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Comparison of mechanical flotation cell and cyclonic microbubble flotation column in terms of separation performance for fine graphite

Bu X., Zhang T., Chen Y., Peng Y., Xie G., Wu E.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

2018

Vol. 54, iss. 3

732--740

Comparison of flotation performance between the flotation column and mechanical flotation was carried out to promote the grade and economic value of the graphite ore (15.40% ash content). The ash content of the concentrate of the mechanical flotation was 10.77% at the yield of 79.34%. In contrast, the yield of the concentrate of the column flotation was increased to 88.93% with 10.55% ash content. Comparative study of the Fuerstenau upgrading curves indicated that the column flotation was more efficient for cleaning the graphite ore in the presence of the centrifugal force field, nanobubbles (generated by hydrodynamic cavitation), and the thicker froth layer in comparison with the mechanical flotation.

Kinetics of flotation. Order of process, rate constant distribution and ultimate recovery

Bu X., Xie G., Peng Y., Ge L., Ni C.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

2017

Vol. 53, iss. 1

342--365

Kinetic models can be used to characterize the flotation process. In this paper, three primary parameters, namely, distribution of flotation rate constant f(K), order of flotation process n and ultimate recovery R∞ are presented to perform analysis of flotation kinetics. The flotation rate constant f(K) is a function of both the size and hydrophobicity of particles. Though the more commonly used distributions are Delta function as well as Rectangular, Kelsall and Gamma models, there is no agreement in the literature as to which distribution function better characterize the floatability distribution. The first-order models can be used to describe most mineral flotation processes, while there is also evidence that the non-integral-order equation is capable of representing the kinetic characteristics of the batch flotation process. The order is lower than 1 in the initial moments of the flotation process. The solution of ultimate recovery calculated by the least squares method is greater than 100% (R∞ >100%). An empirical model was proposed to avoid the improper phenomenon in the solution of ultimate recovery, which can improve the availability and validity of kinetic models. Finally, more attention should be paid to the overfitting resulting from the increase in the number of parameters in the statistical analysis of kinetic models.

Flotation of long flame coal pretreated by polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate

Ni C., Xie G., Li Z., Bu X., Peng Y., Sha J.

Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing

2016

Vol. 52, iss. 1

317--327

In this investigation, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate (Tween 60) was used to improve flotation of fine long flame coal. The flotation recovery of long flame coal could be increased when long flame coal was either pretreated or conditioned with Tween 60 in a flotation cell for a period before the addition of collector. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) technique was used to indicate surface properties of long flame coal. The results of FTIR show that there are many oxygen functional groups on the sur-face. Contact angle measurements were used to indicate changes in hydrophobicity of coal surface before and after Tween 60 and/or diesel pretreatments. The results of contact angle measurements show that hydrophobicity of coal can be increased by Tween 60. Tween 60 can also enhance adsorption of diesel on the coal surface, and hence floatability of long flame coal can be further improved. Tween 60 primarily enhances the flotation recovery of low density coal fractions (<1.5 and 1.5-1.8 kg/dm3). However, the increase in flotatation recovery is less significant with an excessive addition of Tween 60.