Barraba Diatomaceous Plant Upgrade
Location: Barraba, New South Wales
Project Category:
Audit
Client:
Australian Diatomaceous Earth
Location:
Barraba, New South Wales
Capacity:
4tph
Commodity:
Diatomaceous Earth
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Scope of Work
Site visit and audit to confirm the equipment requirements for a throughput increase, taking into consideration the impact of tie-in to the current plant. The deliverables included, development of PFDs , Mass Balance and basic plant layout drawings.
Flowsheet
The circuit comprises three stages of rolls crushing, fluidised bed drying, product screening, packaging and dispatch to the market.
Notable Feature
Multiple use of rolls crushing size reduction stages, fluidized-bed drying and fine product screening.
Outcome
Ore characterisation data collected was used as the basis for the upgraded plant design incorporating existing equipment and processing techniques.