Energy conservation and integrated waterjet mining and milling

Author

Jorge Gerardo Garcia Joo

Abstract

"High-pressure waterjets have achieved a wide range of application in a large variety of industrial fields over the last thirty years. Several studies have shown that high-pressure waterjets are able to disintegrate mineral-bearing ores into small size fractions at the mining face, liberating the various constituent grains, and enabling an initial separation of the valuable commercial application of this technology at the working faces of min, despite the fact that the mining industry was the earliest user of waterjet technology (known as hydraulicking). This thesis summarizes the achievements obtained in applying this concept for high-pressure waterjets and provides the results of a series of experiments conducted with samples of sandstone with nodules of hematite, samples of dolomite, and samples of galena in dolomite. A regression analysis was also conducted to show which parameters are significant in the rock cutting and disintegration process. In addition, an experimental protocol for rock cutting and disintegration has been developed from this current study to test any type of ore"--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Saperstein, Lee W.

Committee Member(s)

Samaranayake, V. A.
Summers, David A.

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mining Engineering

Sponsor(s)

Doe Run Peru (Firm)
Gardner-Denver Company
United States. Department of Energy

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Summer 2006

Pagination

xxiii, 229 pages

Rights

© 2006 Jorge Gerardo Garcia Joo, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Cavitation -- Industrial applicationsHigh pressure (Technology)Mineral industries -- Energy conservationMining machineryWater jet cutting

Thesis Number

T 8975

Print OCLC #

85562925

Recommended Citation

Garcia Joo, Jorge Gerardo, "Energy conservation and integrated waterjet mining and milling" (2006). Masters Theses. 3883.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/3883