Increasing drying efficiency by modifying the design of feed chute of the Gol-e-Gohar pelletizing plant ball mill
Publish place: Journal of Mining and Environment، Vol: 10، Issue: 1
Publish Year: 1398
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زبان: English
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تاریخ نمایه سازی: 18 تیر 1398
Abstract:
Pelletizing plant of the Gol-E-Gohar mining and industrial company consists of a burner, a dry ball mill (6.2 m × 13 m), and an air separator. The ball mill consists of a 2 m-long drying and an 11 m-long grinding chambers. The iron ore concentrate is fed to the drying chamber by a feed chute. It was found that when the feed moisture content increased from 1.3% to 3.5%, the throughput decreased by 12% (35 t/h) indicating a low performance of the dryer. Monitoring the wear rate of flights for a period of 12 months showed that the first 0.8 m (59%) length of the dryer length did not experience any wear. To overcome this problem, various feed chute designs with different geometries were simulated by the KMPCDEM© software. With the aim of arriving at a proper material trajectory, where the total length of the dryer is used, a new feed chute was selected. The simulation results indicated that if the height of the feed chute is increased from 1.60 to 2.26 m and the slope is increased from 45 to 48 degrees the material arrives at the first 0.48 m of the drying chamber. In this manner, the unused part of the drying chamber decreases from 59% to 36% of the length. After installation of the new feed chute during a period of three months, the throughput increased by 36 t/h.
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A.R. Ghasemi
Mining Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
A.R. Hasankhoei
Mining Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
E. Razi
Kashigar Mineral Processing Research Center, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Gh.A. Parsapour
Mineral Processing Group, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran