Research Article

Model of Consecutive, Steady-State Underflow for Vertical Tailing Silos

Table 3

Results of tailing settling experiment.

Mass concentrationVolume concentrationSettling velocity (m/s)Suspension concentration (kg/m3)Solid flux (kg/m2·s)

0.150.060.00048913166.090.08124
0.20.080.00037371229.670.08583
0.250.10.0002698298.140.08044
0.30.130.00019538372.10.0727
0.350.160.00013995452.230.06329
0.40.190.00009677539.340.05219