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Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance
Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57481 Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance Zietsman, Johan jac.grobler@exxaro.com Naude, Natasia Grobler, Jac De Clercq UCTD Spiral concentrator Enhanced analysis Qemscan Holland-Batt Separation performance Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Standard material analysis methods used in the heavy minerals industry to characterise spiral separation behaviour is unable to fully quantify performance differences between the available spiral profiles of today. This study proposes an enhanced method to analyse spiral products to identify key separation performance differences between different spiral profiles for specific feed materials. The enhanced analysis method has two major components. The first involves a material characterisation method that was developed using the analytical capability of QemscanR to simultaneously quantify particle density and particle size. The second involves a data presentation method that was developed by making improvements to the Holland-Batt equation. The standard material characterisation method was compared to the enhanced method using the separation products of two different spiral profiles with two different feed materials. The benefit of the developed method is clearly demonstrated by the additional separation performance information that it produced. This information enables the user to make more informed decisions when identifying spiral performance deviations in current installations, when selecting the correct spiral profile prior to spiral replacement, and during the spiral plant design process. tm2016 mi2025 Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering MEng Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production 2016-10-27T07:28:30Z 2016-10-27T07:28:30Z 2016-04-07 2015 Dissertation Grobler, JDC 2015, Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance, MEng Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57481> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57481 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Spiral concentrator Enhanced analysis Qemscan Holland-Batt Separation performance Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| title | Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| title_full | Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| title_fullStr | Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| title_short | Enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| title_sort | enhanced analysis of spiral separation performance |
| topic | UCTD Spiral concentrator Enhanced analysis Qemscan Holland-Batt Separation performance Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57481 |