Solid/liquid separations are a mature technology area and few new developments occurred in seventies and eighties. However, last decade witnessed appearance of a significant number of new innovative systems in this field. (Rubio et al., 2002) This paper describes new developments in mixing, coagulation, flocculation and flotation systems for industrial wastewater treatment. (Ross et al., 2000; ...

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections depends on the parasite load, the specific gravity density of the parasite eggs, oocysts or cysts, and the density and viscosity of flotation or sedimentation medium where faeces are processed. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the concordance between zinc sulphate flotation and centrifugal sedimentation in the recovery of parasites in faecal ...

Froth flotation is the most widely used method of separating minerals from one another. The basis of this process is to control the hydrophobicity of the minerals to be separated. The most commonly used measure of hydrophobicity is the water contact angle (θ), which is usually measured on polished mineral surfaces using either sessile drop or captive bubble technique. However, contact angle is ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of variables in a flotation technique for the recovery of Toxocara canis eggs from soil. The trials were done under standardized conditions on one gram of previously sterilized soil samples contaminated with 200 eggs of T. canis. The following variables were evaluated in serial steps: sieving; type of wash; time of stirring; resuspension o...

Abstract: Fluorite is an important strategic mineral. In general, fluorite ores will contain a certain amount of calcite gangue mineral. Thus, they need to be separated from each other. For an economic separation, a reverse flotation process is used to float calcite gangue from fluorite. However, little information on the separation is available. In this study, a novel reagent schedule using ci...

Two hundred and seven weaned foals aging 6 to 12 months from small farms in the Lublin region were examined in the years 2005 to 2007. The investigations were carried out using flotation and sedimentary flotation methods, and McMaster’s quantitative method modified by Wetzel. Eimeria leuckarti oocysts were found in 19 (9.18%) of the foals. The horses demonstrated occasionally clinical signs (fo...

Flotation processes are difficult to model at a fundamental level and at present automatic monitoring and control of industrial plants have met with limited success. In practice these processes are most often controlled by human operators who tend to assess the performance of the plant based on their own experience and other heuristic rules. As a result plants are usually not controlled optimal...

Sparingly soluble Ion—association compounds Thrmed between multicharged anionic complexes ( formed from trace amounts of an element to be preconoentrated and determined) and hydrophobic basic dyes, accumulate at the phase boundary after shaking with a solvent of low polarity, This type of flotation (without surfactant and gas bubbling) depends on the acidity, the dyestuff and the flotation agen...

A variety of procedures are available to detect parasite eggs or oocysts in feces. This study compared the efficacy of simple flotation, a commercial assay, and various centrifugation techniques and three common flotation solutions. Results indicate that centrifugation consistently recovered more eggs than other methods. Proper technique is critical, including ensuring that the specific gravity...

The control of rougher flotation circuits represents a challenging control problem due to the non linearities, multiple inputs-multiple outputs and the wide variety of disturbances acting on the system. Many concentrators rely on regulatory control loops to maintain a stable operation and on the plant operators to find the best operational results. As a mean of using the operator’s knowledge in...