An Entrapment Model of Water Flow on Fine Coal Flotation

Effect of entrapment of water flow on fine coal flotation was studied. The relation between constant of water flotation rate and flotation time was investigated and the water recycling model determined. The entrapment model of water flow about the relation between the recovery of fine particle and that of water in concentration was established. Finally, the equation about ash in fine clean coal at any time was derived by introducing a de-ashing coefficient.     

难选氧化铜矿的浮选试验研究

针对某难选氧化铜矿石氧化率和结合率高，原矿品位低，脉石矿以钙镁含量高的碳酸盐碱性为主的特点，考查了不同的捕收剂回收氧化铜的效果，表明采用提高磨矿细度。组合捕收剂，深化活度，强化连生体和细粒铜矿物的有效选别，在保证铜精矿品位波动不大的情况下，提高选矿回收率7．82％，选矿工艺流程简单易行，具有应用价值。     

Electrochemical flotation of diethyldithiocarbamate-pyrrhotite system

Using sodium diethyldithiocarbamate as a collector the flotation behavior of pyrrhotite was investigated.The relationship between potential and pH range for pyrrhotite flotation was established. The results show that the flotation of pyrrhotite is dependent on pulp potential at certain pH values. Pyrrhotite has good floatability from pH 2 to pH 12, and poor flotability at pH＞12. Cyclic voltammetry and Fourier transform infrared spectrum analysis show that the major adsorption product of DDTC on pyrrhotite is tetraethylthiuram disulfide. The intensity of Fourier transform infrared signals of tetraethylthiuram disulfide adsorbed on pyrrhotite and the anode current of a pyrrhotite electrode and flotation response of pyrrhotite are correlated with pulp potentials.     

N-[(3-二甲氨基)丙基]-脂肪酸酰胺泡沫浮选一水硬铝石的研究

研究了N-[(3-二甲氨基)丙基]-脂肪酸酰胺对一水硬铝石(Al2O3·H2O)的泡沫浮选行为.结果表明,使用该捕收剂,一水硬铝石的回收率最高达99.7％以上.在等电点附近一水硬铝石的回收率最高.碱性条件下,一水硬铝石的回收率急剧下降.增加N-[(3-二甲氨基)丙基]-脂肪酸酰胺的用量,可有效地提高一水硬铝石的回收率.通过测定矿物的Zeta电位,表明一水硬铝石的等电点(IEP)大约为6.2.根据矿物的红外吸收光谱和Zeta电位,讨论了表面吸咐机理,认为N-[(3-二甲氨基)丙基]-脂肪酸酰胺主要通过静电力和氢键的方式吸咐在矿粒表面.     

浅议如何提高氧化铜矿硫化浮选效果的几个问题

阐述了氧化铜矿硫化浮选几个问题。讨论了氧化铜矿硫化浮选中工业矿物，硫化剂。捕收剂应用，以及矿泥影响等问题。     

高含油高乳化洗罐废水处理工程实例

某石化公司洗罐废水具有油含量高、COD高、乳化严重的特点,采用溶气气浮+电极气浮+微电解氧化工艺处理后,油和COD去除率均达到90%以上。该工艺装置采用一体化撬装方式,施工方便。该组合工艺运行稳定,处理效果好,吨水运行处理成本仅3.83元,装置出水保证了下游生化处理单元不受冲击。     

Two-stage fast flotation of coal tailings using reflux flotation

Low pulp density and low grade slurries in the coal and minerals industries are discharged as waste to tailings dams, incurring significant losses of valuable particles. This paper investigates the rapid processing and cleaning of hydrocyclone overflow coal slurry using two laboratory scale Reflux Flotation Cells in series as a means to economically beneficiate low quality tailings streams. The Reflux Flotation Cell incorporates a novel arrangement of inclined channels to enhance bubble-liquid segregation, enabling extremely high gas rates and liquid rates per unit of vessel area. Hence, in the first stage, fast flotation is employed to rapidly recover fine coal particles using a feed flux of 11.4 ± 0.5 cm/s, up to an order of magnitude increase in the throughput rate over conventional flotation systems. First stage product was then sent to a second stage for counter-current washing using fluidisation wash water to produce a fully deslimed product, having ash percent in agreement with the minimum ash attainable using flotation as determined through tree flotation analysis. The results demonstrate the potential for two-stage Reflux Flotation to deliver high throughput at a high separation efficiency from low quality slurry, with a fivefold reduction in the required vessel footprint, thus overcoming the principal economic deterrent of having to install banks of large-scale flotation cells.     

Dispersed air flotation and foam fractionation for the recovery of microalgae in the production of biodiesel

Microalgae biomass has great potential for being used as feedstock for the sustainable production of biodiesel, as it is able to produce 7–31 times more oil than the top terrestrial crop. It is a green alternative to the currently utilized energy sources as it can reduce CO, CO₂ and hydrocarbon emissions. However, downstream processing costs for the dilute biomass are a major challenge. Foam flotation has been recently investigated for the recovery of microalgae cells from dilute liquid suspensions. A number of variables on the effectiveness of foam flotation for microalgae have been investigated, which include surfactant type and concentration, cell concentration, pH, hydrophobicity, time, growth stage, flow rate, ionic strength, alkalinity, temperature, bubble size, and column size. It appears to be a promising method for the recovery of algae for biofuel production, as a result of the high removal recoveries, good enrichment ratios, ability to process large volumes of biomass, and its ease of operation. However, literature on this subject is scarce, and there are research gaps that should be investigated including characterization of microalgae cells and impact on foam separation and the effect of surfactant as a treatment prior to lipid extraction.     

Managing clay minerals in froth flotation—A critical review

Clay minerals are widely present in various ore deposits as gangue minerals. The processing of high-clay-content ores is becoming a significant challenge for the mining industry owing to the poor flotation performance caused by the presence of clay minerals. Different types of clay minerals are typically present in ore bodies, and they cause several detrimental effects to flotation that require different treatments. In this article, a comprehensive review of the studies on understanding and mitigating the negative effects of clay minerals in flotation is presented. It starts with a review of the classification and structures of clay minerals commonly occurring in ore deposits and their properties that determine the behavior of clay minerals in flotation. It is followed by a critical review of two main negative effects of clay minerals on flotation, the recent research findings mainly from The University of Queensland group. The first negative effect is the coating of clay minerals on the surface of valuable minerals that decreases the floatability of valuable minerals. The second negative effect is the formation of network structures in the slurry. Depending on the type and strength of the network structure, it can cause either high pulp viscosity or increased gangue entrainment, which reduces the flotation recovery and flotation product grade, respectively. In this section, the mechanisms and key factors behind each negative effect are presented and critically discussed. Then, the approaches and techniques developed to mitigate the different negative effects of clay minerals are reviewed. To conclude, future directions for a more complete understanding of mechanisms and problem solving are recommended.     

Numerical simulation of froth formation in aerated slurry coupled with population balance modelling

A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model has been developed to incorporate pulp and froth zones into one model. In the present research, froth was considered as a separate phase comprised of a mixture of gas, liquid and solids. Considering the froth phase as a separate phase, allowed the incorporation of pulp and froth zones into one model by tracking the formation and destruction of the froth phase due to mass exchange between the pulp and froth. Bubble break-up and coalescence were taken into account in the pulp zone, by employing user functions, written using FORTRAN. The effect of bubble coalescence process due to ?lm rupture was considered in the froth phase. The variation in the concentration of attached particles due to attachment and detachment processes were also taken into account. The CFD model predicted the height of froth layer, the concentration of different bubble sizes in both pulp and froth zones, and finally the multiphase ?ow phenomena in the slurry column. Froth height was found to increase with the increase of gas flow rate while increasing solid concentration decreased froth height.