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- Bielig, Tina, et al.
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Methodology for the process based acquisition and assessment of non-intended outputs in the mining industry
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Ingår i: CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water. - : Wiley. - 1863-0650 .- 1863-0669. ; 35:4, s. 370-377
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- For the activities of the mining industry land, equipment, material, and energy are used. During operation material and energy flows such as overburden, dead rock, tailings, wastewater, exhaust air, dust, energy, abrasion, coolant and lubricant losses, are released. These released material and energy flows are nearly always without value for the raw material supply chain as they are not production targets. Instead, they have negative effects on the economy and ecology and are, therefore, referred to as non-intended. The knowledge of the quantities and qualities of these non-intended outputs as a function of the processes and their parameters is the basis for technical and economical measures. A methodology for the acquisition and assessment of the material and energy flows in the mining industry was developed and tested at the Technical University Berlin, Germany. For that purpose and based on a system analysis in different mines, all relevant material and energy flows were assigned to individual processes. Causal relationships, possible interactions, quantities, and qualities were examined as functions of system parameters. Finally, a technical and economic evaluation was performed.
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- Kuyumcu, Halit Z., et al.
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Biocoagulation and its application potentials for mineral bioprocessing
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Ingår i: Open Mineral Processing Journal. - : Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.. - 1874-8414. ; 2, s. 1-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The well-known sorting processes like density separation, separation in magnetic or electric fields and flotation, are not suitable to apply successfully within a particle-size range smaller than 10 μm. Due to insufficient selectivity of above mentioned enrichment processes the concentrate recovery at this particle size range is extremely poor, which influences accordingly the techno-economic efficiency of mineral processing negative.Based on a process design idea, investigations confirm that the biocoagulation of microorganisms and solid particles can be used to generate coarser sized coagulates which are more suitable for sorting. Experimental investigations showed that microorganisms like Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica and sulphide particles like galena and sphalerite below 10 μm coagulate effectively. Theoretical thermodynamic and extended DLVO theory calculations are in good agreement with microorganisms adhesion onto metal sulphides but not on silicates and selective biocoagulation of sulphides. Furthermore it has been demonstrated that flotation is suitable for the separation of the selectively formed biocoagulates.
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