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Luis A. CisternasDirector – CICITEM
Research Center for Miningand
Department of Chemical EngineeringUniversidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta - Chile
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Process Design for Mineral Operations
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MotivationGeneral StrategyCrystallization Design Problem Flotation Circuit Design ProblemFinal Remark
Outline
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Motivation
•High price cycle unprecedented•Lowering the cost of production•Achieving the balance of acceptable economic, environmental and social effects.•Improve energy efficiency
Copper Technology Roadmap Review 2006, AMIRA
Price of copper
Figure From:http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070802/pags/20070802215453.html
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The engineer`s loverCarlo Carrá
Italian 1881-1966
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Problems: Process design has multiple dimensions
Roberto MattaChilean 1911-2002
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Solution: Look as Picasso
Pablo Picasso Spanish 1881-1973
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The Onion Model
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Crystallization design problem overviewFractional CrystallizationFractional Crystallization with Heat Integration & Cake Washing
Crystallization DesignProblem
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Crystallization is extensively used in different industrial applications, including the production of a wide range of materials such as fertilizers, detergents, foods, and pharmaceutical products, as well as in the treatment of waste effluents
Crystallization design problem overview
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The crystallization stages are usually accompanied by other separation techniques. Leaching. Various types of crystallization exist: cooling, evaporation, reactions, and drowning-outThe characteristics of the product affects a series of other associated operations. filtration & washing. The separation is limited by multiple saturation points. Temperature changes & external chemical agents. Kinetic factors and metastability may affect the design.
Problems
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The greatest advantages obtained in the use of the phase diagram are the possibilities for the visualization of the behavior of phase equilibria, describing the processes, and obtaining mass balances with the help of the lever arms rule. The phase diagrams, however, also have a series of limitations as a design tool
Phase Diagram
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Phase Diagram
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Determine optimal stream configuration. Determine operational conditions & flowrates.Selection of equipment type.Determine solid-liquid separation. Washing & Filtration.Determine heat integration.
Goals
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Fractional CrystallizationBasic Crystallization SeparationRelative Composition DiagramFeasible Pathway DiagramState SuperstructureConnectivity MatrixMathematical modelExamples
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Basic Crystallization Separation
Isothermal CutKCl+NaCl+H2OKNO3+NaNO3+H2OL serine acid + L aspartic acid + water
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Basic Crystallization Separation
Isothermal CutKCl+NaCl+H2OKNO3+NaNO3+H2OL serine acid + L aspartic acid + water
p1
p2
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Basic Crystallization Separation
Basic Cycle
A S
B
bH
C
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(a)
c
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Heat and Evaporate
Cool and Dilute
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Relative Composition Diagram
RB
RC
RH
RA= 0S
H
F
C
a
(a)
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RB > RC > RH > RA
A ofn CompositioWeight B ofn CompositioWeight
=R
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Feasible Pathway Diagram
RB
RC
RH
RA= 0S
H
F
C
a
(a)
8
RB > RC > RH > RA
RB > RC > RH > RA
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State Superstructure
F
S
C
H
A
S
B
RB > RC > RH > RA
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Connectivity Matrix
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2
3
4
5 6
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9
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RB > RC > RH > RA
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Mathematical model
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General modelCisternas, L.A. (1999), Optimal design of crystallization-based separation schemes, AIChE J., 45, 1477-1487.
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Examples-Sylvinite
Equilibrium Data
KCl+NaCl15.922.2100H1KCl+NaCl20.2511.730C1
NaClKClSolid Phase
WeightComposition
Temperature
[°C ]key
0.00.581.40∞
RNaClRC1RH1RKCl
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Examples-Sylvinite
Relative Composition Diagram
RKCl > RH1 > RC1 > RNaCl RKCl > RH1 > RC1 > RNaCl
Sylvinite
H2O
H1
C1
NaCl
H2O
Kcl
1
2
3
4
5 6
7
8
10
8
State Diagram
Feasible Pathway Diagram
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Examples-Sylvinite
State Diagram
Sylvinite
H1
C1
NaCl
K
1
2
5 6
7
8Cl
Flow Sheet
LEACHING AT100 ‘C
LEACHING AT30 ‘C
Sylvinite
NaCl KCl
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0.377.9822.02SD3
0.854.1445.86SD2
0.842.4835.99SD1
0.2SD3 + Na26.95.88F397
0.8SD2 + SD319.1514.4F297
5.8Mg1 + SD25.5532.2F197
0.5SD1 + Na23.2511.98E250
6.6Mg6 + SD14.7431.32E150
0.9SD1 + Na1017.816.6D225
1.6Mg7 + SD11321.15D125
1.7Mg7 + Na1011.820.57C18.7
Na2SO4MgSO4RSolid phase
Saturated solution, % wkeysT ºC
Mg7=MgSO4.7H2O; Mg1=MgSO4.1H2O; Mg6=MgSO4.6H2O; Na10=Na2SO4.10H2O; Na=Na2SO4; SD1= Na2SO4.MgSO4.4H2O; SD2= Na2SO4.MgSO4; SD3= MgSO4.3Na2SO4
Examples-Astrakanite Equilibrium data for MgSO4+Na2SO4+H2O system.
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Examples-AstrakaniteRelative Composition Diagram
Feasible Pathway Diagram
4MgSOR > RE1 > RF1 > RC > RD1 > RD2 > RDS1= RDS2 > RF2 > RE2 > RDS3 > RF3 > 42SONaR
4MgSOR > RE1 > RF1 > RC > RD1 > RD2 > RDS1= RDS2 > RF2 > RE2 > RDS3 > > 42SONaR
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Examples-Astrakanite
astrakanite.gms
REACTIVECRYSTALLIZATION
18.7 ‘C
COOLING CRYSTALLIZATION
25 ‘C
Astrakanite
EVAPORATIVE CRYSTALLIZATION
50 ‘C
Astrakanite
Water Water
MgSO .6H O24Na SO .10H O2 4 2
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Fractional Crystallization with Heat Integration & Cake WashingState Superstructure Task superstructure.Heat integration.Cake Washing•Cisternas L.A., J.Y. Cueto and R.E. Swaney, “Flowsheet Synthesis of Fractional Crystallization Process with Cake Washing”, Computer and Chemical Engineering, 28, 613-623 ( 2004)• Cisternas L.A., C. Guerrero and R. Swaney,, “Separation System Synthesis of Fractional Crystallization Processes with Heat Integration”, Computer and Chemical Engineering, 25, 595-602 2001
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Task Superstructure
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Papoulias S.A., & I.E. Grossmann (1983), A structural optimization approach to process synthesis-II. Heat recovery networks. Comp. and Chem. Engng., 7, 707
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Cake Washing
Parallel Options
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Mathematical ModelMass balance for each component in multiple saturation nodes (SM):
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Task Superstructure
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Cake Washing
Mass balance for each component in wash/reslurry stage:
Efficiency constraint for wash/reslurry stage:Degree of impurity:Wash or reslurry/filter selection:
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Heat Integration
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Example: Sylvinite
The MILP formulation contains 299 equations, 218 continuous variables, and 27 binary variables.
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NaClCake
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KClCake
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Example: Astrakanite
Astrakanite
Water Water
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at 18.7ºC
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Na SO .10H Ocake
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crystallizationat 50ºC
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The MILP formulation contains 1209 equations, 1201 continuous variables, and 145 binary variables. Solution time was 84 s for OSLv2 (GAMS) with a 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 processor.
MgSO4·Na2SO4·4H2O
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•Flotation Circuit problem overview•Superstructures for task, state and equipment selection •Mathematical model•Examples
Flotation Circuit DesignProblem
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Flotation design problem overview
Mineral flotation processes consist of several units that are grouped into banks and interconnected in a predefined manner in order to divide the feed into concentrate and tailing. The behavior of these processes depends on the configuration of the circuit and the physical and chemical nature of the slurry treated
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The design of these circuits is carried out based on the experience of the designer, with the help of laboratory tests and simulations. Some attempts have been described in the literature on automated methods for the design of these types of circuits. However, methods for the design of flotation circuits have not yet progressed to the stage where an optimum circuit configuration can be completely derived automatically.
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Superstructures for task, state & equipment
Superstructures are developed in a hierarchical form:•First level: separation task superstructure •Second level: processing systems are presented which must carry out rougher, cleaner, and scavenger operations and define states. •Third level: equipment selection (column versus mechanical bank; grinding-classification circuit)
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Tasks
Rougher
Feed
Concentrate
Tail Scavenger
Tail
Concentrate
Final Flotation
Tail
Cleaner
Concentrate
FinalFlotation
Concentrate
Tails
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Task Superstructure
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State Superstructures
Mixing with/without grinding
Mixing without grinding
Mechanical cell bank or column
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Equipment Superstructures
Grinding-classification circuits
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Mechanical cell bank or column
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Grinding circuits
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Floatability Index
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2.5
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Classification - grinding
Classification - grinding - classification
Feed mass flow rate, tphPercentage feed composition
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Classification - grinding
Classification - grinding - classification
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Classification - grinding - classification
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Grinding - classification
Classification - grinding
Classification - grinding - classification
Feed mass flow rate, tphPercentage feed composition
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Material Balances
Feedstock flows
Material Balances Flotation Steps
Mathematical Model
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Equipment Selection
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Objective Function
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Example
The procedure was applied to the design of a copper concentration plant, whose species are: k=1 (100% chalcopyrite), k=2 (50% silica, 50% chalcopyrite) and k=3 (100% silica).
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Economic results in millions of US$ for a metal price of 1.00 US$/lb where the k=3 recovery is comparable to the k=2 recovery.(NG)= no grinding, (G)= grinding w/o classification, (G-C)= grinding – classification, (C-G)= classification – grinding.
26.57138.77112.996C-GG-C/C-GCase 1226.57138.77112.996C-GG/C-GCase 1126.72628.63912.748G-CG/G-CCase 1026.42137.62711.964NGNGCase 9
CostsRevenuesProfitSelectionOptionsCase
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Diffusion, WickCombustion, Yerka Sublimation, Magritte
Cycle Process, Magritte Radiation, Van Gogh fluids, EscherCompression, Baldaccini
Final Remark
Complete list of references on design of separation based on crystallization, design of flotation circuits, design of leaching process, and design of solvent extraction circuits
Can be found on http:/www.uantof.cl/d2p