公开(公告)号：US20210214819A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-15

申请号：US17268356

申请日：2019-09-24

Applicant: Ecolab USA Inc.

Inventor： Christopher Ryan Greulich ,  Michael Ignazio LaRosa ,  Ronald Verne Davis

IPC: C22B1/00 ,  C22B15/00 ,  C22B11/00

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for increasing the alumina content of a bauxite ore prior to alumina extraction by an extractive process, such as the Bayer process. By adding a beneficiation agent to an aqueous ore slurry, then applying a gravitational force to separate, or partition, the slurry into a beneficiary and a gangue, a number of quantifiable benefits are observed. These include increased alumina content and reduced silica content in the beneficiary solids as compared to the starting ore. These benefits are in excess of those observed by pre-extraction gravitational separation of ore slurries without the addition of a beneficiation agent. Beneficiation agents include DADMAC polymers, and combinations of DADMAC polymers with dextrans. The beneficiary is collected and applied to an extractive process, such as the Bayer process.