Gold Production Plant - Activated Carbon Consumption Estimator

Estimating carbon make-up in CIP / CIL gold plants
Mellifiq WCOC-11 | Coconut Shell-based ( equal to Jacobi Goldsorb 6000 )
Hakim C&E ( Chemicals & Engineering )
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Plant Inputs

Results

Gold in feed
Gold adsorbed
Carbon advance rate
Attrition loss
Regeneration loss
Total make-up
Specific consumption
Monthly (30 d)
Annual (350 d)
Annual cost
Method: gold mass balance → carbon advance → attrition + regeneration losses (Fleming et al., 2011).

Mellifiq® WCOC-11 ( equal to Goldsorb 6000 )

Gold Capacity (K)32 kg/tKinetics (R)65
CTC activity≥ 60%Hardness≥ 98.5%
Attrition (A.A.R.L.)≤ 2%Apparent density480–510 kg/m³
Surface area1150 m²/gTotal ash≤ 4%
Moisture≤ 4%Sizes (mesh)6x12, 6x16, 8x16, 12x30
Applications: CIP, CIL, CIC circuits; silver recovery; grinding-media recovery.