Abstract: Well pumping method and apparatus by means of which the liquid level and, correspondingly, the hydrostatic pressure, in a bore hole or well casing, is controlled by means of a vertically adjustable sump for receiving liquid from the bore hole or casing before it is pumped to the surface, the sump having therein a pump which is actuated by the liquid level in the sump so that liquid cannot rise in the bore hole or casing above the top or inlet of the sump, as the liquid enters the sump at this point and is pumped to the surface from the sump, the operation being such that the liquid level in the bore hole or casing is controlled by vertically positioning the sump so that the height of the column of liquid in the casing or borehole above the point where liquid is coming from the formation can be maintained at a minimum with consequent increase in the differential hydrostatic pressure between that in the well bore and that in the formation in the direction of the well bore, enabling the maximum rate of liquid en

Abstract: A process for the production of monobasic potassium phosphate from wet process phosphoric acid and potassium sulfate by ion exchange. The application of the process is the production of monobasic potassium phosphate by ion exchange from wet phosphoric acid produced by the reaction of sulfuric acid on apatite rock and by-product potassium sulfate from processes for the recovery of aluminum from alunite.

Abstract: An improvement in processes for recovering aluminum from alunite ore which processes include roasting the ore to remove water of hydration, removing sulfur and potassium compounds from the roasted ore by a procedure including a final leaching step resulting in a residue and a solution containing potassium sulfate, effecting partial recovery of potassium sulfate from the solution by crystallization with some potassium sulfate being bled off from the mother liquor, converting aluminum values in the residue to alkali metal aluminates by digesting the residue with alkali metal hydroxide including a substantial amount of sodium hydroxide, removing silicon from the alkali metal aluminates leaving a waste desilication product, recovering aluminum values from the desilicated aluminates by precipitation, circulating the mother liquor from the precipitation step to digestion as contaminated sodium hydroxide is bled off, the improvement which comprises enhancing the economics of the overall process by introducing therei

Abstract: A method for dehydrating alunite ore prior to further processing to recover metals therefrom, comprising exposing the ore in particulate form to burning coal as the heat supply in a fluidized bed fluidized with an oxygen containing gas. The invention is illustrated by the removal of water from alunite ore prior to further processing the ore to recover aluminum.