2016-7-11 · Paste Thickener Design to Achieve Downstream Requirements. Paste, or thickened tailings, have become an increasingly important method to address many of the environmental problems facing the mining industry. The term “paste” as used in this discussion applies to the full range of non-settling tailings that exhibit a yield stress such as ...
Read MoreA New Design Approach for Thickened Tailings Slopes. D. G. Ritchie, A. Li & B. Fisse ha. Golder Associates Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. ABSTRACT:
Read More2016-3-4 · design calculations to determine the required thickener area, the most important design parameter, and ultimately the maximum steady state underflow concentration that is possible for a given solids throughput. In addition, the capital cost ofa thickener will ... desliming options on a tailings thickener underflow density and
Read Moreutilised to define the design parameters more realistically, provided that the accuracy of the data is verified. Figure 3 shows a typical recorded operational data distribution from an iron ore tailings thickener and the recommended range for the design of the transport system.
Read More2020-4-8 · Prior to the advent of paste thickeners, a mine would specify and buy a high rate thickener. The vendor would design and install it. Because the underflow from a conventional thickener, a tailings slurry, flowed according to Newtonian principles, each of the other aspects of the system could all be designed independently and they would work well.
Read MoreThickened and Paste Tailings Pipeline Systems: Design Procedure – Part 1 R. Cooke Paterson and Cooke Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd, South Africa 1 INTRODUCTION The design methodology for pipeline systems conveying thickened and paste tailings systems has been well developed over the last decade.
Read More2022-2-6 · thickener design and operation (e.g. feed measurement, dilution c ontrol, feedwell design) become more widely adopted. In th e shorter
Read More2021-1-4 · In conventional tailings deposition the beach slope is very low, often around 1% (less than 1 degree) and facility design can be flexible if there is a slight variation in this parameter. However, for thickened tailings where the variation is often greater with increased beach slopes, this can have a big impact on embankment design heights.
Read More2016-4-6 · MIP Thickener Design ... As a first stab we can either use the thickener flux (m. 2 /tpd) or the rise rate, depending if solids loading is the dominant (eg. Platinum Tailings) or feed flow rate (e.g. Clarification or low feed solids). Say, we have a coal tailings application and testwork shows a rise rate of 2 m/h with a pulp feed flow ...
Read More2017-10-30 · The torque capability of a thickener drive is specified as Duty Rating being the maximum mechanism design strength or the 100% setting on the Torque Control Box. The torque, in turn, depends on a K factor and the thickener diameter based on the following formula: Torque (in Nm) = 14.6*K*D 2 (in meters)
Read More2016-7-11 · Paste Thickener Design to Achieve Downstream Requirements. Paste, or thickened tailings, have become an increasingly important method to address many of the environmental problems facing the mining industry. The term “paste” as used in this discussion applies to the full range of non-settling tailings that exhibit a yield stress such as ...
Read Moreutilised to define the design parameters more realistically, provided that the accuracy of the data is verified. Figure 3 shows a typical recorded operational data distribution from an iron ore tailings thickener and the recommended range for the design of the transport system.
Read More2020-4-8 · Prior to the advent of paste thickeners, a mine would specify and buy a high rate thickener. The vendor would design and install it. Because the underflow from a conventional thickener, a tailings slurry, flowed according to Newtonian principles, each of the other aspects of the system could all be designed independently and they would work well.
Read More2019-7-26 · systems. The paper concludes by exploring specific aspects of designing thickener underflow pump systems, centrifugal pump systems and gravity backfill systems for Bingham plastic mixtures. 1 INTRODUCTION The design methodology for pipeline systems conveying thickened and paste tailings systems has been well developed over the last decade.
Read More2022-1-15 · TAILINGS DAM DESIGN ... Fig. 3.7 Yield Stress Ranges versus % Solids for Tailings Types and Thickener Technologies Fig. 3.8 Photo of Thickened Tailings Disposal Fig. 3.9 Comparison of Water Recovery for Tailings Fig. 3.10 Ultra-High Rate Thickener Schematic – Displaying the three
Read More2021-1-4 · In conventional tailings deposition the beach slope is very low, often around 1% (less than 1 degree) and facility design can be flexible if there is a slight variation in this parameter. However, for thickened tailings where the
Read More2011-6-15 · Water recovery at the thickener Thickened tailings: recover the water I can afford Solids Content % Thickened Tailings Characteristics Tailings is dewatered to maximise water ... It can be used for drainage design – interface material design. Tailings settled density Settling test – 24 h (or more) – drained and undrained SG is needed
Read More2013-1-1 · Thickener underflow can vary in concentration, depending on the type of thickening technology used. The key design consideration in the design of a slurry tailings system is the disposal of the thickener underflow. By far the simplest system is the pumping of the underflow to a tailings lagoon.
Read More2022-2-2 · The thickening process is the primary method of producing high solids slurries for the minerals industry. Thickener outputs can accommodate a range of tailings disposal options from low yield ...
Read More2021-11-3 · A. Design of a Thickener With the use of the batch sedimentation data collected from the column with slurry of concentration 100g/L CaCO3, the continuous thickener parameters calculated were as follows: Table 5.
Read More2018-4-23 · The paste thickener could increase the water recovery and reduce the environmental impacts in tailings dam. The present work aimed to find the appropriate scale-up factor for bed depth to design paste thickener for copper tailings, using a lab glass cylinder and an operating pilot column. The thickening tests were carried out on the flotation tailing samples obtained
Read More2017-2-7 · Design considerations. The bridge design had to be strong enough to support the tails piping along with the feed piping. Whereas most conventional thickeners facilitate tails piping in an underground trench, site conditions at Ok Tedi required that Outotec’s design had to be strong enough for the alternative approach, yet still light enough not to cause undue stress on the
Read More2020-4-8 · Prior to the advent of paste thickeners, a mine would specify and buy a high rate thickener. The vendor would design and install it. Because the underflow from a conventional thickener, a tailings slurry, flowed according to Newtonian principles, each of the other aspects of the system could all be designed independently and they would work well.
Read More2011-6-15 · Water recovery at the thickener Thickened tailings: recover the water I can afford Solids Content % Thickened Tailings Characteristics Tailings is dewatered to maximise water ... It can be used for drainage design – interface material design. Tailings settled density Settling test – 24 h (or more) – drained and undrained SG is needed
Read More2020-3-25 · The CTD tailings facility layout, comprising a full perimeter embankment and a centrally located deposition spine, is shown schematically in Figure 3. The TSF was designed to store approximately 36 million tonnes of tailings over seven years life, while maintaining adequate freeboard to accommodate the design storm event
Read More2021-11-3 · A. Design of a Thickener With the use of the batch sedimentation data collected from the column with slurry of concentration 100g/L CaCO3, the continuous thickener parameters calculated were as follows: Table 5.
Read MoreTitled plate thickener is a common thickening equipment used in the mineral processing, which mainly used in the clarification and concentration of flotation tailings, and the slurry separation and dehydration. Here are the detailed introduction of feature and working principle of titled plate thickener. 2019-12-18 04:12:09.
Read More2014-8-19 · highlights additional information that is required for detailed design. The tailings placement system receives the thickened tailings at a maximum design throughput of 124 tph of solids at a concentration of 65% w/w. The relatively high concentration of the tailings thickener
Read More2022-2-2 · The thickening process is the primary method of producing high solids slurries for the minerals industry. Thickener outputs can accommodate a range of tailings disposal options from low yield ...
Read More2012-2-13 · The tank design is based on a density profile of the expected operating conditions. A scum launder is used to prevent crud from reporting incorrectly to the clean overflow. This is specifically applicable to Coal tailings, Platinum and Base metal concentrate applications. Thickener Mechanism
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