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Process for the physical segregation of minerals

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OSTI ID:1174669

With highly heterogeneous groups or streams of minerals, physical segregation using online quality measurements is an economically important first stage of the mineral beneficiation process. Segregation enables high quality fractions of the stream to bypass processing, such as cleaning operations, thereby reducing the associated costs and avoiding the yield losses inherent in any downstream separation process. The present invention includes various methods for reliably segregating a mineral stream into at least one fraction meeting desired quality specifications while at the same time maximizing yield of that fraction.

Research Organization:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Assignee:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, KY)
Patent Number(s):
6,675,064
Application Number:
09/669,076
OSTI ID:
1174669
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Time Series Analysis of Coal Data from Preparation Plants journal November 1982

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