaching water from the separation tank, and a line configured to return the separated filter aid to the filter aid supplier from the separation tank.