International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing (IJEM)
IJEM Vol. 6, No. 5, 8 Sep. 2016
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Simulation of Eddy Current Separation of Gold Particles from Sands
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Author(s)
Ayad Ahmed Nour El Islam
1,*
Ayad Abdelghani
2
Ramdani Youcef
3
Index Terms
Eddy-current separator, nonferrous metals, wastes, recycle, magnetic force
Abstract
The particles of gold can be reuse and recovered from electronics products and cards by sorting from many other metals or from sands. In mixtures of small gold spheres and sands have been sorted by an efficient method called eddy current separation able to separate the gold from a mixture of non ferrous particles. It's a mining sort and recycling industry. This study is based on the ejected force created by the eddy currents induced and the rotation of drum. These eddy currents create a opposing magnetic field to create magneto-dynamic repulsive force between permanent magnet of separator and gold particles, these last will be ejected in collector by gravity force.
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Ayad Ahmed Nour El Islam, Ayad Abdelghani, Ramdani Youcef,"Simulation of Eddy Current Separation of Gold Particles from Sands", International Journal of Engineering and Manufacturing(IJEM), Vol.6, No.5, pp.30-37, 2016. DOI: 10.5815/ijem.2016.05.04
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