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Homework problems - Principles of Extractive Metallurgy - IIT KHARAGPUR

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Home work Problems HW 1 The feed to a flotation plant assays 0.8% copper. ‘The concentrate produced assays 25% Cu, and the tailings 0.15% Cu. Calculate the recovery of copper to the concentrate, the ratio of concentration, and the enrichment ratio. HW 2 Analyze the following circuit and determine unknowns Concentrate Feed (1000 t/he) | Concentrator [-—> (80% Pbs) 210% bs | flow rate? Talings Pos =0.19% Flow rate? HW3 — Atin concentrator treats a teed containing 1% tin, and three possible combinations of concentrate grade and recovery are: High Medium grade 42% tin at 72% recovery Low grade 21% tin at 78% recovery rade 63% tin at 62% recovery Determine which of these combinations of grade and recovery produce the highest separation efficiency. + Assuming that the tin is totally contained in the mineral cassiterite (SnO,), which, when pure, contains 78.6% tin, and since mineral recovery is 100 + C/F) x concentrate grade/feed grade, for the high-grade concentrate: HW.4 ‘The grade of PbS infeed i 15% andi dalvered gt 1200t/h. The grade of cleaner taling is 20%. The deanortalings are recyeled to rougher and culating load is 0.25 (reycl/ fresh foe), The recovery ‘and grade in the concentrates 98% and 89% respectively. Calculate the low rates and rade of the respective sireams. Feed aa Taling (1200 we) (om, a Concentrate(me), Cleaner tailings J+—{ Cleaner Gleaner concentrate (me. HW 5 A copper concentrator has installed an on-stream analysis system on its process streams. The accu- racy of the system is estimated to be: % Cu Relative standard deviation (%) 0.05-2.0 6-12 2.0-10.0 410 5 =10 The feed to a rougher bank is measured as 3.5% Cu, the concentrate as 18% Cu, and the tailing as 1% Cu. Calculate the recovery, and the uncertainty in its value, A flotation plant treats 5001 of solids per hour. The feed HWe pulp, containing 40% solids by weight, is conditioned for 5 min with reagents before being pumped to flotation. Calculate the volume of conditioning tank required. (Density of solids is 2700 kg m™*.) + HW: Calculate the % solids content of the slurry pumped from the sumy Example 5. Alead-zinc ore was treated at the rate of 100 t/h to an integrated system to produce HW’ concentrates oflead and zine minerals. A closed circuit was chosen so thatthe middling produced was re-treated. The average lead and zine concentrations in each stream were ‘Stream Assay, Pb. Stream (%) Assay Zn Stream (%) Feed 1.8 23.5 Pb. concentrate 82.0 2.0 Pb tail (head of zinc) 0.5 24.0 Znconcentrate 1.0 774 Tails 03 12

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