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Tailings, the by-products of mineral processing, often contain fine particles and water. Thickeners are extensively used to dewater and thicken the tailings, reducing their volume and facilitating proper disposal or storage. ... It is recommended to involve experienced engineers, process experts, or thickener manufacturers during the design ...
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Thickener belongs to dehydration equipment, commonly used for the thickening of ore concentrate and the dewatering of the tailings before filtration, as well as the thickening and purification of ...
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Calculating Thickener Area: Thickener area required is then calculated by applying above determined data in the following formula: A = 1.333 (F – D)/R. A = Thickener area in square feet per ton of dry solids thickened in …
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The success of the Improving Thickener Technology team was acknowledged in 1999 when the team, led by Dr John Farrow, was awarded a CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement. Thickeners ' a mysterious black box. Most of the world's minerals pass through solid-liquid separation in a thickener at some point in their processing.
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Thickener is an important solid-liquid separation equipment in modern ore dressing plants. It is widely used in tailings thickening, concentrate dehydration and water recycling processes. The high dehydration efficiency of thickener can recycle and utilize the resources, and at the same time improve the production efficiency of the ore dressing plant, so as to control …
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Thickeners are important and widely used for mineral processing to make concentrate from ROM (raw ore) . Specifically, thickeners are used to increase the solid content of concentrate slurry ...
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In this work, we proposed an intelligent thickener control strategy based on the dynamic mass balance model. The "intelligent" controller is able to calculate the optimal set point of the underflow flow rate, based on the mass flow of the fed solids in thickener and the state parameters of thickening process, and automatically adjusting the controller parameters …
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Widely used in metallurgy, chemical industry, coal, non-metallic mineral processing, environmental protection, and other industries. The high-efficiency thickener is not only a simple settling equipment but also a new type of dehydration equipment combined with the filtration characteristics of the mud layer.
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They must provide operating flexibility to meet process needs. Such factors multiply the decisions which must be made prior to the selection of a thickener. Most thickener designs, suitable to minerals applications, are based on the separation of -65 mesh, 2.7 specific gravity solids containing slimes.
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Mining thickener plays a critical role in the efficient operation of mineral processing plants. It is a vital component of the process that separates and concentrates valuable minerals from the ore slurry. ... is directed towards the overflow launder and discharged from the thickener for further processing or recycling. 8. Control and Optimization.
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In mineral processing, large quantities of process water are used to separate different minerals from each other, so dehydration plays a major role in ore processing and preparation for concentration. ... Modelling of thickener performance with shear of the free settling, hindered settling and bed regions, although the result of rudimentary ...
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From a minerals processing point of view, there are many technologies that could benefit from auditing and/or optimisation. ... So, taking a thickener as an example, its inefficient operation can lead to excessive flocculant and reagent consumption, increased solids carry over in the overflow system, reduced underflow densities, increased ...
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Introduction: Mineral processing is a complex and crucial step in the extraction of valuable minerals from ore. Among the various processes employed in this industry, thickening plays a pivotal ...
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How a Continuous Thickener Works As a feed stream enters the thickener, the solids settle to the bottom. Clarified liquor overflows to the top and settled solids undeflow is removed from the bottom. The following illustration shows a cross section, schematically illustrating the operation of a continuous thickener.
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Thickeners are used in continuous process applications where liquid-solid separation by sedimentation is involved. Thickeners have three basic purposes: Concentration, or raising the density of a mixture of solids and liquids (feed …
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Laboratory testing with a high rate thickener has shown the importance of feed solids control to thickener and flocculant performance (Table 4). In the preoxidation as well as CCD thickeners, testing has demonstrated that an optimum feed solids level can be attained which will maximize thickener performance while minimizing flocculant consumption.
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The objectives of thickener control are varied, but in most instances, the objective is to dewater the slurry, reclaim the clear overflow for reuse in the process, and produce a thickened or more dense underflow, which can either be rejected, in the case of tailings, or used as feed for subsequent unit operations.
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Increasing thickener profitability through integrated online monitoring Integrated online monitoring simplifies the convoluted process of monitoring data, which is central to precise process control in thickeners, in key measuring points. This results in reduction in costs (mainly of energy and flocculants), reduction in waste volumes sent to tailings dam, as well as increase …
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In the mineral processing process, the concentration of the slurry directly affects the efficiency and effect of the subsequent process. By thickening the slurry with a thickener, the concentration of the slurry can be increased, the processing volume of the subsequent process can be reduced, and thus the production efficiency can be improved.
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Company Background. Mineral Engineering Processes Ltd. (MEP) established in 1984, specialises in the mineral process engineering and provides sales and service for specialist products such as Thickener and Clarifiers, Hydrosizers, Hydrocyclones and other allied equipment as required. Details
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Mining thickeners play a critical role in the mineral processing industry by facilitating the separation and concentration of solids from liquids. Understanding the components and working principles of these thickeners is …
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The design and sizing of thickeners depend on several parameters, such as the feed rate, the feed solids concentration, the settling velocity, the underflow density, the overflow clarity, the ...
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In mineral processing, large quantities of process water are used to separate different minerals from each other, so dehydration plays a major role in ore processing and preparation for concentration. ... Modelling of thickener …
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Thickener Waste Management in Mineral Processing To Prevent Environmental Pollution Marzieh Hosseini Nasab1 1Department of Mining Engineering 1 University of Sistan and Baluchestan 1 Zahedan, Iran Abstract— Water plays a vital role in mineral processing and about 2-3 tons of water is used for the treatment of one ton of ore.
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1. Introduction. Clays are minerals of the phyllosilicate type, formed mainly by alterations and weathering at low temperatures and pressure, which are intimately associated with the gangue or matrix rock so that their presence is inevitable in mining processing [].A common type of clay is kaolinite, chemically represented as an aluminum silicate with a layered crystalline structure …
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The dense Thickener solids are raked to the thickener's underflow cone and are removed via a slurry pump through the underflow pipe. Underflow slurry densities can vary based on the type of material being processed, size distribution of solids being settled, or other process factors but as a general rule, range from 35-50% solids by weight.
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This process uses starch (depressant) and amine (quartz collector) as reagents to promote the separation of the contaminant mineral (quartz) from the iron-bearing mineral. The floated material from the flotation process is also sent to the tailings thickener. The underflow from the flotation process is sent to the concentrate thickener.
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