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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Michael Windsor Symons, Pretoria, ZA;
Inventor:
Michael Windsor Symons, Pretoria, ZA;
Assignee:
Enviroserv Waste Management Limited, Germiston, ZA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 8/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2006.01); C04B 33/04 (2006.01); C04B 35/626 (2006.01); C04B 35/63 (2006.01); C04B 35/634 (2006.01); C21B 13/00 (2006.01); C22B 1/244 (2006.01); C22B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B 3/0025 (2013.01); B09B 3/0033 (2013.01); C04B 33/04 (2013.01); C04B 35/62635 (2013.01); C04B 35/62695 (2013.01); C04B 35/6316 (2013.01); C04B 35/63416 (2013.01); C21B 13/0066 (2013.01); C22B 1/244 (2013.01); C22B 7/02 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3409 (2013.01); C04B 2235/3445 (2013.01); C04B 2235/349 (2013.01); C21B 2200/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method of agglomeration () which has the steps of mixing a feedstock () of small particles which have an average particle size of 3 mm or less with a binder () which is in the form of a polyvinyl alcohol in the form of an aqueous polyvinyl alcohol solution in a first blender () to form a binder mixture (), reacting a gelling agent () with the feedstock and the binder and processing the binder mixture to deliver an agglomerate ().