UNIT TO EXTRACT MERCURY FROM LUMINOUS TUBE Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC C22B43/00 

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: proposed unit comprises tube crusher, container with demercurisation solution, Drum with revolving blades for tubes crushing, tubes being fed via conveyor into trough. Note here that the unit main assembly is composed by decontamination unit composed of, for example, a mixer intended for decontamination of wastes. Loading device comprises moving trough and container for collection of processing products. Mixer is secured at the base to be run by the drive and turned over to discharge the processed products. said container is installed at the trough with channel for draining of used solution into intake tank and pumping of the solution through filter with fill of sulphonated coal of KU-2 type. Then, said fill with sulphonated coal is burned in the kiln to produce metallic mercury. Filter is provided with fill adapter composed of three coaxial hemispheres interconnected with clearance by fastening element via rings. Corrugated elements with shaping surface equidistant to hemispherical surfaces are secured at said rings between hemispheres.

EFFECT: higher efficiency, non-polluting process.

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