Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
2. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Green Separation and Enrichment of Strategic Mineral Resources, Kunming 650093, China
Abstract
The current centrifugal concentrators do not continuously concentrate heavy minerals of large mass weight—for example, in the processing of iron oxides. A cyclone centrifugal separator is a new type of beneficiation equipment that has been developed on the basis of the principles of centrifugal separation and hydrocyclones. In this study, a cyclone centrifugal separator was used for the beneficiation of a hematite–quartz mixture, and the separation effect under different operating conditions was analyzed. The results showed that various factors, such as the feeding concentration, the feeding pressure, and the number of fluidization holes in the separation cone, had a significant influence on the separation performance of the cyclone centrifugal separator. The single-factor separation test results showed that the appropriate operating conditions were a feeding concentration of 10%, a feeding pressure of 120 kPa, a 40-hole separation cone, a settling port pressure of 70 kPa, and an overflow port pressure of 50 kPa. The results of the open circuit separation test that was designed on the basis of the single-factor experiment showed that the concentrate grade of Fe in the hematite–quartz mixture, with 44.12% Fe, was 54.42% after beneficiation, indicating better beneficiation separation effects. This study provides a new approach for the beneficiation of a large number of difficult-to-select hematite ores in China, and can provide a reference for the further expansion and application of the cyclone centrifugal separator in the field of mineral processing.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Yunnan Major Scientific and Technological Projects
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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