Performance Evaluation of CYFLOC® ULTRA HX-5300 – A New HXPAM Red Mud Flocculant

Applied in CBA (Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio)

Figure 1 indicates that the manufacturing and laboratory
samples of CYFLOC® ULTRA HX-5300 provided a significant
improvement in the red mud settling rate and overflow
clarity. Approximately 238 g/T of CYFLOC HX-3000
was required in order to deliver a settling rate of 10 m/h.
Conversely, the same settling rate was achieved with
approximately 194 g/T of CYFLOC ULTRA HX-5300. Findings
from these tests showed that the dosage of flocculant
was reduced by approximately 18% when CYFLOC ULTRA
HX-5300 was applied versus CYFLOC HX-3000.
Similar to settling rate performance, samples of CYFLOC
ULTRA HX-5300 also outperformed CYFLOC HX-3000
in clarity, as indicated in Figure 2. At a dosage of 225 g/T,
CYFLOC ULTRA HX-5300 delivered supernatant clarity
of approximately 80mg/L versus 140 mg/L when CYFLOC
HX-3000 was applied. After positive results were achieved
in the laboratory a plant trial was recommended in order to
verify the product performance in the plant.

30
CYFLOC® HX-3000
25 CYFLOC® Ultra HX-5300 (Lab. Lot)
CYFLOC® Ultra HX-5300 (Manuf. Lot)

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Settling Rate (m/h)

15

10

5 FIGURE 1:
Settling Rate versus Total Dose
0 of Flocculant
100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Total Dose (g/T)

600
CYFLOC® HX-3000
500 CYFLOC® Ultra HX-5300 (Lab. Lot)
CYFLOC® Ultra HX-5300 (Manuf. Lot)
Overflow Solids (mg/L)

400

300

200

100 FIGURE 2:
Supernatant Solids versus Total
0 Dose of Flocculant
100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Total Dose (g/T)

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