MAGNETIC

SEPARATION
Lecture # 9
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MAGNETIC SEPARATION

Magnetic separation is a process in

which magnetically susceptible material is
extracted from a mixture using a magnetic
force. This separation technique can be useful
in mining iron as it is attracted to a magnet.
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MAGNETIC SEPARATION
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MAGNETIC SEPARATION
Principle:

Magnetic separation is technique used in

metallurgy for the concentration of ore
particles. The principle of this method is that
the magnetic ore particles can be separated
from non magnetic impurities (gangue) or vice
versa.
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Principle
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MAGNETIC SEPARATION
APPLICATIONS :
Magnetic separation is used in a wide spectrum of areas
of material handling whose requirements differ
considerably. In general terms, magnetic separation
methods are used in several distinct processes

Magnetic filtration
! recovery of liquid ( the magneti"able solids are
discarded)
! recovery of magneti"able solids (liquid is discarded)
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APPLICATIONS

#oncentration of magneti"able component into

the magnetic fraction and re$ection of the
%non!magnetic& waste.

#oncentration of non!ferrous metals by

discarding the non!metallic components of a
mixture, and separation of individual non!
ferrous metals into individual fractions.
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APPLICATIONS

'eparation of materials into individual density

fractions.

for large volume separation in the mining,

aggregate, and other industries.

It is also widely used to remove metal

contaminants from plastics but not to separate
plastics from each other.
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ADVANTAGES

Magnetic separation provides hands!off

automation and high reliability in contrast to
ha"ardous, laborious, and inefficient manual
methods of cutting apart material components
with a (nife or band saw. 'uch methods often
result in incomplete separation, so recovered
material is usable mainly in lower!value
applications.
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TPES O! MAGNETIC
SEPARATION PROCESSES

)ry magnetic separation process.

*et magnetic separation process.

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DR MAGNETIC SEPARATION

In a dry mode, coarse magnetic particles can

be recovered by a variety of high!intensity
magnetic separators

Including induced magnetic roll , cross belt

separator , permanent magnet roll separator,
rare!earth drum separator and open!gradient
separator.
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T"e MagMi## $ %or &r' coa#
c#eaning
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Pu#(eri)er
*or+ing
The MagMill is a selective dry screening and magnetic separation
process that is integrated into the existing coal pulverizers to remove
unwanted coal constituents prior to combustion.The MagMill can
reduce emissions of mercury and/or sulfur, improve boiler performance
by reducing ash components that contribute to slagging and/or erosion,
and reduce coal costs by upgrading poor quality coals.
ithin a pulverizer, coal falls down a central feed pipe onto a rotating
table in the bottom portion of the pulverizer.!s the table rotates, the
coal is slung radially outward and crushed as it passes underneath
gigantic steel tires which roll in grooves on the table."ot air blown from
underneath the rotating table enters the grinding chamber through a
gap at the outer circumference of the rotating table.This hot air both
dries the coal and sweeps the #ne particles released in the crushing
upward to the classi#er at the top of the mill.$versize particles are
returned for additional grinding and the #ne particles are blown directly
to the burners.
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%ont&

'ecause of their weight and hardness, the minerals in

the feed coal require more passes underneath the
rollers than does the relatively soft hydrocarbon
component of the coal. The minerals, therefore,
become concentrated on the grinding table.

(n the MagMill con#guration a stream rich in these

hard)to)grind minerals such as iron pyrite is
withdrawn through the wall of the pulverizer to the
magnetic separator.$utside the pulverizer the
material is processed through mechanical and
magnetic separators to re*ect the minerals and to
recover the carbon which is returned to the mill for
grinding to speci#cation.
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DR MAGNETIC SEPARATION
APPLICATIONS

In the removal of tramp iron from process

streams.

In beneficiations of strong magnetic minerals,

as well as feebly magnetic minerals such as
wolframite, cassitreite or limenite.
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DR MAGNETIC SEPARATION
APPLICATIONS

+urification of numerous industrial minerals

such as andalusite, glass sand, fluorspar,
feldspar, diamond and others, by removing
fine strongly magnetic impurities.
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DR MAGNETIC
SEPARATOR
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DR MAGNETIC SEPARATION

,or magnetic separator to be successful, the

material should be pletely dry, which sometimes
involves an expansive heating stage.

,or particles smaller than a certain threshold si"e

(for instance -. m), the attractive electrostatic
and van der *aals forces will cause stic(ing and
the formation of aggregates. 'electivity of
separation can thus be severely affected.
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*ET MAGNETIC SEPARATION

*et low intensity drum magnetic separation

(/IM') are used to recover strongly magnetic
solids from a slurry feed.
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*ET MAGNETIC
SEPARATOR
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*ET MAGNETIC SEPARATION
,SES:

0s a magnetic filter to remove a single solid

component from a suspension.

0s a magnetic separator to remove unwanted

magnetic component from a mixture of
materials
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*ET MAGNETIC SEPARATION
,SES:-.

,or a concentration of valuable wea(ly

magnetic materials from a mixture.
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MAGNETIC !ILTRATION

Magnetic filtration is used primarily for the

removal of fine particulates from dilute fluid
suspensions.

1emoval is carried out by passing suspensions

through a magneti"ed matrix, which leads to
the retention of particles throughout the matrix.
The fluid stream may be either liquid or gas.
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MAGNETIC !ILTERATION
PROCESS

The process of magnetic filtration is analogous

to that of deep be filtration, the difference being
that an additional external force, namely the
magnetic force, contributes to the filtration
efficiency in magnetic filtration.

The magnitude of the applied magnetic field is

dictated by the magnetic susceptibility of the
suspended solids.
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