Frother Characterization with Two-Phase Foam System

Gupta, Ashiwanit Kumar and Banerjee, P K and Mishra, Arun and Satish, P and Pradip, (2006) Frother Characterization with Two-Phase Foam System. In: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology and Indo-Korean Workshop on Resource Recycling (MPT-2006), March 8-10, 2006, NML, Chennai.

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Abstract

This paper evaluates frother performance by studying two-phase gas-liquid system. Surface tension, foamability, foam stability and bubble size distribution are measured as a function of ft-other type, frother dosage, and sol-ution pH. Variation of bubble size with respect to frother concentration is used for predicting the critical coale-scence concentration (CCC) of selected alcohol and poly-glycol ether family frothers. An inverse relationship is found between critical coalescence concentration and dynamic foamability index (DFI). Df-1012 and PPG are found to be more powerful in terms of stability, foamability and CCC than frothers belonging to alcohol family. Frother effectiveness is found to be relatively better in alkaline pH.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Official URL/DOI:http://eprints.nmlindia.org/6239
Uncontrolled Keywords:flotation frothers; bubble size; critical coalescence concentration; dynamic foamability index; frother dosage; retention time.
Divisions:Mineral Processing
ID Code:6239
Deposited By:Sahu A K
Deposited On:03 Dec 2012 18:12
Last Modified:03 Dec 2012 18:12
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