公开(公告)号：US20240035112A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US17979350

申请日：2022-11-02

Applicant: HATCH LTD.

Inventor： Tom Plikas ,  Amreen Khera ,  Majid Maleki ,  Dylan Van den Berg ,  Robert John Fraser

IPC: C22B3/02 ,  C22B3/08 ,  C22B3/00

CPC classification number: C22B3/02 ,  C22B3/08 ,  C22B23/043

Abstract: A metal-dissolving apparatus and process is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a reactor, a metal inlet for receiving a metal-containing substance, a solution inlet for receiving a metal-dissolving solution, a solution outlet for providing the metal-dissolving solution comprising dissolved metals. The apparatus comprises a length and a height, the height being less than the length. The process comprises providing a metal-dissolving solution into a first location of a reactor comprising metal-containing substances, flowing the metal-dissolving solution through the reactor, dissolving metal from the metal-containing substances into the metal-dissolving solution, and discharging the metal-dissolving solution from the reactor.