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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Outotec (Finland) Oy, Espoo, FI;
Outotec (Finland) Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A solvent extraction settler arrangement comprises a settler () having a feed end () and a discharge end (), said settler being arranged to separate solution phases from a dispersion fed from the feed end while the dispersion flows to the discharge end. Elongated discharge launders () are arranged at the discharge end () of the settler for each solution phase to be separated from the dispersion, each discharge launder () including a first end (), an outlet () arranged at the first end, and a closed second end (). At least one of the discharge launders () has a form of a conical tube with a cross-section converging from the first end () towards the second end () and an inclined bottom () descending from the second end () towards the first end ().