Separation behavior of Falcon concentrator for the recovery of ultrafine scheelite particles from the gold mine tailings

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作者
Kundu, Tonmoy [1 ,2 ]
Dash, Nilima [1 ,2 ]
Angadi, Shivakumar I. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] CSIR Inst Minerals & Mat Technol, Bhubaneswar 751013, India
[2] Acad Sci & Innovat Res AcSIR, Ghaziabad 201002, India
关键词
Scheelite; Advanced gravity concentrator; Falcon concentrator; Critical feed mass; Statistical analysis; KNELSON CONCENTRATOR; TUNGSTEN ORES; BENEFICIATION; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.seppur.2022.123065
中图分类号
TQ [化学工业];
学科分类号
0817 ;
摘要
The utilization of mining and industrial wastes is gaining importance worldwide as it is a potential resource of many valuable minerals. The present study is focused on the separation of the fine and ultra-fine size scheelite particles present in the gold mine tailings using a Falcon advanced gravity concentrator. The manuscript reveals the mechanism of separation, segregation of particles, a saturation of the concentrate bed, and the role of different process parameters in the scheelite recovery. The experimental results indicate that the formation of the concentrate bed inside the Falcon bowl constitutes mainly coarse particles in the initial interval, which are later replaced by fine heavy particles. The saturation studies, carried out using different amounts of feed, indicate that the bowl can operate with 830g of feed sample, called the critical mass, beyond which erosion of particles occurs. Considering the Falcon concentrator efficiency is greatly influenced by operating variables such as bowl speed, wash water rate, and feed rates, statistical tools have been used to evaluate the influence of the different variables on yield, enrichment ratio, and recovery of WO3 values. The results indicate that only bowl speed and wash water have a significant effect on the separation efficiency. The optimum results for all the three responses were obtained as 17.16% yield, 4.66 as enrichment ratio, 67.5% of recovery at a rotational speed of 70 Hz, and wash water rate of 4 L/min where feed rate was fixed at 1 kg/min.
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