scholarly journals Characterization and Beneficiation of an Egyptian Nepheline Syenite Ore

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel-Zaher M. Abouzeid ◽  
Abdel-Tawab A. Negm

Nepheline syenite ore is an essential constituent in ceramics and glass raw material meals, as a flux and as a source of alumina. The natural nepheline syenite rocks contain some undesired minerals, which are usually eliminated or reduced to the allowable limits by beneficiation. The present paper is concerned with characterization and beneficiation of an Egyptian nepheline syenite rock, at Abu Khruq locality, Eastern Desert, Egypt. The ore is exceptionally hard, with high crushing strength of 875 kg/cm2, and iron oxide content of about 6.5%. The grain size of the constituents is relatively large. In some samples, the iron oxides are disseminated within the feldspars and nepheline syenite crystals, or in cracks and fissures within the feldspars crystals. The rock contains some environmental hazardous elements such as uranium, thorium, and radon. Magnetic separation and flotation techniques were applied, separately or in combination. Under optimum operating conditions, magnetic separation followed by reverse anionic flotation gave a concentrate assaying 0.2% Fe2O3 and about 24% Al2O3 at alumina recovery of about 80%. The radioactive elements were reduced in the concentrate to lower levels than their levels in the original rock.

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Hee-Chul Yang ◽  
Hyeon-Oh Park ◽  
Kyu-Tae Park ◽  
Sung-Jun Kim ◽  
Hyung-Ju Kim ◽  
...  

This study investigated a two-step thermochemical treatment process consisting of carbonization and halogenation for the removal of radionuclides from spent cation-exchange resin (CER). Based on a thermal analysis of cation-exchange resins, we propose a two-step thermochemical treatment process involving the conversion of spent CER into pyrocarbon and then the removal of radioactive elements from the carbonized CER by converting them volatile halides at very high temperatures. The proposed process mainly consists of a carbonization and halogenation reactor, a UHC (unburned hydrocarbon) combustor, and wet scrubber. A step-by-step experimental and numerical optimization study was conducted with the carbonization and halogenation reactor and the UHC combustor. The optimum operating conditions could be established based on the results of a thermal analysis of the CER, a nonisothermal kinetic analysis, a numerical modeling study of a plug flow reactor (PFR)-type combustor, and a thermodynamic equilibrium analysis of a system consisting of a mix of carbonized CER and halogenation gas. The results of this study present detailed design of a novel multifunctional reactor and operating conditions of a bench-scale carbonization and halogenation process. Basic performance tests using CER doped with nonradioactive Co and Cs, indicated as Cs-137/134 and Co-60/58, were conducted under the optimized conditions. The results of these tests showed that the novel thermochemical process proposed in this study is a viable process that effectively removes radioactive elements from spent CER.


2011 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 873-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Qiang Xie ◽  
Zhan Liang Yu ◽  
Wen Hui Ma ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Yong Nian Dai

In this paper, removal of iron from metallurgical grade silicon with pressure leaching is carried out. We investigated the factors such as the concentration of hydrochloric, particle size of raw material ground, temperature, pressure and reaction time, which influenced on the removal of iron. The results show that the optimum operating conditions for pressure leaching in hydrochloride are: acid concentration 4 mol/L, diameter for raw material less than 50 μm, leaching temperature 160 0C,leaching pressure 2.0 MPa, leaching time 2.0 h. The content of iron residual in MG-Si powder was reduced to about 200 ppmw. The removal efficiency of iron is up to 90.90 %.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 874-881
Author(s):  
Xin Zhou ◽  
Ge Gao ◽  
Guangxiang He ◽  
Xiaoyan Guo ◽  
Haibo Jin ◽  
...  

Abstract The side-chain alkylation of cumene and ethylene over a solid superbase catalyst K/KOH/γ-Al2O3 is investigated. The effects of the reaction temperature, pressure, and time on the conversion of cumene and selectivity of tert-amylbenzene (TAB) are discussed. The experimental results show that the conversion of cumene to tert-pentylbenzene increases with the increase in reaction temperature and ethylene pressure. The catalytic reaction has certain operational flexibility in terms of the reaction temperature, pressure, and time. In addition, the catalytic reaction can achieve directional conversion. The optimum operating conditions are obtained using a single factor test. The conversion of cumene is 99.8% and the selectivity toward TAB is 97.9% under catalyst concentration of 4 wt%, reaction temperature of 55°C, reaction pressure of 0.45 MPa, and reaction time of 30 min. The deactivation of catalyst is mainly caused by oxygen and water in the raw material.


EKUILIBIUM ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inayati Inayati

<p>Abstract: Potato has high content of carbohydrate (starch), so it can be used as raw material<br />for the glucose production. The basic principle to produce glucose from potatoes is hidrolysis of<br />polysaccharides (starch) into monosaccharides and disaccharides. In this work, potatoes were<br />converted into glucose syrup by hydrolysis using hydrochloric acid as catalyst. The aim of this<br />work is to study the effect of acid concentration on the reaction rate. Hydrolysis was carried out<br />with constant parameters, namely 20 gram of starch, 300 rpm of its rotational speed and the<br />operating temperature of 100°C, and variable parameters including acid concentration (0.5 N, 1<br />N, 1.5 N, and 2 N) and the hydrolyzing time (30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 120 minutes,<br />and 150 minutes). The glucose content were analyzed using the Lane-Eynon methode. The<br />data analysed showed the higher concentration of acid and time of hydrolysis caused higher<br />glucose formed. Optimum operating conditions was at 2 N HCL as catalyst. In this study, by<br />assuming a pseudo-first order reaction, the reaction rate constants obtained at range of 0.0047<br />to 0.0076/min.<br />Keywords: Potatoes, Starch, Hydrolysis, Acid concentration, Acid catalyst</p>


2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermiati ◽  
Naomi Yemima Manalu ◽  
Mersi Suriani Sinaga

Extraction is the separation of a substance from the mixture, with the distribution of a solute between two solvents which can not be mixed to fetch solute from one solvent to another solvent. The purpose of this study was to determine the antioxidant activity found in betel leaf extract for coconut oil numbers peroxide analysis, antioxidant resistance, with Lovibond color test and to found variations in betel leaf types that produce the optimum operating conditions of antioxidants. In this study, green and red betel leaves extracted by using ethanol solvent, the extract is added to coconut oil and then tested peroxide number and color levels. The results obtained in this study were able to lower the number of betel leaves peroxide by 55.13% with the best optimum condition; volume of 150 ml of solvent, extraction time of 75 minutes, and stirring speed of 300 rpm for the raw material powder of red betel leaf.


2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Junaidi - ◽  
Anwar Kasim ◽  
Aidil Zamri ◽  
Sir Anderson

Palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) fiber content ± 70 % and can be used for elastic    fiber, matrix, mattresses, rugs and raw material fiber -based composite board products, but until now has not been utilized to the fullest . The problem is not the availability of processing unit generates EFB fiber in small scale . One of them is the processing unit thrasher EFB. EFB counter technology that exists today is a large scale that can only be owned by the oil palm industry with a capacity of ± 4,124 kg/hour. For small-scale fiber industry needs a minimum engine capacity of census enumerators ± 300 kg/hour, but this machine is not yet commercially available.In general, the purpose of this research is small scale EFB cutting machines with a capacity of 200-300 kg/hour, the design parameters and identify optimum operating conditions for each component with the technical test of the prototype. From the results obtained machine design an engine capacity of 300 kg/hour, with a few major components, namely counter unit, unit funnel in and out, frame and drive unit . From the results of design calculations obtained engine power 15 hp motor drive with 1450 RPM rotation with 3 phase. From the results of the testing machine in the first enumeration results obtained by the size of the pieces of shredded EFB ± 7 x 7 ( cm ), while the second enumeration stage shredded EFB size becoming smaller ± 3 x 3 ( cm ).


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19
Author(s):  
Sri Handayani ◽  
Sofa Fajirah ◽  
Enjarlis Enjarlis

Rice bran is a byproduct of rice processing which was generally used for animal feed. Rice bran oil could be used as raw material in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food oil. The purpose of this research is to extract rice bran into oil as a raw material for Trioxolane using n-Hexane solvent and purify the oil by adsorption using bentonite. Trioxolent compounds were obtained from ozonated fatty acids. Variable extraction time 2, 3 and 4 hours and use of bentonite 2.5, 5 and 7.5 grams from 10 ml of crude rice bran oil. The results obtained an oil yield of each variable extraction time 2, 3, and 4 hours respectively - the value is 8.4, 10, 11%. The optimum operating conditions were obtained by extraction time of 4 hours and refining 75% bentonite. The characteristics of rice bran oil has a moisture content of 8%, an acidic value of 67% mg NaOH/g sample, a peroxide number of 21 mgrek/g sample, an iod number of 46 mgI2 / g sample and the results of fatty acid analysis using GCMS is 33.5 % oleic acid, 24.8% Linoleic acid, 32.6% Palmitic acid.


TAPPI Journal ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. JUNAID S. QAZI ◽  
MASITA MOHAMAD ◽  
JAMES A. OLSON ◽  
D. MARK MARTINEZ

Pressure screens are used to fractionate fibers on the basis of aspect ratio to obtain high value longfiber rejects and less desirable fines-rich accepts. Fiber fractionation is more practical and of maximum economic and commercial benefits when a mill can make use of all obtained fractions. We have demonstrated the potential of upgrading the reject fraction through a multistage fractionation process of a northern bleached softwood kraft pulp while isolating the remaining low-value pulp to be used as a raw material for a novel fiber-based product. The optimum operating conditions such as volumetric reject ratio, Rv; aperture velocity, Vs; and screen aperture size to carry out efficient fractionation were determined for the screens with 0.5-mm, 0.8-mm, and 1.0-mm apertures. This work shows that a high fines percentage in the accept fraction and increased fiber length in the reject fraction can be obtained when operating the pressure screen at a higher Rv and lower Vs using the screen cylinder with the small aperture size (0.5 mm). Feed and fractionated streams of pulp were used to study the effects on the physical properties of paper. Handsheets were made for strength properties of the unfractionated and fractionated pulps for comparisons. Significant improvements in the physical properties were observed after the removal of fines.


2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyu Tan ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Ziping Luo ◽  
Shuo Zhao ◽  
Dafu Huang ◽  
...  

Abstractp-Aminobenzene sulfonamide (sulfanilamide, SN) is the simplest and most-used sulfonamide medicine. The key step of SN production via the commonly used chlorosulfonic acid routine is the synthesis of p-acetaminobenzenesulfonyl chloride (P-ASC). A large amount of HSO3Cl has to be used in the traditional process, which results in serious environmental problems. In this study, an alternative chlorosulfonic acid process to synthesize P-ASC was investigated by partially substituting HSO3Cl by PCl5 as the chlorination agent. Compared with the traditional process, the molar ratio of HSO3Cl to acetanilide (the main raw material) can be decreased from 4.96 to 2.1 using CCl4 as the diluent; also, addition of a small amount of NH4Cl was found to significantly increase the P-ASC yield. Operating conditions of the reaction were studied first by single-factor experiments and later by orthogonal experiments to obtain optimum operating conditions under which the P-ASC yield can reach as high as 86.3 %.


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