APPLIED MINERAL PROCESSING III

CLASS TEST 1

ANP301T

2013B

Date:

13 August 2013

Marks:

15

Venue:

4-G64

Duration:

30 45

Surname & initials:

Student number:

Answer questions 1 and 2 for the problem described below.

Suppose that a hydrocyclone is fed with a slurry and the steady state conditions are:

Feed:

Underflow:

flow rate is 495.8 t S/h (tonnes of solids per hour)

Dilution ratio is 0.601 t W/t S (tonnes of water per tonnes of solids)
flow rate is 366.4 t S/h
Dilution ratio is 0.318 t W/t S

The specific gravity of the solid particles is 2.8.

Question 1

[6]

Calculate:
1.1. The mass flow rates of water in the feed and underflow streams. Give your answer in tonnes of
water per hour, accurate to one decimal place.
(2)
Feed:

495.8 t S 0.601 t W

= 298.0 t W/h
h
tS

Underflow:

366.4 t S 0.318 t W

= 116.5 t W/h
h
tS

One mark each, right or wrong

1.2. The solids concentration in the feed and underflow streams on a mass basis. Give your answer as
a percentage, accurate to two decimal places.
(2)
Feed:

495.8 t S/h
100% = 62.46%
495.8 t S/h + 298.0 t W/h

Underflow:

366.4 t S/h
100% = 75.87%
366.4 t S/h + 116.5 t W/h

One mark each, right or wrong

I was not strict on decimal
places (one DP ok)
I was not strict on units (in
formulae)

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1.3. The solids mass split in the hydrocyclone. Give your answer as a percentage, accurate to one
decimal place.
(1)

mass of solids in U/F

100%
mass of solids in feed
366.4
=
100%
495.8
= 73.9%

solids mass split =

One mark, right or wrong

1.4. The water mass split in the hydrocyclone. Give your answer as a percentage, accurate to one
decimal place.
(1)
mass of water in U/F
100%
mass of water in feed
116.5
=
100%
298.0
= 39.1%

water mass split =

One mark, right or wrong

Question 2

[9]

Size distribution analyses were performed on samples taken from the underflow and overflow
streams. The results are given in the table below. Calculate:
2.1 The mean (representative) particle size in each size class. Complete the relevant column in table
1 below (column 2). You do not need to show your calculations.
(2)
2.2 The underflow and overflow size distributions as a percentage of the feed solids. Complete the
relevant columns in table 1 below (columns 3 and 4 5 and 6). You do not need to show your
calculations. Give your answers as percentages, accurate to two decimal places.
(4)
2.3 The reconstituted feed (the feed size distribution data). Complete the relevant column in table 1
(1)
below (column 5 7). You do not need to show your calculations.
2.4 The partition coefficients corresponding to each (representative) particle size. Complete the
relevant column in table 1 below (column 6 8). You do not need to show your calculations. Give
your answers as percentages, accurate to one decimal place.
(2)

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Table 1. Hydrocyclone performance data Question 2

Size

Mean
Size

Reconstituted
Feed

Partition
Coefficient

(mm)

(mm)

O/F

U/F

O/F

U/F

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

0.02

0.01

0.01

100.0

+3.35-6.7

4.74

0.39

0.29

0.29

100.0

+1.7-3.35

2.39

0.16

4.02

0.04

2.97

3.01

98.7

+0.85-1.7

1.20

0.36

13.10

0.09

9.68

9.77

99.1

+0.425-0.85

0.601

1.82

28.17

0.48

20.82

21.30

97.7

+0.212-0.425

0.300

18.34

29.19

4.79

21.57

26.36

81.8

+0.106-0.212

0.150

22.46

11.86

5.86

8.76

14.62

59.9

+0.053-0.106

0.075

14.38

4.51

3.75

3.33

7.08

47.0

-0.053

42.48

8.74

11.09

6.46

17.55

Total

100.0

100.0

26.1

73.8

100.0

+6.7

Mass %

Mass % of Feed

END
First mistake one mark is subtracted
Third mistake the second mark is subtracted
A maximum of two marks can be subtracted per column
Column 2 students were required to calculate the geometric mean size. Calculating arithmetic
mean size counted as one mistake.
Column 4 and 5 mark columns based on solids mass split calculated in Q1. If a different value is
used, then three marks are subtracted (counted as one mistake in columns 5, 6 and 8)
Column 4, 5 and 6 not strict on decimal places
Column 4, 5 and 6 not strict on adding up totals (ie, no total is not counted as a mistake)
Column 7 incorrect decimal places counted as one mistake (only once).
OR (Column 7) displaying answers as fractions instead of percentages counted as one mistake (only
once).

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