FACTORS INFLUENCING THE EFFICIENCY OF A CARBON-IN-PULP ADSORPTION CIRCUIT FOR THE RECOVERY OF GOLD FROM CYANIDED PULPS.
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1986
Authors
Van Deventer J.S.J.
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South African Inst of Mining & Metallurgy (South African Inst of Mining & Metallurgy Symposium Series S8), Johannesburg, S Afr
Abstract
Material balance equations were given to describe the adsorption of gold cyanide on activated carbon in either batch or continuous counter-current CIP systems. Kinetic and equilibrium parameters estimated from batch tests were shown to predict the behaviour of a small scale continuous plant accurately. A parametric sensitivity analysis of this model was conducted in order to explain the factors which influence the efficiency of a CIP plant. Insufficient mixing, large diameters of the carbon particles, the presence of competitive adsorbates, high temperature and pH values, insufficient regeneration of the carbon, a deficiency of dissolved oxygen and the presence of insoluble organics and fine slime particles all act to increase the concentration of gold in the barren solution.
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ADSORPTION, CHEMICAL REACTIONS - Reaction Kinetics, EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY, MASS TRANSFER, CARBON-IN-PULP ADSORPTION CIRCUIT, CIP ADSORPTION CASCADE, GOLD FROM CYANIDED PULPS, GOLD ORE TREATMENT
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