Course overview, objective and themes

This workshop will be focused on the use of the filterpress for mine tailings dewatering. Filtered tailings dry stacking is nowadays a well-established technique for the mine waste management and filterpresses are one of the most popular technologies in this field.

Main objectives are:

• give a general understanding of the filter press technology: how does it works, main features, fields of applications;
• describe the impact of treated material characteristics on the filtration process;
• give an overview of the equipment size and design criteria;
• cover some aspects about process control and tuning;
• describe the characteristics of the filtered tailings produced, including geotechnical and mechanical properties