Title :
High gradient magnetic separation for weakly magnetized fine particles [for geothermal water treatment]
Author :
Okada, Hidehiko ; Tada, Tomohiro ; Chiba, Akihiko ; Mitsuhashi, Kazunari ; Ohara, Takeshi ; Wada, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
Iwate Ind. Promotion Center, Adv. Sci. & Technol. Inst. of Iwate, Morioka, Japan
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We measured the removal efficiency of hematite (Fe2O3) and iron (III) hydroxide (Fe(OH)3) fine particles suspended in water in a high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) system. Fe2O3 and Fe(OH)3 have relatively small magnetic relative susceptibilities (MKS) near 10-3 and average particle diameters near 1 μm. We demonstrated that HGMS is able to effectively separate weakly magnetized particles.
Keywords :
geothermal power; magnetic particles; magnetic separation; superconducting magnets; suspensions; water treatment; Fe(OH)3; Fe2O3; arsenic removal; flow velocity effect; geothermal water; high gradient magnetic separation; higher efficiency purification; ion-exchange resin; membrane filter; removal efficiency; superconducting magnet; weakly magnetized fine particles; Biomembranes; Geothermal power generation; Iron; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic materials; Magnetic separation; Magnetization; Superconducting filters; Superconducting magnets; Water heating;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2002.1018561