MECHANICAL PRESS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REMOVING SALT USING THE SAME

摘要

A method of removing salt from a dendritic mixture includes loading the dendritic mixture into a mechanical press system. The dendritic mixture includes a metallic dendrite and salt dispersed within the metallic dendrite. The dendritic mixture is heated to liquefy the salt without volatilizing one or more metals of the metallic dendrite. The dendritic mixture is also compressed to obtain a fluidic mixture and an ingot of the metallic dendrite. The fluidic mixture may include molten salt and residual metallic dendrite. The fluidic mixture may be filtered to separate the residual metallic dendrite from the molten salt.

主权项

1. A mechanical press system comprising:
an upper press body including a curved bottom portion and an upper lip portion surrounding the curved bottom portion; a first heater within the upper press body; a lower press body aligned below the upper press body, the lower press body including a top portion and a lower lip portion surrounding the top portion, the upper press body and lower press body configured to come together during a compression state and configured to move apart during a decompression state; a second heater within the lower press body; and a containment band configured to rest on the lower lip portion of the lower press body and to surround the upper lip portion of the upper press body during the compression state and configured to separate from the upper press body and the lower press body during the decompression state.