Incinerated-ash treatment device and treatment method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11014092-B2
Application number	US-201716333753-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2017
Priority date	Sep 28, 2016
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

An apparatus and method to efficiently recover noble metals such as gold, silver and copper and aluminum from incineration ash, and effectively use ash after recovering the noble metals and others. An incineration ash treatment apparatus 1 including: a crusher for crushing an incineration ash A1 to be less or equal to 5 mm in maximum particle diameter, or/and a classifier for classifying an incineration ash to obtain an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm; an eddy current separator 8 for separating an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm discharged from the crusher or/and the classifier into a conductor E and a nonconductor I; a specific gravity separator for separating a conductor discharged from the eddy current separator 8 into a high gravity material H2 and a low gravity material L2. The specific gravity separator can be an air table 10. A classifier for classifying a crushed material C, classifying point of which is 5 mm or less, can be mounted, and fine particles P whose particle diameters are 5 mm or less discharged from the classifier can be fed to the eddy current separator 8. Rotation speed of a drum of the eddy current separator 8 can be 4000 rpm or more.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An incineration ash treatment method comprising the steps of:
crushing an incineration ash to be less or equal to 5 mm in maximum particle diameter or/and classifying an incineration ash to obtain an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm;
sorting an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm obtained by the crushing or/and classification by eddy current sorting into a conductor and a nonconductor; and
sorting the conductor obtained by the eddy current sorting by:
specific gravity sorting into a high gravity material and a low gravity material; and
wind sorting into a heavy material and a light material before the specific gravity sorting;
mixing a reformer to the incineration ash to prevent palletization thereof before the incineration ash is crushed or/and classified;

wherein the reformer is the light material sorted by the wind sorting.

2. The incineration ash treatment method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the nonconductor is used as a cement raw material.

3. The incineration ash treatment method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reformer is at least one selected from incineration fly ash of municipal waste, coal fly ash, limestone powder and ground sand.

4. The incineration ash treatment method as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising the step of mixing a reformer to the incineration ash to prevent pelletization thereof before the incineration ash is crushed or/and classified.

5. The incineration ash treatment method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reformer is at least one selected from incineration fly ash of municipal waste, coal fly ash, limestone powder and ground sand.

6. The incineration ash treatment method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein amount of the reformer added to the incineration ash is more or equal to 15 pts.mass and less or equal to 50 pts.mass to 100 pts.mass of the incineration ash.

7. An incineration ash treatment method comprising the steps of:
crushing an incineration ash to be less or equal to 5 mm in maximum particle diameter or/and classifying an incineration ash to obtain an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm;
sorting an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm obtained by the crushing or/and classification by eddy current sorting into a conductor and a nonconductor;
sorting the conductor obtained by the eddy current sorting by specific gravity sorting into a high gravity material and a low gravity material; and
mixing a reformer to the incineration ash to prevent pelletization thereof before the incineration ash is crushed or/and classified;
wherein amount of the reformer added to the incineration ash is more or equal to 15 pts.mass and less or equal to 50 pts.mass to 100 pts.mass of the incineration ash.

8. An incineration ash treatment method comprising the steps of:
crushing an incineration ash to be less or equal to 5 mm in maximum particle diameter or/and classifying an incineration ash to obtain an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm;
sorting an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm obtained by the crushing or/and classification by eddy current sorting into a conductor and a nonconductor;
sorting the conductor obtained by the eddy current sorting by specific gravity sorting into a high gravity material and a low gravity material; and
mixing a reformer to the incineration ash to prevent pelletization thereof before the incineration ash is crushed or/and classified;
wherein particle diameter of the reformer is less or equal to 0.1 mm.

9. An incineration ash treatment method comprising the steps of:
crushing an incineration ash to be less or equal to 5 mm in maximum particle diameter or/and classifying an incineration ash to obtain an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm;
sorting an incineration ash whose maximum particle diameter is less or equal to 5 mm obtained by the crushing or/and classification by eddy current sorting into a conductor and a nonconductor; and
sorting the conductor obtained by the eddy current sorting by:
specific gravity sorting into a high gravity material and a low gravity material; and
wind sorting into a heavy material and a light material before the specific gravity sorting;

wherein amount of the reformer added to the incineration ash is more or equal to 15 pts.mass and less or equal to 50 pts.mass to 100 pts.mass of the incineration ash.

Assignees

• Taiheiyo Cement Corp

Inventors

• TAKIZAWA Kou
• Takemoto Tomonori
• Hanada Takashi
• Ishida Yasuyuki

Classifications

• B09B3/35

  Shredding, crushing or cutting · CPC title

• B09B2101/30

  Incineration ashes · CPC title

• B07B7/01

  using gravity · CPC title

• B07B4/08

  while the mixtures are supported by sieves, screens, or like mechanical elements · CPC title

• B02C23/10

  with separator arranged in discharge path of crushing or disintegrating zone · CPC title