Multichannel reflectance spectral assaying of zinc and copper flotation slurries

This article extends the earlier work (Haavisto et al. 2008. Optical spectrum based measurement of flotation slurry contents. Int. J. Miner. Process. 88 (3–4), 80–88), where visible and near-infrared (VNIR) reflectance spectroscopy was used together with an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer to improve the assaying of zinc flotation concentrate. Especially the sampling interval of the assay could be drastically reduced by the presented approach. In this study, a multichannel VNIR spectrum analyzer is utilized to measure the spectrum of the seven most important slurry lines in copper and zinc flotation circuits. Recursive data-based modeling is applied to the VNIR spectrum data and XRF assays to calculate and adaptively maintain the calibration model. The accuracy of the VNIR assays is evaluated in all the lines, and the benefits of the obtained high frequency assays in detecting oscillations and sudden grade changes are demonstrated.     

便携式X荧光分析仪在萤石矿勘查中的应用

在赤峰市林西县水头萤石矿区,利用便携式X荧光分析仪对第四系浅覆盖区进行隐伏萤石矿体探测的有效性试验。通过测量数据分析及与已知矿体的对比证明,在浅覆盖区利用X荧光分析仪勘查隐伏萤石体是有效的。该结论为便携式X荧光仪在勘查隐伏萤石矿体中的应用提供了重要依据。     

荧光分析法在油气化探中的应用

荧光光谱法是分析芳烃的灵敏、快速、高效的方法,通过样品的同步荧光光谱和三维荧光光谱特征,可以进行油气属性的判断;区别油气信息和煤信息,区分油气信息和泥浆污染信息,提高钻井预测的准确度。某些情况下,可以用简单、便捷的同步荧光光谱取代三维荧光光谱分析,达到事半功倍的效果。     

X射线荧光分析技术在四川龙塘铅锌矿成矿规律研究与资源评价中的应用

本文以四川龙塘铅锌矿为例,对X射线荧光分析的技术条件、资料处理、方法应用等方面进行较系统地研究,并把现场测量成果与地质研究密切结合,总结成矿规律,指导找矿预测和资源评价,取得良好效果。     

Froth structure in continuous flotation cells: Relation to the prediction of plant performance from laboratory data using process models

The paper discusses the obstacles in the way of making mathematical models of flotation circuits for use in process design; and describes also a route towards simple, but practical, models of full-scale flotation plant performance, which overcome the major problems. The principal difficulties lie in simulating the froth processes at full-scale. Timed batch tests may be used to identify the pulp-froth transfer processes, and steady-state (“equilibrium”) cell tests may be used to identify static froth concentration profiles. Froth mobility in a real cell is different from that in an “equilibrium” cell, and this paper shows how these dynamic patterns have been investigated, and may be used to simulate full-scale circuits. It is shown that it is not possible, at the present time, to completely eliminate judgement and experience from the establishment of parameter values; but the position should improve as experience accumulates.     

Image processing applications for customized mining and ore classification

During the mining operation, ore sorting and directing different grade ores to different processing circuits is a manual task in most of working mines, but this work puts a step forward toward automation of this process. The radical development in the area of image and data processing allows speedy processing of the full color digital images for the preferred investigations. In this paper, an approach has been proposed to classify the ores for blast furnace feed, based on the visual texture of the ore particles. The visual texture of ore particles vary with the mineral contents, for example, blue dust, hard ore, soft ore, etc. This information can be quantified by using image processing technique in red, green, and blue color space and first- and second-order statistical analysis. Commonly used Hartlics textural features were calculated along with red, green, and blue color values for 5?×?5-pixel size windowpanes extracted from five separate images. Results obtained show encouraging accuracy to apply the approach to develop an expert system for online ore quality monitoring to control the ore blending in the feed ore circuits as well as separating gangue minerals present in the feed ores. Matlab 6.5 was used for visual textural analysis and classification.     

The optimisation of flotation networks

The generalised optimisation of a flotation network is studied by means of using variable connections (structural parameters) and variable enhancement factors which are used instead of a flotation model to describe the separation process. The enhancement factors are functions of variables affecting the flotation process. These functional relationship may be derived by means of using a flotation model. Bounds are placed on the enhancement factors by means of either using a flotation model or by inspection of existing pilot or commercial plant data. These bounds, together with external, system and mass balance constraints and an appropriate objective function, define the general optimisation problem for a flotation network.The optimisation problem above may be solved by non-linear programming methods, however, it is easily transformable into a Linear Programme which is easy to solve. The procedure has been applied to a flotation circuit comprising three banks of cells for which an optimal set of connections and enhancement factors has been computed for varying constraints.A simulation procedure based on a gamma flotation model has been applied to one of the optimal circuits so as to compute the flotation variables.     

Using Two-Point Set Statistics to Estimate the Diameter Distribution in Boolean Models with Circular Grains

This paper deals with the counting and measuring of overlapping circular objects in binary images, a problem that arises in the mineral processing industry when estimating the distribution of bubble diameters in flotation cells in order to predict the geometallurgical performance of the flotation process. By viewing the images as realizations of a stationary planar Boolean model with circular grains and by using two-point set statistics, it is possible to jointly estimate the average number of objects per unit area and their diameter distribution. When applied to real and simulated images, this method is shown to give accurate estimates, to be robust to the presence of noise contaminating the images and of moderate drifts in the number of objects per unit area, and to speed up the processing time with respect to currently used methods. Combined, these properties serve to make the method suitable for an on-line monitoring of the flotation process.     

Mineralogical and elemental variation of coal from Alberta, Canada: an example from the No. 2 seam, Genesee Mine

Mineralogy and elemental contents were determined on 18 samples from a vertical profile of the No. 2 seam, Genesee mine, AB. The samples analyzed consist of coal, coaly shale, shaly coal, carbonaceous shale, shale, mudstone and siltstone. Proximate analysis was determined on all samples. Elemental analyses were determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) for all elements except As, B, Cd, Hg, Mo, Pb, Se (Atomic Absorption) and B, Ba, Be, Co, Cr, Cu, Li, Mn, Nb, Sr and V (inductively coupled plasma-emission spectroscopy, ICP-ES). Samples were low temperature ashed (LTA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) were used to determine quantitative major mineralogy. Accessory mineralogy was determined with Scannining Electron microscope/energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (SEM/EDX) on four samples. In general, the coals in the Genesee mine are within the low end of the range for trace element contents given by Swaine [Swaine, D.J., 1990. Trace Elements in Coal. Butterworths, London, 278 pp.] for most coals. High contents of Cr (9–2620 ppm) and Ni (1–1440 ppm) can be related to an increased amount of a Cr–Ni–Fe oxide (chromite–magnetite?) likely derived from ultrabasic diatremes in the Golden-Columbia Icefields, BC area. The No. 2 seam of the Genesee mine can be divided into two geochemical cycles on the basis of mineralogy, trace element contents and rare earth element (REE) behavior. Cycle I consists of quartz, calcite and kaolinite, lower trace element contents, REE slightly enriched in high rare earth elements (HREE), and thick coal with few partings. Cycle II consists of quartz, calcite, kaolinite, illite, mixed layer and/or expandable lattice clays, feldspar, gypsum, calcium aluminum sulfate hydrate, clinoptilolite, calcite and diopside, higher trace element contents, REE slightly enriched in light rare earth elements (LREE) and thin coal with a greater frequency of partings. The differences between the two geochemical cycles can be accounted for by a decreasing stability of the peat-forming environment resulting from an increasing fluvial influence and volcanogenic input.     

X射线荧光光谱分析方法的共享

探索了在同一类型X射线荧光光谱仪器之间分析方法共享的可能性。基于量值归一的原理,使用标准化样品建立了两台仪器之间测量数据的可比性,使一台X射线荧光光谱仪建立的分析方法,能够简单转移到其他同一类型的X射线荧光光谱仪上使用,可以获得同样的分析精确度和准确度,从而实现分析方法的共享。实验数据表明,建立的方法简单、实用,能够节约分析方法建立过程中的人力、物力和资源,又能够更好地发挥科学仪器的作用,促进分析方法的标准化和网络化。     

Variation of flotation rate coefficients in zinc cleaning circuits

The detailed flotation behaviour observed in industrial zinc cleaning circuits at Broken Hill differs markedly from that commonly reported for rougher and scavenger flotation. Flotation is strongly influenced by solids to liquid ratio (pulp density) and the behaviour can be described by an exponential relationship between the flotation rate coefficient and the pulp density in each cell. The dependence on pulp density is largely independent of mineral type but does depend upon particle size. The largest variation is observed for coarse particles.The observations are of considerable significance to control of circuit performance. The results of simulations incorporating the dependence of rate coefficient upon pulp density differ substantially from those obtained from conventional models which assume constant rate coefficients.     

Some theoretical aspects of optimizing complex mineral separation systems

The use of the concept of maximum technical efficiency as a criterion for optimum setting of a mineral separation stage is discussed. The graphical assessment of an optimum is illustrated by the use of minerals separation curves for flotation of pentlandite and chalcopyrite.For multi-stage circuits it is shown that in some circumstances an often used recycle rule requiring matching streams is in accord with optimizing criteria. However, the rule cannot always be applied, and in the case of flotation systems it may be misleading. Also for flotation, distinctions between optimum setting of a stage and optimum setting of a system are important.An attempt is made to analyze some commonly occurring flowsheet features in terms of optimizing by maximizing technical efficiency. Specifically, cleaner-scavenger operation, bulked recycle streams and open-circuit re-treat systems are assessed by reference to some operations in Australia. The assessment suggests that (within analysis limitations imposed by use of simple optimizing criteria) it may be best to stay with well-established conventional circuitry.     

论帷幕注浆施工中的压力管理

在帷幕注浆施工中,注浆压力是一个重点控制的内容,通过注浆压力的分析、研究,可以判别浆液在岩石裂隙中充填、扩散、挤密过程,从而调节浆液浓度变化、控制注浆量,在很大程度上能控制帷幕注浆治水效果及经济成本。结合赵家湾铜矿帷幕灌浆治水工程,分析了帷幕注浆施工中浆液在岩石裂隙中充填、扩散、挤密过程注浆压力的变化规律,为注浆施工的压力控制提供依据。     

An analysis of the dynamic characteristics of flotation circuits by time-series analysis

Time-series analysis techniques are used to investigate the dynamic characteristics of the flotation circuits on the Renison tin concentrator in Tasmania. Routine plant-operating data provide information on the variability of feed streams, the disturbances resulting from normal manual operation, the suitability of certain locations for sitting instruments, and some simple time delays in the circuit. It is also shown how plant upsets and abnormal conditions caused by large perturbations to the operation can prove useful in such studies. Finally, a dynamic experiment is described which shows that disturbances higher in frequency than those in the feed are induced in the roughing and scavenging operations, but that these are filtered out again in the cleaner circuit. The uses and limitations of these techniques are discussed.     

Application of quantitative mineralogy on the neutralization–acid potential calculations within µm-scale stratified mine tailings

Estimation of the long-term environmental impact of mining wastes is of socio-economic interest. Bulk analytical approaches of the neutralizing (NP) and acid potentials (AP) provide in general worst-case scenarios for acid rock drainage (ARD) predictions and long-term evaluation. Taking individual graded layers with variable reactive mineral ratios into consideration, alternating zones, highly contrasting in their neutralizing and acid potential, can be identified and quantified using scanning electron microscope–mineral liberation analyzer (SEM–MLA) and μ-energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF)–petrographic analyst (PA) for the first time. The bulk NP and AP values increased by a factor of 2.13 and 1.37, respectively, compared to the average values of the mineralogical NP/AP. At the contrasting boundaries, precipitation of pore-clogging secondary phases might be enhanced. These new information can be used as input parameters to model the future behavior of a non-homogeneous multiplied laminated body with reactive transport modeling.     

Zachery处理绿松石的探讨

现在市面上所谓的"美国松"其实大多经过一种Zachery的处理方法,本文采用放大观察、紫外-可见光谱仪、扫描电子显微镜、X荧光光谱仪、红外光谱仪等测试手段,对Zachery处理绿松石进行了宝石学、矿物学、化学成分和谱学特征的研究.结果显示,由于自然界产出的绿松石的光泽、结构、密度、硬度等变化范围较大,因此常规宝石学测试无法区分Zachery处理绿松石,紫外-可见光谱仪和红外光谱也无法鉴定Zachery处理的绿松石,只有X荧光光谱仪测试结果显示K⁺元素含量高以及扫描电镜显示表面具结晶现象可以作为绿松石经过Zachery处理的准确判断依据.     

便携式X射线荧光元素分析仪的应用

利用NITON XL3t 500型便携式X射线荧光光谱仪,选择云南会泽县金牛厂铅锌矿区进行样品分析条件试验.试验中分别对实验室分析与X射线荧光光谱仪分析结果,以及不同湿度条件下分析结果进行了对比研究,确定了最佳的应用条件.结果表明,实验室分析与X射线荧光光谱仪分析结果相近,但湿度因素会降低元素含量.所以应用便携式X荧光光谱仪进行试验不失为一种方便快捷和行之有效的方法.     

小波分析在航空放射性谱数据处理中的应用

在航空放射性数据处理过程中引入小波分析技术,可得到较传统数据处理方法更为真实、理想的谱数据。研究结果表明:处理后的谱数据能准确识别主能量窗以外的航空放射性谱数据中所包含的微弱信息,从而获得有关研究对象的更多信息;在航空放射性环境测量中,能够正确有效地提取谱数据中低能谱的信息,提高对人工放射性核素的分辨能力。