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- Title
ANALYSING THE ROLE OF A BIO-SURFACTANT EXTRACTED FROM COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (L.) SCHOTT ON THE STABILIZATION OF HIGH CONCENTRATED IRON ORE SLURRY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
- Authors
Das, Subrata Narayan; Biswal, Susanta K.; Mohapatra, Ranjan K.
- Abstract
The transportation of minerals/ores in form of slurry through pipelines is an alternative, effective and also eco-friendly mode of transportation. Surfactants extracted from the plant sources are gaining high interest for the formulation and stabilization of high concentrated solid-water slurries. In this work, the role of a novel biosurfactant extracted from Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott on the stabilisation of iron ore slurry (IOS) was studied and reported first time. The collected iron ore powder (IOP) and dried IOS samples were analysed with the help of XRF, XRD, SEM and EDS analysis. The results confirmed that the surfactant molecules (present in aqueous Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott) coated well on iron surface and forms an effective barrier between the iron ore (IO) particles. The studied rheological parameters for the slurry indicated non-Newtonian flow behaviour.
- Subjects
IRON ores; TARO; SLURRY; NON-Newtonian flow (Fluid dynamics); IRON powder
- Publication
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 6, p1459
- ISSN
1011-3924
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4314/bcse.v37i6.13