Solid Separation TRIZ Cases

See how a thermoelectric heat pump with integrated air passages manages piezoelectric transduce

Water-immersed battery crushing suppresses electrolyte leakage, debris splashing, and combustion while improving aluminum housing separation.

Liquid nitrogen cooling plus argon inerting enables safer, lower-cost shredding of alkali metal batteries during recycling.

Angled, hooked shredding teeth keep electrode laminates larger and cleaner, cutting fine contamination and energy use in battery recycling.

Heating, filtering, and compressing waste-battery dust into blocks reduces airborne contamination while improving metal recovery and handling.

Non-equilibrium plasma and cyclone separation clean and sort spent cathode particles, restoring morphology and crystallinity with less energy and waste.

A closed scrap facility combines AI grading, solar power, and hydraulic energy storage to cut dust, emissions, and manual quality checks.

Co-locating PET, polyolefin, residuals, fines, glass, and flexible packaging lines cuts cost and time while improving recovery purity.

Optical density sensing triggers reservoir agitation only when waste water starts separating, cutting fresh water use and mixing energy.

Optical sorters, vibrating screens, and eddy current separators recover recyclables from contaminated MSW while reducing sorter labor.

A modular system filters, crushes, and meters laterite nickel slag for more thorough reaction with acidic ore pulp.

This PV recycling assembly removes frames, decomposes encapsulants, and strips silver for high-purity material recovery.

Mechanical separation, spectral sorting, recombination, and densification create consistent engineered fuel from municipal solid waste.

Segmented fluffing and air separation automate sorting, reducing manual labor and equipment jams in materials recovery.

Vertical mill and hydrocyclone remove contaminants from solid waste, protecting downstream equipment and enhancing biogas production efficiency.

Activated carbons mediate bitumen-clay adhesion in oil sands, reducing caustic toxicity while improving froth purity.

Oil agglomerates ultrafine coal particles to extract process water during separation, eliminating high-energy thermal drying requirements.

Oil agglomeration displaces moisture from fine coal slurry, reducing water content below 8% without thermal drying energy costs.

Cooling oil sand pellets below transition temperature enables mechanical fracturing to release bitumen, eliminating water usage and clay interference.

Low-temperature cyclone separation peels membranes from eggshells, eliminating water washing and high-heat drying steps.

Segmented alkaline roughing and acidic clearing flotation resolves the grade-recovery trade-off in calcite-rich fluorite barite ore processing.

Liquid nitrogen freezes tire shreds to embrittle rubber, eliminating hazardous dust and odor emissions from traditional high-temperature shredding.

HKS system liberates and concentrates halloysite using buoyancy optimization and mechanical reactors.

Hydrophobic liquid displaces water from fine coal particles through high-shear agitation and phase separation.

MW-level current pulses rapidly separate carbon fibers from resin via Joule heating, preserving mechanical properties while reducing energy consumption.

A helical screw sorting device separates coarse debris from fine substances in processed lead accumulators.

Rod mills crush friable ASR fractions to separate glass and rock from metals before magnetic and eddy current extraction.

A process line separates e-scrap components using a smasher and flotation stages to recover reusable materials.

Radio-frequency dielectric heating breaks down waste concrete to separate sand and gravel, avoiding the high energy consumption of conduction thermal treatment.

Dry screening and milling process separates crushed waste glass into ultra-fine pozzolan powder with consistent particle size distribution.

A window glass fragmentation device uses a rotary cylinder to separate frames from fragments during transport.

Eddy current separation extracts non-ferromagnetic metals early, reducing equipment wear during subsequent plastic waste processing.

Hydrocyclone removal of abrasive filler before centrifugal separation minimizes fiber loss and extends equipment lifespan.

Segmented chute grooves align empty containers for smooth passage, preventing large object blockages that cause manual clearing delays.

Color zones and shape identifiers on unique identifier tags resolve kit selection errors by providing distinct visual cues for assemblers.

A compact plant uses dry granulation and magnetic separation to extract ferrous metals from crushing residues.

Two-stage grinding and pneumatic separation recover high-purity plastic particles, eliminating powdery ink residue contamination.

Non-ionic surfactant alters wash water redox potential to prevent oxidative deterioration of coal discards during spiral separator processing.

Continuous reclamation systems separate carpet components via shear stress and solvent dissolution, reducing contamination in recycled material streams.

A dryer heats mixed paper to evaporate water while agitating the material.

Multi-stage grinding disintegrates reinforcement fibers while a scraper removes rotor buildup, preventing contamination and reducing maintenance needs.

A carpet recycling process recovers purified polypropylene and nylon fibers through sequential shredding, screening, and granulation.

A slug flow formation method uses density differences to move immiscible liquids through a retention space.

X-ray absorption sensors separate kerogen-rich limestone particles from mine tailings for industrial reuse.

A glazing recycling device uses a cutting assembly to separate glass from frames during transport.

A reversible powder pump with a conduit switch alternates vacuum and compressed air to recover unused coating powder, resolving low utilization efficiency.

Segmenting heavy plastic-rich shredder waste into distinct particle size fractions to resolve purity versus complexity trade-offs in material recycling.

A freely oscillating container overturns by gravity to unload treatment substances without mechanical actuators.

Segmentation and density separation recover ferrous and nonferrous metals from waste, resolving low recovery efficiency.

A barrel separator uses corrosion-resistant balls to grind and wash thin lead grids from waste battery slime.

A truncated cone rotating drum with varied swing-hammer cutters processes textile waste into cohesive tufts.