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<p>Thickeners are process units that are often used at mining enterprises. There, they are involved in dehydration of mineral concentration products when water is removed from wet tailings containing metal concentrates. In mineral processing, large quantities of process water are used to separate different minerals from each other, so dehydration plays a major role in ore processing and preparation for concentration. This research aims to develop methods and tools of ultrasonic measurement of characteristics of settlement of solid-phase slurry particles and to assess their possible application to the automatic control system of the thickener to improve its efficiency.</p>
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Thickeners are process units that are often used at mining enterprises. There, they are involved in dehydration of mineral concentration products when water is removed from wet tailings containing metal concentrates. In mineral processing, large quantities of process water are used to separate different minerals from each other, so dehydration plays a major role in ore processing and preparation for concentration. This research aims to develop methods and tools of ultrasonic measurement of characteristics of settlement of solid-phase slurry particles and to assess their possible application to the automatic control system of the thickener to improve its efficiency.

Formation of Information Base for Controlling Settlement  of Solid-Phase Ore Slurry Particles in a Thickener

Faculty of Information Technologies, Department of Automation, Computer Science and Technology

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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Thickeners are process units that are often used at mining enterprises. There, they are involved in dehydration of mineral concentration products when water is...

Formation of Information Base for Controlling Settlement of Solid-Phase Ore Slurry Particles in a Thickener

Publié en ligne: 15 juil. 2023

Pages: 410 - 416

Reçu: 18 mai 2022

Accepté: 01 mars 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2023-0047

Mots clés
thickener, ultrasonic, automatic control, modelling, parameter estimation

© 2023 Vladimir Morkun et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Formation of Information Base for Controlling Settlement of Solid-Phase Ore Slurry Particles in a Thickener

Publié en ligne: 15 juil. 2023

Pages: 410 - 416

Reçu: 18 mai 2022

Accepté: 01 mars 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2023-0047

Mots clésthickener, ultrasonic, automatic control, modelling, parameter estimation

© 2023 Vladimir Morkun et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
thickener, ultrasonic, automatic control, modelling, parameter estimation