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2018 / Conference / Slurry & Mechanical Engineering / Tailings Management

Stochastic modelling of beach profiles including the influence of thickener performance

It is generally well accepted that in the design and operation of thickened tailings storages, ‘better’ thickener performance will improve the beach profile, and thereby enhance the overall performance of the stack.

Keith Seddon ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Australia

Behnam Pirouz ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Australia

Sadegh Javadi ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Australia

Paste 2018 – RJ Jewell and AB Fourie (eds)
© 2018 Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 978-0-9924810-8-7

https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/1805_20_Seddon/

2017 / Journal / Water Management

Expert opinion on risks to the long-term viability of residential recycled water schemes: An Australian study

The water sector needs to make efficient and prudent investment decisions by carefully considering the long-term viability of water infrastructure projects. To support the assessment and planning of residential recycled water schemes in Australia, we have sought to clarify scheme objectives and to further define the array of critical risks that can impact the long-term viability of schemes.

Camilla West Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074 and Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia

Steven Kenway Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074, Australia

Maureen Hassall Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074 and Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia

Zhiguo Yuan School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074, Australia

Water Research 120 (2017) 133e145

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.077
0043-1354/© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

2017 / Ground Engineering / Technical Paper

An Innovative Approach to Determine Particle Size Distribution for Rockfill Material

Particle characterisation like size distribution and shape can greatly affect the mechanical behaviour of granular materials, and is closely related to the economics for engineering projects. For rockfill material in embankment dam construction, the particle size distribution (PSD) is fundamental to the design, quality control and numerical modelling.

Zerui Lu Melbourne School of Engineering, the University of Melbourne, Australia and ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

Behrooz Ghahreman-Nejad Melbourne School of Engineering, the University of Melbourne, Australia and ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

Mahdi M. Disfani Melbourne School of Engineering, the University of Melbourne, Australia

2017 / Journal / Water Management

SPH modelling of multi-fluid lock-exchange over and within porous media

Multi-fluid flow over and within porous media occurs frequently in nature and plays an important role in engineering applications. The modeling of these flows and validation against experimental or field observations have not been largely conducted in literature. An explicit numerical scheme for incompressible fluid using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (EISPH) was employed and solved using two integration algorithms.

Hossein Basser Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
Murray Rudman Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
Edoardo Daly Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia

Advances in Water Resources 108 (2017) 15–28

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.07.011
0309-1708/© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

2017 / Conference / Slurry & Mechanical Engineering / Tailings Management

Thickener performance variability: underflow solids concentration and flowrate

The operational fluctuations of tailings thickeners have the potential to cause significant impacts on the tailings transport system and the tailings deposition at a tailings storage facility (TSF).

Behnam Pirouz ATC Williams, Australia

Sadegh Javadi ATC Williams, Australia

Keith Seddon ATC Williams, Australia

Paste Conference 2017

2016 / Journal / Water Management

Why do residential recycled water schemes fail? A comprehensive review of risk factors and impact on objectives

In Australia, recycled water schemes have been implemented in residential developments to contribute to sustainable urban development, improve water supply security and reduce pollutant discharges to the environment. A proportion of these schemes, however, have been decommissioned well before the end of their design life which raises questions about the adequacy of the risk assessment and management practices adopted for recycled water schemes.

Camilla West Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074 and Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia

Steven Kenway Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia and School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074, Australia

Maureen Hassall Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074 and Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, PO Box 8000, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia

Zhiguo Yuan School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4074, Australia

Water Research 102 (2016) 271e281

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.06.044
0043-1354/© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

2015 / Conference / Slurry & Mechanical Engineering / Tailings Management

Open channel transportation of thickened tailings

The mining industry is moving towards thickened tailings with higher density than conventional operations.  As  a  result,  tailings  transportation  is  more  challenging  due  to  the  material’s  tendency  to  exhibit  non‐Newtonian behaviour at high solid concentration.

Sadegh Javadi  RMIT University, Australia

Paul Slatter  ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Australia

Satinth Bhattacharya  RMIT University, Australia

Rahul Gupta  RMIT University, Australia

Paste 2015 – RJ Jewell and AB Fourie (eds)
© 2015 Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 978-0-9924810-1-8

2015 / Slurry & Mechanical Engineering / Tailings Management / Technical Paper

Chuquicamata full-scale field deposition trial

A large-scale field deposition trial was carried out at the Chuquimata mines Talabre Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) in Chile to study the achievable beach sloop with the current tailings in the absence id further thickening. The tailings received art the Talabre TSF are a mix of tailings from two different operating mines; Chuquimata (CH) and Ministro Hales (MH).

Benham Pirouz ATC Williams, Australia

Sadegh Javadi ATC Williams, Australia

Paul Williams ATC Williams, Australia

Carlos Pavissich ATC Williams, Chile

G Caro Codelco, Chile

Paste 2015 – RJ Jewell and AB Fourie (eds)

© 2015 Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 978-0-9924810-1-8

2015 / Conference / Slurry & Mechanical Engineering / Tailings Management

Stochastic beach profile modelling

Modelling of a tailings beach using a time series of thickener output (flow rate and solids concentration)  was first reported by Fitton et al. (2007). Seddon and Fitton (2011) presented statistical data on the  performance of thickeners, and showed that the observed concave shape in tailings beaches could be  adequately  explained  by  this  variability.

Keith Seddon  ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Australia

Behnam Pirouz  ATC Williams Pty Ltd, Australia

Tim Fitton  Fitton Tailings Consultants, Australia

Paste 2015 – RJ Jewell and AB Fourie (eds)
© 2015 Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 978-0-9924810-1-8

2013 / Slurry & Mechanical Engineering / Tailings Management / Technical Paper

Paste & Thickened tailings – myth busting and clarification

It is the contention of this paper that there remains considerable confusion regarding the mechanisms and benefits of thickened tailings schemes. This paper will attempt to clarify some of these issues.

T.G. Fitton ATC Williams, Australia

K.D. Seddon ATC Williams, Australia

Paste 2013 — A.A. Editor and B. Editor (eds)

© 2013 Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, ISBN 978-0-98709xx-x-x

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