The role of surface interaction forces and mixing in enhanced dewatering of coal preparation tailings

Fuel

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-268

  Ofori, Philip ^a   Nguyen, Anh V ^b   Firth, Bruce ^a   McNally, Clint ^a   Hampton, Marc A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Colloidal particles; Flocculation; Polyelectrolytes; Tailings dewatering

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; ADHESIVE STRENGTH; AFM; ANIONIC POLY-ELECTROLYTES; ATOMIC FORCE MEASUREMENTS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); COAL PROCESSING; COLLOID PROBE TECHNIQUE; COLLOIDAL FORCES; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CONCENTRATED SUSPENSION; ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FLOC BREAKAGE; FLOCCULANT CONCENTRATIONS; FLOCCULATION AND SEDIMENTATION; FORCE CURVE; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HORIZONTAL AXIS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MINERAL PROCESSING; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PER UNIT; SETTLING TESTS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARACTERISATION; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; TAILINGS DEWATERING;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL PREPARATION; COLLOIDS; DEWATERING; FLOCCULATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; TAILINGS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84861182623     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.02.048     Document Type: Article

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