- Title
- Particle mechanics and the design of cyclone tribochargers
- Creator
- Ireland, P.; Jameson, G.
- Relation
- XXV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC 2010): "Smarter Processing for the Future". XXV International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC 2010): "Smarter processing for the future": Congress Proceedings (Brisbane, Qld 6-10 September, 2010) p. 833-842
- Relation
- http://www.impc2010.org
- Publisher
- Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Triboelectric separation is a dry electrostatic technique that has shown promise in several particle processing applications. A tribocharger uses contact or friction to differentially charge particles of different materials, which are then separated by an electric fi eld. The initial tribocharging process is poorly understood, with tribocharger design and operation largely a matter of trial and error. A better physical understanding of tribocharger operation would therefore be of immense value in the optimisation of triboelectric separation processes. A combination of charge measurements, trajectory modelling and high-speed video has been used to relate charging to particle mechanics in a cylindrical pneumatic cyclone, one of the most effective tribochargers for mineral separation applications, and the preliminary results are presented here. The consequences of these observations for cyclone tribocharger design and operation, and for tribocharger design in general, are discussed.
- Subject
- tribocharging; electrostatic separation; dry processing; triboelectric separation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/936052
- Identifier
- uon:12199
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781921522284
- Language
- eng
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