Demand for high-resolution imaging capabilities for both space-based and ground-based imaging systems has created significant interest in improving the design of multi-aperture interferometry imaging systems. Interferometers are a desirable alternative to single aperture imaging systems due to the fact that the angular resolution of a single aperture system is dependent on the diameter of the aperture and the resolution of the image recording device (CCD or otherwise) which quickly results in increased size, weight, and cost. Interferometers can achieve higher angular resolutions with lower resolution recording mediums and smaller apertures by increasing the distance between the apertures. While these systems grow in both size, mechanical, and computational complexity, methods of testing large scale designs with small scale demonstration systems currently do not exist. This paper documents the performance of a small scale multi-aperture intensity correlation interferometer which is used to view a double slit image. The interferometer consists of 2 avalanche photo-diodes connected to a data acquisition computer. The image is produced by shining light through the double slit image an image containment system. The sensors are placed at the far end of the image containment system, and their voltages are recorded and digitally filtered. This study presents the formulation of the design parameters for the interferometer, the assembly and design of the interferometer, and then analyzes the results of the imaging experiment and the methods used to attempt to prevent unwanted noise from corrupting the expected interference pattern. Codes in C and C++ are used to collect and analyze the data, respectively, while Matlab® was used to produce plots of binary data. The results of the analysis are then used to show that a small scale intensity correlation interferometer is indeed feasible and has promising performance.

M.Sc. (Eng.), Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, 2012 / The aim of this research project was to test the response of ultra fine coal sourced at Klipspruit Colliery to froth flotation and the response of the froth flotation products to dewatering using two different types of filter presses, namely the Tecnicas Hidraulicas (TH) and the Ishigakhi presses. During test work, some difficulty was experienced with coarse material feeding the froth flotation pilot plant. This led to pilot plant modifications. Further process complexities necessitated laboratory scale flotation test work on the Klipspruit coal to be carried out. The results for both the laboratory scale and pilot plant test work for froth flotation indicated that froth flotation as applied to the Klipspruit fines was not economically feasible because neither the required quality of the product (calorific value of 27.80 MJ/kg) nor the product yield of 50% could be achieved when subjected to a primary and secondary stage of froth flotation. The coarse material, which fed the pilot plant and the Ishigakhi filter press, gave low moisture values (12.3%) not typical of ultra fine coal moisture values. However when fed with very fine particle size distributions, prior test work with the Ishigakhi showed that moisture values below 20% could be achieved. The moisture values obtained for very fine particles using the TH filter press on product thickener underflow material sourced at Goedehoop colliery reached values below 20%. Thus both of the two dewatering options, i.e. the Ishigakhi filter press equipment or TH filter press equipment for the ultra fine coal dewatering, can be utilized. Since the filter rate is the determining factor specifying filter press size, it was determined that a larger TH filter area is required in 1 comparison with the Ishigakhi press. Based upon the pilot and laboratory scale test work undertaken and the assessment of the results, it appears that both dewatering options could be successfully employed on a technical basis for the dewatering of coal flotation products, tailings and the arising raw ultra fine fraction. Froth flotation for Klipspruit ultra fine coal was deemed unfeasible for both pilot plant and laboratory scale tests conducted. For this reason a capital expenditure for the construction of a froth flotation plant at the Western Coal Complex Phola plant was not considered feasible since Klipspruit coal forms part of the feed that will feed the Phola plant. In conclusion, following dewatering using either the TH filter press or the Ishigakhi filter press, it was established that both froth flotation concentrate and unbeneficiated ultra fines gave acceptable total moisture results (below 20%). These dewatered raw ultra fines may therefore be blended into inland product as thermal coal to be utilised by Eskom for power generation. Based upon this premise, it is estimated that profits of 76.5 million Rand could be generated by blending Klipspruit ultra fine coal into thermal coal production at the new Phola plant.

Atualmente a decrescente disponibilidade de carvões de excelente qualidade e seus preços elevados levam as coquerias a utilizarem carvões mais baratos e consequentemente com propriedades inferiores. Ao mesmo tempo, ocorre à necessidade de se manter as elevadas especificações de qualidade exigidas para o coque pelos altos-fornos. Nesse contexto, independente da escolha dos carvões a serem utilizados, o controle granulométrico dos carvões e misturas, realizado durante a britagem, pode manter ou até melhorar a qualidade do coque a ser produzido. O presente estudo teve como objetivo geral avaliar de que forma as propriedades dos carvões variam em relação a suas principais frações granulométricas após a cominuição, e estudar qual o efeito de diferentes distribuições de tamanhos de partículas sobre as propriedades de coques produzidos em escala de laboratório. Para isso, dois carvões coqueificáveis individuais e uma mistura foram amostrados, separados em frações granulométricas e caracterizados. Após a caracterização das matérias-primas, foram confeccionados coques em escala de laboratório, a partir de diferentes misturas de granulometrias para os carvões individuais amostrados. A caracterização dos coques foi realizada segundo análise imediata, textura, reatividade ao CO2 em termobalança, resistência a frio em tambor tipo I e microresistência. Os resultados obtidos da caracterização das matérias-primas mostraram que a cominuição dos carvões leva a concentrações de cinzas, matéria volátil e composição maceral em diferentes frações granulométricas produzindo alterações nas propriedades coqueificantes das frações granulométricas. O resultado da caracterização dos coques mostrou que cada carvão apresenta uma distribuição de tamanhos de partículas mais adequada, que irá gerar um coque de boa qualidade. Em termos de reatividade ao CO2, uma grande quantidade de partículas finas nas misturas levou a um aumento da reatividade dos coques produzidos. Além disso, a resistência mecânica foi mínima para as misturas grosseiras, enquanto uma mistura mais fina tendeu a produzir coques de resistência mecânica superior. / Nowadays, the decreasing availability of excellent quality coals and their high prices lead cokemakers to use cheaper coals, consequently with inferior properties. At the same time, there is the need to maintain the high coke quality specifications required for the blast furnace. In this context, independent of the choice of coal to be used, the particle size control of coals and blends, created during crushing, can maintain or even improve the quality of coke to be produced. The present study had as main objective to assess how the properties of coals vary in relation to its particle size fractions after crushing, and study what effect different particle size distributions can cause on the properties of coke produced in laboratory scale. Thus, two individual coking coals and a blend were sampled, separated into particle size fractions and characterized. After the characterization of raw materials, cokes were made on a laboratory scale, from blends of different particle sizes for an individual coals. The characterizations of cokes were done by proximate analysis, texture, thermobalance CO2 reactivity, cold strength in a CSR drum, and microstrength. The results of the characterization of raw materials showed that the comminution of coal leads to concentrations of ash, volatile matter and macerals on different size fractions, causing changes in coking properties of size fractions. The results of the characterization of the cokes showed that each coal used has a more suitable particle size distribution which will generate a good quality coke. In terms of CO2 reactivity, a large amount of small particles in the blend led to an increase of coke reactivity. Furthermore, the mechanical strength of cokes was sharply affected by coarse particle, while a blend with high fine proportion produced a coke with high mechanical strength.

Atualmente a decrescente disponibilidade de carvões de excelente qualidade e seus preços elevados levam as coquerias a utilizarem carvões mais baratos e consequentemente com propriedades inferiores. Ao mesmo tempo, ocorre à necessidade de se manter as elevadas especificações de qualidade exigidas para o coque pelos altos-fornos. Nesse contexto, independente da escolha dos carvões a serem utilizados, o controle granulométrico dos carvões e misturas, realizado durante a britagem, pode manter ou até melhorar a qualidade do coque a ser produzido. O presente estudo teve como objetivo geral avaliar de que forma as propriedades dos carvões variam em relação a suas principais frações granulométricas após a cominuição, e estudar qual o efeito de diferentes distribuições de tamanhos de partículas sobre as propriedades de coques produzidos em escala de laboratório. Para isso, dois carvões coqueificáveis individuais e uma mistura foram amostrados, separados em frações granulométricas e caracterizados. Após a caracterização das matérias-primas, foram confeccionados coques em escala de laboratório, a partir de diferentes misturas de granulometrias para os carvões individuais amostrados. A caracterização dos coques foi realizada segundo análise imediata, textura, reatividade ao CO2 em termobalança, resistência a frio em tambor tipo I e microresistência. Os resultados obtidos da caracterização das matérias-primas mostraram que a cominuição dos carvões leva a concentrações de cinzas, matéria volátil e composição maceral em diferentes frações granulométricas produzindo alterações nas propriedades coqueificantes das frações granulométricas. O resultado da caracterização dos coques mostrou que cada carvão apresenta uma distribuição de tamanhos de partículas mais adequada, que irá gerar um coque de boa qualidade. Em termos de reatividade ao CO2, uma grande quantidade de partículas finas nas misturas levou a um aumento da reatividade dos coques produzidos. Além disso, a resistência mecânica foi mínima para as misturas grosseiras, enquanto uma mistura mais fina tendeu a produzir coques de resistência mecânica superior. / Nowadays, the decreasing availability of excellent quality coals and their high prices lead cokemakers to use cheaper coals, consequently with inferior properties. At the same time, there is the need to maintain the high coke quality specifications required for the blast furnace. In this context, independent of the choice of coal to be used, the particle size control of coals and blends, created during crushing, can maintain or even improve the quality of coke to be produced. The present study had as main objective to assess how the properties of coals vary in relation to its particle size fractions after crushing, and study what effect different particle size distributions can cause on the properties of coke produced in laboratory scale. Thus, two individual coking coals and a blend were sampled, separated into particle size fractions and characterized. After the characterization of raw materials, cokes were made on a laboratory scale, from blends of different particle sizes for an individual coals. The characterizations of cokes were done by proximate analysis, texture, thermobalance CO2 reactivity, cold strength in a CSR drum, and microstrength. The results of the characterization of raw materials showed that the comminution of coal leads to concentrations of ash, volatile matter and macerals on different size fractions, causing changes in coking properties of size fractions. The results of the characterization of the cokes showed that each coal used has a more suitable particle size distribution which will generate a good quality coke. In terms of CO2 reactivity, a large amount of small particles in the blend led to an increase of coke reactivity. Furthermore, the mechanical strength of cokes was sharply affected by coarse particle, while a blend with high fine proportion produced a coke with high mechanical strength.

Atualmente a decrescente disponibilidade de carvões de excelente qualidade e seus preços elevados levam as coquerias a utilizarem carvões mais baratos e consequentemente com propriedades inferiores. Ao mesmo tempo, ocorre à necessidade de se manter as elevadas especificações de qualidade exigidas para o coque pelos altos-fornos. Nesse contexto, independente da escolha dos carvões a serem utilizados, o controle granulométrico dos carvões e misturas, realizado durante a britagem, pode manter ou até melhorar a qualidade do coque a ser produzido. O presente estudo teve como objetivo geral avaliar de que forma as propriedades dos carvões variam em relação a suas principais frações granulométricas após a cominuição, e estudar qual o efeito de diferentes distribuições de tamanhos de partículas sobre as propriedades de coques produzidos em escala de laboratório. Para isso, dois carvões coqueificáveis individuais e uma mistura foram amostrados, separados em frações granulométricas e caracterizados. Após a caracterização das matérias-primas, foram confeccionados coques em escala de laboratório, a partir de diferentes misturas de granulometrias para os carvões individuais amostrados. A caracterização dos coques foi realizada segundo análise imediata, textura, reatividade ao CO2 em termobalança, resistência a frio em tambor tipo I e microresistência. Os resultados obtidos da caracterização das matérias-primas mostraram que a cominuição dos carvões leva a concentrações de cinzas, matéria volátil e composição maceral em diferentes frações granulométricas produzindo alterações nas propriedades coqueificantes das frações granulométricas. O resultado da caracterização dos coques mostrou que cada carvão apresenta uma distribuição de tamanhos de partículas mais adequada, que irá gerar um coque de boa qualidade. Em termos de reatividade ao CO2, uma grande quantidade de partículas finas nas misturas levou a um aumento da reatividade dos coques produzidos. Além disso, a resistência mecânica foi mínima para as misturas grosseiras, enquanto uma mistura mais fina tendeu a produzir coques de resistência mecânica superior. / Nowadays, the decreasing availability of excellent quality coals and their high prices lead cokemakers to use cheaper coals, consequently with inferior properties. At the same time, there is the need to maintain the high coke quality specifications required for the blast furnace. In this context, independent of the choice of coal to be used, the particle size control of coals and blends, created during crushing, can maintain or even improve the quality of coke to be produced. The present study had as main objective to assess how the properties of coals vary in relation to its particle size fractions after crushing, and study what effect different particle size distributions can cause on the properties of coke produced in laboratory scale. Thus, two individual coking coals and a blend were sampled, separated into particle size fractions and characterized. After the characterization of raw materials, cokes were made on a laboratory scale, from blends of different particle sizes for an individual coals. The characterizations of cokes were done by proximate analysis, texture, thermobalance CO2 reactivity, cold strength in a CSR drum, and microstrength. The results of the characterization of raw materials showed that the comminution of coal leads to concentrations of ash, volatile matter and macerals on different size fractions, causing changes in coking properties of size fractions. The results of the characterization of the cokes showed that each coal used has a more suitable particle size distribution which will generate a good quality coke. In terms of CO2 reactivity, a large amount of small particles in the blend led to an increase of coke reactivity. Furthermore, the mechanical strength of cokes was sharply affected by coarse particle, while a blend with high fine proportion produced a coke with high mechanical strength.

Due to the increasing demand for processing low-grade ores, larger volumes of material are being processed. Therefore, the size of flotation equipment has significantly increased for the past decades. The studies related to scale-up are and will remain to be crucial in terms of designing larger flotation equipment. One of the most important factors for flotation scaling-up is the “flotation rate constant”. Hence, the main aim of this investigation was to understand the scale-up criteria when the size of different laboratory-scale cells increases, using the Outotec GTK LabCell®. This was done by assessing the influence of impeller speed, as a hydrodynamic variable, on the flotation performance. Recovery was found to increase with an increase in the cell area to rotor diameter ratio. Flotation rate and recovery increased with an increase in the impeller speed until a certain point that it eventually decreased for the 2 l and 7.5 l cells. For the 4 l cell, the flotation rate and recovery decreased with increasing the impeller speed. The impeller speed of 1200 rpm allowed a successful scale-up based on the flotation rate constants and recovery when increasing the size of the cells. Maintaining the impeller speeds constant at 1300 rpm increased the flotation rate constants and recovery when increasing the cell size from both the 2 and 4 l cells to the 7.5 l cell. A further increase in the impeller speed to 1400 rpm also produced the flotation rate constants and recovery to increase as the cell size increased from both the 2 and 4 l cells to the 7.5 l cell. However, when increasing the cell size from 2 l to 4 l, good results were also observed for all impeller speeds. The products concentrate seem to become finer when decreasing the cell size, with only a few exceptions. The recovery of particles larger than 38 μm was found to differ considerably less among the different scales.

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Gegenstand dieser Arbeit ist die Untersuchung von zeitabhängigen Verfestigungseffekten in Sandböden. Dies geschieht im Rahmen des Leitthemas „Modifizierung und Optimierung von Baugrund zur Ressourcenschonung“ bei der G²-Gruppe Geotechnik. Die bereits in Feld- und Laborversuchen beobachtete und untersuchte Zunahme von Festigkeits- und Steifigkeitsparametern in grobkörnigen Böden über Zeit, die nicht auf die Setzung zurückzuführen ist, wird anhand von zwei Versuchsmethoden unter Laborbedingungen untersucht. Die Versuche werden unter Betrachtung verschiedener Einflussfaktoren durchgeführt. Die verwendeten Methoden sind eine Labor-Drucksondierung und eine Ultraschalluntersuchung, deren Prüfgeräte für die Untersuchung der zeitabhängigen Verfestigungseffekte entwickelt wurden. Die Kontrolle der Geeignetheit für den Nachweis der zu untersuchenden Effekte und die damit verbundenen Anpassungen der Prüfgeräte sollen die Erstellung und Optimierung eines Versuchsprogramms ermöglichen.:Einleitung 1 Überblick 1.1 Hinweis zum Ultraschallversuch 2 Ziele 3 Grundlagen und Stand der Wissenschaft 3.1 Beschreibung des Effekts 3.2 Abgrenzung zu zeitabhängigen Verfestigungseffekten in bindigen Böden 3.3 Sand in der Geotechnik 3.3.1 Makroskopische Betrachtung geotechnischer Eigenschaften 3.3.2 Mikroskopische Betrachtung geotechnischer Eigenschaften 3.4 Kenntnisstand der Wissenschaft zum Aging-Effekt in grobkörnigen Böden 3.5 Labor- und Feldversuche zur Untersuchung von Aging-Effekten in Sandböden 4 Versuchsmethodik 4.1 Einführung 4.2 Untersuchung des Versuchsmaterials 4.2.1 Bodenkenngrößen 4.2.2 Mikroskopische Bodenuntersuchung 4.3 Labor-Drucksondierung 4.3.1 Versuchsaufbau 4.3.2 Übersicht der Versuchsreihen 4.3.3 Versuchsauswertung 5 Ergebniszusammenstellung und Auswertung 6 Fazit und Ausblick 7 Literaturverzeichnis Erklärung / The subject is the investigation of time-dependent consolidation effects in sandy soils. This takes place within the framework of the main theme 'Modification and optimization of subsoil to conserve resources' at the G²-Gruppe Geotechnik. The increase in strength and stiffness parameters in granular soils over time, which has already been observed and investigated in field and laboratory tests, and which is not due to settlement, is investigated using two testing methods under laboratory conditions. The tests are carried out considering various parameters. The methods used are a Mini-CPT and an ultrasonic examination, the test equipment of which was developed for the examination of the Aging-effect of soils. The control of the suitability for the verification of the effects to be examined and the related adaptations of the test devices should enable the designing of a test routine.:Einleitung 1 Überblick 1.1 Hinweis zum Ultraschallversuch 2 Ziele 3 Grundlagen und Stand der Wissenschaft 3.1 Beschreibung des Effekts 3.2 Abgrenzung zu zeitabhängigen Verfestigungseffekten in bindigen Böden 3.3 Sand in der Geotechnik 3.3.1 Makroskopische Betrachtung geotechnischer Eigenschaften 3.3.2 Mikroskopische Betrachtung geotechnischer Eigenschaften 3.4 Kenntnisstand der Wissenschaft zum Aging-Effekt in grobkörnigen Böden 3.5 Labor- und Feldversuche zur Untersuchung von Aging-Effekten in Sandböden 4 Versuchsmethodik 4.1 Einführung 4.2 Untersuchung des Versuchsmaterials 4.2.1 Bodenkenngrößen 4.2.2 Mikroskopische Bodenuntersuchung 4.3 Labor-Drucksondierung 4.3.1 Versuchsaufbau 4.3.2 Übersicht der Versuchsreihen 4.3.3 Versuchsauswertung 5 Ergebniszusammenstellung und Auswertung 6 Fazit und Ausblick 7 Literaturverzeichnis Erklärung