What is it about?
Mining is a relevant economic activity in many countries. In the treatment of ores, water is an indispensable input. For classification of minerals, the mineral industry uses the hydrocyclone process, where water is used as the medium for transporting dispersed ore particles, that are separated from the liquid by centrifugal force inside anequipmentnamed hydrocyclone.
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Why is it important?
The constant advance of computers processing power, the evolution in the techniques and numerical methods, allow to simulate with great precision complex physical problems of fluid dynamics such as flow in hydrocyclones.In this sense, this work aims to analyze the performance of a concentrating hydrocyclone in the separation of ore and water by CFD.
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations.
Fabiana Pimentel
Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
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This page is a summary of: Solid - Liquid Separation Process in Hydrocyclone by CFD, Diffusion Foundations, September 2019, Trans Tech Publications,
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/df.24.76.
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