Solvent Extraction, Mineral Processing and Alumina Processing

Performance Evaluation of CYFLOC® ULTRA HX-5300 – A New HXPAM Red Mud Flocculant
Applied in CBA (Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio)
Similar to the overflow clarity and interphase level, the
underflow density also remained stable during the trial.
Figure 6 depicts the mud density data prior to the trial and
during the trial. The mean density prior to the trial and
during the trial was approximately 1515 g/L and 1521 g/L,
respectively.

HX-3000 ULTRA HX-5300

1600 UCL = 1607.0
Individual Value

1550
X = 1521.1
1500

1450
LCL = 1435.2

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HX-3000 ULTRA HX-5300
UCL = 105.5
100
Moving Range

75

50
MR = 32.3
25
FIGURE 6:
0 LCL = 0 Underflow Density Chart
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The Filtration Rate parameter was also monitored. Figure 7
showed that the filtration rate remained stable during the
trial. CYFLOC® Ultra HX-5300 delivered a filtration rate of
approximately 0.97 m3/m2/h versus 0.94 m3/m2/h when
CYFLOC HX-3000 was applied.
The carry over was also monitored to ensure that no
flocculant was carried over to the filters. No problems or
issues were reported from the security filtration stage.

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