METHOD OF CAVITATION-ACOUSTIC WEAKENING AND DISINTEGRATION OF PLACERS' CLAY SANDS Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC B03B5/00 E21C41/30 

FIELD: process engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to mining and may be used in developing natural and technogenic placer deposits of natural resources with increased content of fine and thin gold. Proposed method comprises deposit opening, producing sump, weakening rocks by feeding water and filtration, and mounting pipeline transport of hydraulic mix with pumps with hydrodynamic cavitation agitator. Pre-loosened mined rock arranged in sump first section by bulldozer agitator is subjected to ultrasound at frequency of 20 Hz and intensity of 10 to 20 W/cm². Water is forced into sump first section in amount making 0.15 to 0.3 of volume content of rocks lumps at porosity of 26 to 40% to act by ultrasound with 20 Hz-frequency and 10 to 20 W/cm²-intensity onto hydraulic mix and feeding said mix to system of jetting and grading with pre-disintegration by hydrodynamic cavitation agitator. Simultaneously with loosening mined rock in first section, second sump section is filled with loosened mined rock. Jetting and grading with barren rock and feeding hydraulic mix in additional sump are performed for additional saturation with water. Water is additionally fed into additional sump with the solid-to-liquid ratio of 3:7 to act by ultrasound with 20 Hz frequency and 10 to 20 W/cm² intensity onto hydraulic mix solid component in additional sump.

EFFECT: higher efficiency and environmental safety.

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