Investigation of Liquid Channeling in Heap by Tracer Test

This paper describes channeling of liquid flow in copper ore heaps used for chemical or bio- leaching. The size of packed beds utilized as heap is 5 by 5 meters and the height is 3.5 or 5 meters. Tracer tests with lithium as tracer were carried out to investigate the liquid flow within the heaps. Th...

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Published in:Journal of MMIJ
Main Authors: Tatsuya SHINKAWA, Tadashi CHIDA, So FURUKAWA, Taro KAMIYA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan 2017-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/journalofmmij/133/12/133_270/_pdf/-char/en