Method for monitoring the efficiency of raw material beneficiation apparatus
OwnerJoseph W. Leonard, III, Joseph W. Leonard, IVinventors
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Abstract
A method for determining the efficiency of float-sink raw material separation units which achieve separation by specific gravity sorting of raw material in particle form introduced to a liquid bath. The efficiency is determined by introducing to the bath, with the raw material in particle form for separation, prepared particles of determined size and specific gravity and detecting the separation location of these prepared particles.
Claims7
In a float-sink separation process for specific gravity sorting of raw material in particulate form, such as coal, by introducing particles of said raw material for separation into a liquid bath wherein the particles are separated within said liquid bath in accordance with the specific gravity of the particles, wherein particles with relative higher specific gravity sink within said bath and particles with relative lower specific gravity float within said bath, a method for determining the efficiency of said separation, said method comprising sequentially introducing individually to said bath with said raw material particulates to be separated prepared particles of determined size and specific gravity, said prepared particles being of a plurality of specific gravities and each prepared particle being of a known size and individually detecting and recording the separation location of each individual prepared particle introduced to said bath.
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