Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17794/rgn.2022.5.14
SIMULATION OF LEACHING PROCESSES OF POLYMETALLIC ORES USING THE SIMILARITY THEOREM
Oleksandr Vladyko
; Dnipro University of Technology, Department of Mining Engineering and Education, Yavornytskoho Ave 19, UA-49005 Dnipro, Ukraine
Dmytro Maltsev
; Dnipro University of Technology, Department of Mining Engineering and Education, Yavornytskoho Ave 19, UA-49005 Dnipro, Ukraine
Dariusz Sala
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
Dariusz Cichoń
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
Valentyn Buketov
; Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Institute of the Center of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, San Agustin Street 107, PE-04000 Arequipa, Peru
Roman Dychkovskyi
; AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Management, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Krakow, Poland
Abstract
The use of similarity theorems for simulation of the technological process of mineral extraction is considered. The list of parameters that significantly influence the process of underground leaching of minerals is defined. Using these parameters and fundamental laws of physics and chemistry, mathematical functions are determined to describe the processes’ behaviour under these conditions. The obtained mathematical functions make it possible to develop a computer model of polymetallic ores leaching. This allows for the prediction of the volume of extracted concentrate with minerals from the ore mass with the associated compounds. The obtained results of calculations showed a change in the volume of minerals extracted from the rock mass depending on the mass of the working agent, the volume of leached ore and the solvent percolation rate. The results of the research can be used at mining enterprises to extract polymetallic ores by underground leaching. Also, they allow for the estimation of the economic issues from mining the ore reserves.
Keywords
similarity theorem; P-theorem; uranium ore; rock mass; leaching model; concentrate
Hrčak ID:
286709
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Publication date:
7.12.2022.
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