Solid-Liquid Separation in the Mining Industry

• Main Author: Concha A., Fernando (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, 105
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer mathematics.; Fluids.; Fluid mechanics.; Industrial engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment.

This book covers virtually all of the engineering science and technological aspects of separating water from particulate solids in the mining industry. It starts with an introduction to the field of mineral processing and the importance of water in mineral concentrators. The consumption of water in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Theory of Mixtures.- Particulate Systems.-Sedimentation of Particulate Systems
• Kynch Theory of Sedimentation
• Flow Through Rigid Porous Media
• Particle Aggregation by Coagulation and Flocculation
• Thickening.-Filtration
• Suspension Rheology
• Transporting Concentrates and Tailings.