The REFLUX™ Classifier is a hydrodynamic device that utilises a physical geometry to impose hydrodynamic forces on the particles to cause separation predominantly according to the particle density. The geometry, shown in Fig. 2, involves an upward current fluidised bed and a system of inclined channels to direct the gravitational …
The REFLUX™ Classifier produced better than 99% recovery of zircon at a yield of 7% using a solids throughput of more than 30 t/ (m2 h), achieving the separation objectives in a single stage.
DOI: 10.1016/J.MINENG.2011.05.002 Corpus ID: 96152623; Density-based separation in a vibrated reflux classifier with an air-sand dense-medium: tracer studies with simultaneous underflow and overflow removal
The REFLUX™ Classifier, shown in Fig. 1, is a gravity separation device that combines a set of inclined channels with a vertical fluidised bed. This combination provides both a gravity separation and deslime of the feed. The inclined channels provided a large effective settling area and hence throughput capacity, due to the so-called Boycott ...
The Reflux Classifier is able to achieve density-based separations that closely match results from floatsink tests, for both low-density coal and high-density iron-ore separations (Walton et al ...
The Reflux Classifier (RC) is an innovative design that incorporates an inclined zone above a conventional fluidized bed to achieve increased segregation rates and a higher throughput than separators with an equivalent footprint. In this study, the effectiveness of magnetite and sand as dense media for the separation of coal in an air …
The REFLUX™ Classifier is a relatively new technology used for achieving gravity separation of fine particles. This technology consists of a lower fluidized bed section, and an upper section of parallel inclined channels. It is now widely used in the coal industry and there is growing interest in its application for beneficiation of denser ...
Reflux Classifier technology is gaining popularity in coal processing applications because of its ability to easily handle varying feed conditions.
Separation of coal with a top size of up to 6 mm in a full-scale REFLUX™ Classifier. S. Iveson A. Price K. Galvin. ... International Journal of Coal Preparation and… 2019; ABSTRACT A 2 m diameter REFLUX™ Classifier was tested on coal feeds up to 6 mm top size. Solids feed rate was varied from 50 to 160 t/h at suspension …
The REFLUX™ Classifier is a recently developed water-based gravity separation technology that is already being used worldwide to beneficiate particles above 0.100 mm in size.
The REFLUX™ Classifier is a recently developed water-based gravity separation technology that is already being used worldwide to beneficiate particles above 0.100 mm in size.
The standard Reflux Classifier design has been in commercial use for about 8 years, initially in the coal industry but increasingly also in the mineral processing industry, where it is used to separate valuable material from gangue based on differences in their particle density [19].In all the commercial applications to date, the particle species being …
Galvin KP, Zhou J, Price AJ, Agrwal P, Iveson SM, 'Single-stage recovery and concentration of mineral sands using a REFLUX Classifier', Minerals Engineering, 93 32-40 (2016) [C1] The REFLUX¿ Classifier is a gravity …
The separation of fine minerals in the synergy between the vertical fluidization section and inclined channels of the reflux classifier. In the gravity separation of fine minerals, the misfit phenomenon caused by particle size cannot be completely overcome, which makes it difficult to effectively recover useful minerals of a given….
The Reflux™ Classifier is new, patented FL technology that improves fines gravity separation compared to alternative equipment. The Reflux™ Classifier is an enhanced gravity separator ...
This study was concerned with the performance of a REFLUX™ Classifier for beneficiation of a PGM bearing chromite ore and the benefits of size classification. The sample had a nominal top size of 0.5 mm and was processed over the complete size range and in two discrete size classes following classification at 106 µm.
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "The role of viscosity in the density fractionation of particles in a laboratory-scale Reflux Classifier" by David Michael Hunter et al.
This paper is the first to focus on the application of a modified REFLUX™ Classifier, referred to as the REFLUX™ Concentrating Classifier (RCC™), developed to concentrate low-grade ores of high density.
The REFLUX™ Concentrating Classifier (RCC™) builds upon the success of our original REFLUX™ Classifier (RC), by optimising bed formation and split fluidisation utilising gravity-based separation techniques to tackle the recovery challenges associated with low-grade minerals. The RCC features several design improvements over the RC …
A 2 m diameter REFLUX™ Classifier was tested on coal feeds up to 6 mm top size. Solids feed rate was varied from 50 to 160 t/h at suspension concentrations up to 37 wt.% solids. Performance was ...
The continuous separation of tracer particles in the air-sand dense-medium Reflux Classifier was investigated. The Reflux Classifier consisted of a 1 m long vertical fluidized bed section with a 2 m long channel inclined at 70° to the horizontal mounted above, both with a 20 × 100 mm cross section.Silica sand of 220 μm average diameter …
The Reflux Classifier (RC) is an innovative device offering advantages both in separating particles according to size and density, and in solid–liquid separations. The system combines a conventional rectilinear fluidized bed with sets of parallel inclined plates. Our previous work shows that the inclined plates within the fluidized bed provide a …
A laboratory-scale REFLUX™ Concentrating Classifier was operated in continuous mode to beneficiate a sub 0.100 mm tantalum ore with a head grade of 0.56 wt.% Ta. The unit incorporated a lower section with a reduced diameter to accommodate a low yield. At a yield to underflow product of 4.0 wt.%, a product grade of 13.3 wt.% was …
The REFLUX™ Classifier is a recently developed water-based gravity separation technology that is already being used worldwide to beneficiate particles above 0.100 mm in size.
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Samples of the feed, underflow and overflow from water-based separations conducted using a continuous REFLUX™ Classifier involving inclined channels with a 3 mm spacing have been fractionated.
The reflux classifier (RC) is an innovative device offering advantages in both particle size classification and density separation [3]. The device consists of fluidized bed sections and sets of parallel inclined plates at different elevations.
The fine print in FL's REFLUX Classifier technology. FL has looked to spell out to the mining industry the benefits of its REFLUX™ Classifier (RC™) technology. The RC is a slurry-based gravity separator designed specifically to upgrade fine minerals generally finer than 2 mm, the company says. "The key design element is a ...
The Reflux Classifier (RC) is a fluidized bed separator capable of operating at high hydraulic loadings due to the presence of parallel inclined plates within the system. When the fluidized suspension passes up through the inclined channels formed by the plates, faster settling particles segregate onto the inclined surfaces, and slide back down ...
The Reflux Classifier being operated in Case Study 1 had a density cut point that decreased steadily from 1712 down to 1338 kg/m 3 with an increase in particle size from 0.125 up to greater than 1 ...
