Dewatering Fine-Particle Suspensions With Direct Current
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 17
- File Size:
- 657 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1980
Abstract
Slow-settling, fine-grained suspensions can often be dewatered and densified by applying direct current between buried electrodes. Although water removal rates and power expenditures depend on physical and chemical properties of the treated slurries, metal mine tailings from Idaho, Colorado, and Mexico have responded well in laboratory testing, as have 29 samples of ultrafine coal waste from mines in nine states. This Bureau of Mines report reviews field tests at two Idaho metal mines and describes the recent installation at the Henderson molybdenum mine near Empire, Colorado, and the treatment of coal sludge at a Clinchfield Coal Co. preparation plant near Dante, Virginia.
Citation
APA: (1980) Dewatering Fine-Particle Suspensions With Direct Current
MLA: Dewatering Fine-Particle Suspensions With Direct Current. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1980.