The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate

dc.contributor.advisorHansford, Geoffrey Spearingen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChapman, J Ten_ZA
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dc.date.available2016-03-14T07:16:28Z
dc.date.issued1989en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 125-136.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe recent focus on bacterial leaching as a preoxidation step in the treatment of refractory gold bearing sulphide ores and concentrates, has created the need for kinetic models to adequately describe bacterial leaching reactor performance. This work is a kinetic study of the bacterial leaching of a refractory gold bearing, pyrite concentrate. The study includes the presentation of two mechanistically based, the shrinking particle and propagating pore (Hansford and Drossou, 1986), batch reactor kinetic models. These models are derived for single stage continuous reactor description. In addition, the empirical logistic growth model (Pinches et al., 1987) is presented for both batch and continuous reactor description. The models are correlated with the experimental data. Three narrow size fractions of the pyrite concentrate were subjected to batch and continuous bacterial oxidation, using a Thiobacillus ferrooxidans culture. Time profile data of the pyrite oxidation were obtained for the batch reactor study. Similarly, retention time profile data of pyrite oxidation was obtained for the single stage continuous reactor. The .gold extraction as a function of sulphide oxidation as well as fraction arsenic leached, was established.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChapman, J. T. (1989). <i>The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Chemical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17706en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChapman, J T. <i>"The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Chemical Engineering, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17706en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChapman, J. 1989. The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chapman, J T AB - The recent focus on bacterial leaching as a preoxidation step in the treatment of refractory gold bearing sulphide ores and concentrates, has created the need for kinetic models to adequately describe bacterial leaching reactor performance. This work is a kinetic study of the bacterial leaching of a refractory gold bearing, pyrite concentrate. The study includes the presentation of two mechanistically based, the shrinking particle and propagating pore (Hansford and Drossou, 1986), batch reactor kinetic models. These models are derived for single stage continuous reactor description. In addition, the empirical logistic growth model (Pinches et al., 1987) is presented for both batch and continuous reactor description. The models are correlated with the experimental data. Three narrow size fractions of the pyrite concentrate were subjected to batch and continuous bacterial oxidation, using a Thiobacillus ferrooxidans culture. Time profile data of the pyrite oxidation were obtained for the batch reactor study. Similarly, retention time profile data of pyrite oxidation was obtained for the single stage continuous reactor. The .gold extraction as a function of sulphide oxidation as well as fraction arsenic leached, was established. DA - 1989 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1989 T1 - The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate TI - The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17706 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17706
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChapman JT. The batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrate. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Chemical Engineering, 1989 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17706en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Chemical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherChemical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.subject.otherLeachingen_ZA
dc.titleThe batch and continuous bacterial leaching kinetics of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite concentrateen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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