Thickener operation optimisation and design for the minerals industry

浓缩是矿物工业中用于水的回收和再循环以及废物的环境管理的主要过程。该项目将提供简单但基本的实验和建模工具，以提高浓密机的设计和操作。结果将是提高水回收率，减少废物量，环境可持续的废物尾矿处理选择，并通过改进澳大利亚和海外许多地点的设备设计大幅降低成本。一个额外的好处将是一个综合的设计和操作方法的浓缩机利用在矿物工业。

Thickening is the main process used in the minerals industry for recovery and recycling of water and the environmental management of waste products. This project will provide simple but fundamental experimental and modelling tools to enhance thickener design and operations. The result will be improved water recovery, reduced waste volumes, environmentally sustainable options for waste tailings disposal and significant cost reductions through improved device design at a large number of sites both in Australia and overseas. An additional benefit will be an integrated design and operational approach to thickener utilisation in the minerals industry.