CA2893161C - Analyse de minerai exploite et controle des procedes associes d'exploitation et d'extraction - Google Patents
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Abstract
Dans une exploitation minière de surface, lanalyse de la composition du minerai en temps réel peut être utilisée pour diriger les processus miniers en cours et dans le mélange de flux dalimentation en minerai, afin dobtenir un flux de minerai sec mélangé répondant aux spécifications opérationnelles du traitement en aval. En outre, les données danalyse peuvent être utilisées pour contrôler les étapes de traitement en aval, par exemple pour déterminer les volumes et la température appropriés de leau et des produits chimiques ajoutés au minerai afin de former une composition de suspension appropriée pour le fonctionnement efficace dun procédé dextraction dhydrocarbures en aval, ou pour optimiser des étapes de traitement spécifiques dans lextraction dhydrocarbures dun minerai de sables bitumineux, sur la base des données danalyse. Les données danalyse du minerai peuvent également être utilisées pour mettre à jour une carte de mine ou de réservoir. Lanalyse du minerai peut être réalisée grâce à une analyse par réflectance infrarouge à laide de sondes proche infrarouge installées sur des équipements de transport ou de traitement de minerai en contact direct avec le minerai à analyser.
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