Assume that during your vacation employment you work at a copper concentrator that uses a thickener...

 

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Assume that during your vacation employment you work at a copper concentrator that uses a thickener to de-water concentrates. You are told that the underflow pulp volumetric flow rate is 269.52 m/hr and the percent solids for the thickened pulp is 63%. The solids density is 2.7 t/m. The ratio of mass of water in overflow to mass of water in underflow is 3.35:1 while the ratio of mass of solids in underflow to mass of solids in overflow is 9:1. (i) Carry out mass and pulp balance of the thickener to determine the mass of solids (on dry basis) and mass of water entering the thickener Assume that during your vacation employment you work at a copper concentrator that uses a thickener to de-water concentrates. You are told that the underflow pulp volumetric flow rate is 269.52 m/hr and the percent solids for the thickened pulp is 63%. The solids density is 2.7 t/m. The ratio of mass of water in overflow to mass of water in underflow is 3.35:1 while the ratio of mass of solids in underflow to mass of solids in overflow is 9:1. (i) Carry out mass and pulp balance of the thickener to determine the mass of solids (on dry basis) and mass of water entering the thickener