MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617066101 A) filed by Saint-Gobain Placo on May 26, 2026, for Heat Recovery.
Inventors include Magaud, Lionel; Francy, Olivier; Tran, Binh; Montigny, Benoit; Kaple, Kishor; Millot, Yannick; and Rostron, Tom.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: A system for producing gypsum based products via a wet calcination process is provided. The system comprises a mixing stage for providing a gypsum slurry, a reactor stage for calcinating the gypsum slurry to an alpha hemihydrate slurry and a dewatering stage for removing water from the alpha hemihydrate slurry. The water is removed as liquid water and as steam. The liquid water is recycled back to the mixing stage as a water source. The latent and sensible heat of the steam is used as a heating source for the system to reduce the energy requirements for heating in the system.
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