Simulation of industrial gravity separation processes using a general purpose simulator

Katti, A and Mishra, B K and Mehrotra, S P (1997) Simulation of industrial gravity separation processes using a general purpose simulator. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

Gravity separation processes have been used in the mineral industry to separate particles under the action of hydr-odynamic and gravitational forces. Although these equip-ments are extensively used for tonnage processing in coal industry, their use has been now extended to waste trea-tment such as separation of valuable metallic matter from slag. However, these processes never run at their best due to lack of understanding of the process and the under-lying principles of separation. For efficient operation it is desirable that trial runs and pilot tests are conducted but these are often time consuming and expensive. Against this background, this paper attempts to show the capabi-lities of numerical simulation to gain a better under-standing of the process with a view to improve its performance.Data from different coal washeries are colle-cted to simulate the behaviour of the plants. Results of simulation utilizing jigging for coal washing is found to be in good agreement with the plant data. The same coal is also treated in other gravity separation processes in order to decide upon a particular washing circuit.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Uncontrolled Keywords:Hydronamic; Gravitational forces
Divisions:Mineral Processing
ID Code:2880
Deposited By:Sahu A K
Deposited On:26 May 2011 15:50
Last Modified:13 Jan 2012 12:13
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