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Exp. no.

Forth Flotation Cell

Aim To ConductEhe Aroth Plokation experiment

mixture of Coal and sand add to ind

on

the Sepraion e dency

heor-
involves Sepratio0 of a mixt re
Froth PlotatiaD
the basis ofdiPference in he Surface
when the mixture i9 SUSpended in he
propertles
the bubbl e (Poam) adhere
Qeradedlqui d qas
J
One of the consituents the one whlch i s more

diPPicult wet by liquld, where ae the_othez

Congituen ts beinq wet otau with the liquid

Froth Plotaio 1 employed widel n metalluralca

Industries (sulphide ore) and Coal. Mixed liberated

particles Can be Separated Froro each ohet

Plotatlon here ate SuPelclent dieferences in

helr wet abilltu. The Plotadton process opercd e

preparin q a ter Suspenslon o oP a mlxture

Pine Sized parHclesand by ontacinq

oF relaHuel
the SUSpenl on with a Swarm of air bubble in

ouitablu desiqned proces vessel Pariclesthc

are readly wetted wer tend to reman h
sUspenaion and those particl ea not weted by
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water tend to be athached to alr bubble,

levita e vessel and
Eo he top procesS

callect froth Iayer. Thus, DIPPerene

ei0 the

surface chemic properH e OP the Solide are the

Ploti on. SurfaceA that clo

basis GepraH on
by
by
not have Stronq
q6uPace hemical bonde hot were

brolven tend bo be non-pola and dre no

readily weted ubetantes Suchas qraphite

raphite and

talc are example that be broken alonq

wealy bonded layezplanes withou ruphorinq
J
Shron q chemical bond hepe solids are naturally
lotable Hls0 polymert cparHcle posseoG 0on plolo

SrPaces Cund ore naturally hydrophcbí cBy

Contraat mOst naturally OCcurinqmaterials are

polar and exihibl hiqh Aree eneqy at the

polar surPace The polaz euPace react 9tronly
with wot e and render those particles nahurally
hydrophilic. The relatve wet abili by o the soltds
in mixture Cun be enhanced by the
additon of Variou G 9uacechemicd cLqents the
are adso rbed selectivelu On the particle
Sace.
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Experimental getup
The mechanically aqitated Cell Conslst of a tank
havin q qu ate or Circulaz Crass Section. I t is

provided with an aqitaor wht ch violently

aqikahes he pulp. The Cir from a CompresS0r
blower is introduceed 10to he System through
a downpipe surroundinq the impellor sha
he bottom OF the tank l6 conic and s

prou ided with a discharqe Por tailing s. fo

ouetlow i proulded o the top Por mineralized
froth remoua
ater tak en into the cell matezio is
is

Ped the cell The PromoterG and rothero are

added. Aqitadions gre qiven and air is bubbled

in the form of Pine bubbleoAir duid parttcle

due to reduction n 4heir effeciveldensi

wi rise to the SurPace and be hel d i

the Proth bePote they are diecharqec Prom

paricles will sink
the overPlaoo. Hudraphilic to

the botom and removecl Prom the dischare

Por ailings.

Experimental Procedure -

45 qm of inel ground Co
)Acureutel y welan
Sqms of Gand MO them thorau hly
ond
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Gi. dd l0 liters water to the cell and

start +he impellor

Gi). dd 2l3 drops o pine oi(Ploabin q agent and
J

Collector and a pinch oF deterqen to crecde

stable Proth
Add the Co mlxFure to thne tnk. Slxim 6GF

the Proth ahd collec the SCUme through ther

weir

(v r the Proth Collected and Pind he Sepraion

ePPicienc

Obeeruation and Calculaon

Initad Co taken
E of San dbaken W
Wt o dried Proth Wa
Sepraio eeiciency (walw) x lo0 =
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Experimeot no
Mixing and Aqibation

To determine the mixinc Index for

tor a s pecitic
Aim
type aqitator and Vessel
qeometr

ntrodu ction Ihe perFormance o industrial mixinq

equipment isJudqed by the bime required,

the
the pOwer locud and the properties o
Both the of the ixinq deví ce
product. tequirements
and the properties desired in 4he nixe d

material Varu uwidely Yrom one trom one

applicabion to another. Sometimes a very hig
oF uniformtbu is required Some Hmes a
dleqree
rapid mixinq acti oD Gometim es aminimum amaunt
pow.ex , he power Consumed by an aqital-or

essentially not bear an elationto the

process performance For qiven qeomery
impellor and vessel arranqemem and Por qiven
J
oid the poder relaed mainluon diamete
of he impellor and its Speed.

Theor The performance ot an industrial mixer

is udqed by he time reaquired , power , o ad and
the
the properties of he productThe deqree of
uniformib OF mixed product meas ured bu
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analysis a number spot Samples. The

Ihe

USed to Compute he
followinq equations are

the concenroti on
required quantiby aind
averaqe
he Gample.
xi

INhen N is the no. of 5amples. TF Nis

is equal to u. ThenN is small, X
arcer X
and be considerablu diPferent where
is he overall veraqe fracionP the tracer in
the
the mixture. TPmixin q s oropleke the meanured
value Xi diPPer From x and their
Sten dard deviation about the average value
ofx is meaoute he qualit of
mixinq
The Standard deviction about the avezaqe Nalue

ma be calculate d bu br qiven
ven
ecquation
S E(zi-a)2
N

he value S i9 a relative mecisurga a ot mixinq,.

valid nly ora Set oF tests with aspecific mixer.

A more
genera measure is the ratio of to the
Stan dard maderi d nthe rati o oF S+a the
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Standard material in thc standard deviati on ab zero

mixinq s 60 Betore mixing has bequn, the mater
in he mixer exists O ayere, one of whrdh

Contains no tracer materl al and One whch

is trace rom the First layer uwould

only Saumple6
have the analysi s K a the ahez layer X3.

Under Ehese Conditions the shandar d devlction is

given
co Jull-
INhere

Overall Fracti on rctcer in the mi xx

The mixinq index oF Pluid i
iven by

Similarl the Sampl es CaU be callect ed at

diffexen time he
ixinqproceeds,and
Severa Vcalues of I Cun be Calculaded a
diPferent times.
when
Por to

ie. become Smalleer

mixinc proceeds and
tends Fo zeo O long mixinq Eime
minimurm aP
Typiallythe value ail s inthe

between 0.01 0.1

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Power Consumptio
For turbulent eqion NRe lo0o
PRIN Dae
NRe Da e)/u
alhere
P Po wer
N RPN

Da enqh of aqikc&or blade _0.6m

Densi o Pluid gRq/m

Forlamina region ohen R NRe< 10

P R2 N Na
Ilhere,
viscocity ofPluid Rq Im.sec
RI 32 R2 ALLO Por the System chosen

Descripio n AppratS
The requirement Consists an M.S. vessel
provided with a 4 h.p mator agitabor with

4 blades aS shown in the sketch. The impelior

Cun be ratated the desired Speed
b
adivstoeot dimmer Smple cocS at six random
are provlded to collect
locaions samples. They can

be indivlduailiy Opened Or closed. Arranqement 6 a

provide d nd oher CLCCEDOri e6 require d are bureHe.
Beakes (ico othe requis es o titr atiom,
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Container Capacity 1622 cm

Specifications
for aqitator loo to 45o rpm
Speed raunqe

Procedure
of Nljo HCI
a standard solution
(.Prepare
CiFill the vessel with water.

the ve.ssel and

NaoH in
idl.Add1o ims
start the sBo p wakch and start
simultaneously
and aqitatot
Sample rom 6 veSseles in the
) Collect the Sample

bealeer after fixe intervcalo time

the motor and note down theinal time.
(v).Stop
Tercite the Scimple Collected aqainst heshandar d
HCI Solutio 0 Usin q phenolphthalein indicador an d
in moleFrackon of ecich
calculat e the ComposiH on
Sample
the procedure for diPPerent time interval at
(ui). Repea
diPPerent rpm

(8) Power Consumption

(). he vesse with water

Ci)Sart the motor at lo t.p.m o the aqikadot

and the steady Shcde to note down the
meer readinq This qive po0 er required
enecqy
experimentally
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Compute +he power Con sumpti on

b the qiven
equai on and it with experi mentw
Compare
value.
Gu.Repeat he experim ent Por diPPerent rpm

Obseruation
WeiqhtoP NaOH Solutton
\lolome vessel=

welaht O water in vessel

Normaliby oP HCI solutionused or titrc&Hon

Sample Calcul aHon

Por obs.
T Volum e o HC required tor titrotHon
NI normaliEy OP HCI ol

Conc. of NaOHiD Spot Sample

No HCI NaLoH
NIVL N2V2
X

Result
Mixina indices are calculate d annd ate

tabulecd in he oboervctH onS