A distinctive determination of circular nozzles in downcomer for column flotation

Abstract

This study aims to recover clean coal from valuable hard coal tailings (HCT), which have been used as solid fuels in a thermal power plant, through convenient conditions. The effective diameters of circular nozzles on the recovery of HCT were investigated by using the Jameson cell (JC) as the main purpose. Preliminary tests were conducted to determine the type and dosages of the collector and frother. The JC test results were evaluated by Yates and Box Behnken based on ANOVA analysis, statistically. It was observed that 3,000 g/ton of diesel oil, 300 g/ton of MIBC, 100 g/ton of Na₂SiO₃, and 60 cm of downcomer depth were found applicable levels of parameters. The decrease of the diameter increased the venturi effect of downcomer which provided the best recovery ratio of 97.79%. Besides, the results of kinetic models were obtained with desired efficiencies (CR_∞ = 94.77%, k_coal = 1.20, R² = 0.98 and SI = 2.40). The best diameter was 5 cm supplied a short time and high carrying capacity (CC) for concentrate.

Keywords:

• Coking coal tailings
• Jameson cell
• downcomer
• circular nozzle
• carrying capacity

Disclosure statement

No potential competing interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This research was supported by Cukurova University [Project Code: MMF2009YL47].