Flotation process
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Flotation process is a method of separation
widely used in the wastewater
treatment and mineral processing
industries.
Various flotation processes include the following:
Separation process
In chemistry and chemical engineering, a separation process, or simply a separation, is any mass transfer process used to convert a mixture of substances into two or more distinct product mixtures, at least one of which is enriched in one or more of the mixture's constituents. In some cases, a...
widely used in the wastewater
Wastewater
Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic residences, commercial properties, industry, and/or agriculture and can encompass a wide range of potential contaminants and concentrations...
treatment and mineral processing
Mineral processing
In the field of extractive metallurgy, mineral processing, also known as mineral dressing or ore dressing, is the process of separating commercially valuable minerals from their ores.-History:...
industries.
Various flotation processes include the following:
- Dissolved air flotation
- Induced gas flotationInduced gas flotationInduced Gas Flotation is a water treatment process that clarifies wastewaters by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids. The removal is achieved by injecting air bubbles into the water or wastewater in a flotation tank or basin...
- Froth flotationFroth flotationFroth flotation is a process for selectively separating hydrophobic materials from hydrophilic. This is used in several processing industries...
, typical in the mineral processing industry.
See also
- Industrial water treatmentIndustrial water treatmentIndustrial Water Treatment can be classified into the following categories:* Boiler water treatment* Cooling water treatment* Wastewater treatment...
- WastewaterWastewaterWastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic residences, commercial properties, industry, and/or agriculture and can encompass a wide range of potential contaminants and concentrations...
- Industrial wastewater treatmentIndustrial wastewater treatmentIndustrial wastewater treatment covers the mechanisms and processes used to treat waters that have been contaminated in some way by anthropogenic industrial or commercial activities prior to its release into the environment or its re-use....
- API oil-water separatorAPI oil-water separatorAn API oil-water separator is a device designed to separate gross amounts of oil and suspended solids from the wastewater effluents of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, natural gas processing plants and other industrial sources...
- Clarification and stabilization of wineClarification and stabilization of wineThe clarification and stabilization of wine in winemaking involves removing insoluble and suspended materials. The insoluble material causes a wine to be cloudy. These processes may include fining, filtration, centrifugation, flotation, refrigeration, barrel maturation, pasteurization and racking...