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<p>[QUOTE="swagge1, post: 990931, member: 22402"]I'm not sure what the recovery rate is. I can tell you that the spent catalyst, as well as the fresh catalyst is shipped via multiple 18 wheelers in 53' box trailers. The catalyst is driven from Louisiana all the way to California where it is made and reclaimed. It can't be too cheap to send multiple fully loaded box trailers across country like that. I can ask the catalyst engineers at work if they know what the reclamation yield is. They usually stick around for a few weeks after the unit is started up and direct us how to run the catalyst for optimum performance.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a side note, when the spent catalyst is being unloaded from the reactor it is very dusty and a dust collection system is used to reclaim the dust. The "silver dust" is then placed into drums, sealed up, and sent along with the other spent catalyst in the trailers. These drums are extremely heavy when full and if i had to guess yield a very high percentage of silver. I like to think of the catalyst swap out as kind a "core charge" system similar to the rebate you get back from an old car battery or alternator when you bring it to the store and replace it with a new one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="swagge1, post: 990931, member: 22402"]I'm not sure what the recovery rate is. I can tell you that the spent catalyst, as well as the fresh catalyst is shipped via multiple 18 wheelers in 53' box trailers. The catalyst is driven from Louisiana all the way to California where it is made and reclaimed. It can't be too cheap to send multiple fully loaded box trailers across country like that. I can ask the catalyst engineers at work if they know what the reclamation yield is. They usually stick around for a few weeks after the unit is started up and direct us how to run the catalyst for optimum performance. On a side note, when the spent catalyst is being unloaded from the reactor it is very dusty and a dust collection system is used to reclaim the dust. The "silver dust" is then placed into drums, sealed up, and sent along with the other spent catalyst in the trailers. These drums are extremely heavy when full and if i had to guess yield a very high percentage of silver. I like to think of the catalyst swap out as kind a "core charge" system similar to the rebate you get back from an old car battery or alternator when you bring it to the store and replace it with a new one.[/QUOTE]
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