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Developments in Solid-Liquid Separation

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Solid-liquid separation accounts for a significant proportion of the total capital and operating costs in modern mineral processing plants. Process streams usually contain 80–94% water by volume and,3 therefore, a large mineral processing plant may use 0.25Mm (55 million gallons) of water daily. A large proportion of the water must be removed and recirculated to the plant. Some water is always lost with the products, so the recirculation of 70–80% is feasible. The current trend is to recycle as much water as possible which often requires thickening of tailings before discharge to the tailings ponds, where seepage and evaporation reduce the water available for re-use.

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Adorjan, L.A. (1986). Developments in Solid-Liquid Separation. In: Wills, B.A., Barley, R.W. (eds) Mineral Processing at a Crossroads. NATO ASI Series, vol 117. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4476-3_12

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