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On-line moisture measurement of rocks, using microwave techniques

Includes bibliographical references. / On-line measurement of the moisture content of process streams in a mineral processing plant is vital for their efficient operation. Although many industrial moisture meters are available, most of these were designed to determine the moisture content of low density, fine grained, uniformly surfaced and low resistance materials. Consequently these meters operate poorly on mineral treatment plants as the measured material, rock, is dense, uneven and consists of mixtures of various minerals. A literature survey revealed that of the many methods available, only three techniques could be used for on-line moisture determination in mineral processing operations.These were microwave attenuation, phase and frequency techniques.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/8335
Date January 1989
CreatorsCelliers, Scarre
ContributorsDowning, B J
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Department of Electrical Engineering
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MSc
Formatapplication/pdf

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