Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2001. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-165).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1965. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography: l. 41-43.

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering, Johannesburg August 2018 / The flotation process is widely used for upgrading valuable minerals in the field of mining. Many diverse minerals, including most of the world’s base and precious metals are processed by flotation process. Most valuable products produced by flotation pass through the froth phase of the flotation process. The froth phase has attracted more research in recent times because of its significant role in determining the mineral grade and recovery achieved from a flotation operation. The complex processes that occur in the froth phase – detachment, re-attachment, coalescence of bubbles, and competition for attachment sites, mixing and transport all combine to affect the net transfer of mineral particles into the concentrate. Bubbles are formed at different sizes in the pulp phase and coalesce at different rates and as a result the bubble size distribution varies from point to point in the froth phase. Substantial coalescence gives rise to loss of bubble surface area and hence loss of recovery. Competition for attachment sites gives rise to an increase in grade. No method for measuring the variation of froth bubble size distribution (FBSD) was available until Bhondayi and Moys developed one. The method measures the intrabubble impact distance in the froth using a probe dropped at known height through the froth. The average of these intra bubble impacts was considered to be a proxy for froth bubble size distribution; this was calibrated using FBSD. However the measured in the laboratory using photographs taken through the transparent wall of a laboratory cell. A 31 % of error was found and compared to the photographic method, which indicated that the technique over-estimates the actual froth bubble size distributions. This is due to the use of an average IID (proxy) as an estimate of the bubble. In response to the known of actual froth bubble size distribution FBSD in order to quantify the complex processes in the froth phase, an application of a stereological technique/model was developed and tested to obtain estimates of the actual froth bubble size distribution FBSD in lab flotation and Mintek pilot rougher cells as a function of froth height, frother dosage and superficial gas velocity. The model was first validated for a system of flotation with variable froth height in a transparent Wits lab flotation cell. The two-parameter normal distribution model FBSD was considered to fit the model-predicted intrabubble impact distance distribution IIDDs to measured intrabubble impact distance distribution IIDDs. The model was seen to accurately iii predict the FBSD compared to actual FBSD data obtained from above-mentioned conventional photographic method using a calibration scale attached to the transparent flotation cell wall, wherein the experimental IIDDs were accurately fitted by the model-predicted IIDDs. Similar estimation of froth bubble size distribution were also found with the inversion matrix technique. Secondly, the model was then evaluated for flotation condition with variable frother dosage in the Mintek pilot plant rougher cell. The model was seen to estimate the actual FBSD, wherein the IIDDs were precisely predicted compared to experimental IIDDs. Finally, the model validity was then tested for various systems of flotation conditions with variable superficial gas velocity. The model was seen to estimate the actual FBSD for these cases compared to both model-predicted IIDD and experimental IIDDs. The performance of the present model for these systems of flotation was seen to estimate froth bubble size in froth phase from measured IIDD information. Froth bubble size increases with increasing in froth height, and decreases with increasing in frother dosage and superficial gas velocity. Froth height, frother dosage and superficial gas velocity have a strong effect on froth bubble size distribution. / XL2019

The thesis is concerned with some of the properties of positive and negative ions in liquid Helium, and in particular with the passage of ions, which are generated inside the liquid, through the free liquid surface into vapour. It was found, for negative ions, that this process was inhibited by an energy barrier, in agreement with other workers who have examined this problem, although there is considerable disagreement as to the magnitude of the barrier. It has been observed in the present work that the energy barrier depends upon the field, the position of the liquid surface in an ion cell, and the nature of the ion cell itself. The dependence of the barrier on these three parameters probably explains why diverse values for it have been reported. It was originally intended to use the ions as probes to examine dissipation mechanisms in the mobile superfluid Helium film. It had been reliably reported that ions preferentially travelled in the film. This was observed not to be the case however. The negative ion currents sin the film were found to be extremely small, when they existed at all, and no real positive ion currents in the film could be detected. This has been interpreted as being due to the combination of the large image potential binding the ion to the substrate, and the intrinsic roughness of the substrate. The present work has revealed that what appears at first sight to be a current of positive ions crossing the liquid surface can be attributed to a current of photoelectrons due to photoelectric emission from the surface of the collector. Such photoemission can arise from the uv radiation produced largely by ionic recombination in the region close to the a-emitting source. Screening the collector from the direct view of the a-source greatly reduced the photoelectron current. In order to extend the temperature range available, for the study of ion currents, a vortex refrigerator was designed and constructed. This enabled measurements to be extended down to 0.8K. Since there has been only one publication on the vortex refrigerator, which appeared during the building of the present one, its properties and operation with various design parameters were studied in detail.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.