Aggregate densification in the thickening of flocculated suspensions in an un-networked bed

Rudolf Spehar; Anat Kiviti-Manor; Phillip Fawell; Shane P Usher; Murray Rudman; Peter J Scales

Journal article

Aggregate densification in the thickening of flocculated suspensions in an un-networked bed

Rudolf Spehar, Anat Kiviti-Manor, Phillip Fawell, Shane P Usher, Murray Rudman, Peter J Scales

Chemical Engineering Science | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.10.018

University of Melbourne Researchers

Shane Usher Author Chemical Engineering

Peter Scales Author Chemical Engineering

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Thickener operation optimisation and design for the minerals industry

Thickening is the main process used in the minerals industry for recovery and recycling of water and the environmental management of waste p..

Grants

Awarded by AMIRA International Limited

Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC)

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was conducted as part of AMIRA International Limited collaborative research project P266E: Improving Thickener technology and supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) under the Linkage Scheme (Grant no. LP0989733). The sponsors of this project are gratefully acknowledged. The authors also acknowledge the support of the PFPC (Particulate Fluids Processing Centre), a Special Research Centre of the ARC and technical inputs to, advice and operational help in conducting the pilot thickener work by Mr. Kosta Simic (CSIRO) and Mr. Adam Kilcullen (University of Melbourne),