Modeling the performance of pyritic biooxidation heaps under various design and operating conditions

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 227-238

  Bouffard, Sylvie C ^a   Dixon, David G ^b  

^a Barrick Technology Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeration rate; Biooxidation; Heap; Height; Inoculation; Irrigation rate; Pyrite; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CELL GROWTH; COOLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS; HEAT RADIATION; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PYRITES;

AERATION RATE; BIOOXIDATION; HEAP; HEIGHT; INOCULATION; IRRIGATION RATE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

EID: 57049101707     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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