Design and Application of Rapid Dewatering for Tailings Containing Sodium Silicate: Laboratory and Industrial Test Results

Figure 5

Height variation of the solid-liquid interface with time (a) when the dosage of APAM was 30 g/t and the addition of lime changed from 1 kg/t to 4 kg/t; (b) when the addition of lime was 2 kg/t and the APAM changed from 10 g/t to 40 g/t.

(a)

(b)