Fluid Engineering in Mineral Processing
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 July 2021) | Viewed by 5418
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fluid mechanics; solid–liquid separation; suspension rheology; efficient water use; tailing management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Central to mineral processing is the need to perform unit operations that handle or alter fluids or multiphase mixtures. Examples include pulp, concentrate and tailing hydraulic transport systems, mixing and holding tanks, hydrocyclones, mills, flotation cells, thickeners, and tailing storage facilities. This Special Issue intends to present a balanced landscape of frontier research on fluid-related infrastructure, design, and applied rheology relevant to mineral processing systems, including their crossroads with efficient process water and energy use, the interaction between fluids, geo- and surface chemistry, and the impact of clay and ultra-fine minerals on key related processes such as comminution in mills and flocculation, settling and consolidation in thickener-clarifiers, and subsequent tailing disposal. The focus will be on fluids, multiphase mixtures, or suspensions rather than the processes they belong to. Works of experimental, numerical, or conceptual nature are welcome.
Dr. Christian Ihle
Dr. Erin R. Bobicki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fluid dynamics
- suspension rheology
- mineral processing
- clays
- tailings
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