Microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system and mining method for metal mines

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023243259-A1
Application number	US-202118023481-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 1, 2021
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Aug 3, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The invention relates to a microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system and a mining method for metal mines. The microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system comprises a microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system, a microwave separation system, a high-power microwave focused melting system and a goaf, wherein ore-waste rock mixtures mined by the microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system are transported to the microwave separation system through a conveyor I and an elevator on the microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system, separated ores are transported to the high-power microwave focused melting system, and separated waste rocks are transported through a conveyor V to the goaf for filling. Microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining is adopted instead of a traditional blasting mining method to increase an excavation speed and avoid the influence of blasting on the stability of surrounding rocks.

First claim

1 . A microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system for metal mines, comprising a microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system, a microwave separation system, a high-power microwave focused melting system and a goaf, wherein ore-waste rock mixtures mined by the microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system are transported to the microwave separation system through a conveyor I and an elevator on the microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system, separated ores are transported to the high-power microwave focused melting system, and separated waste rocks are transported through a conveyor V to the goaf for filling,
wherein the high-power microwave focused melting system comprises a conveyor III and a vertical ore flow pipeline, wherein the conveyor III is arranged at a lower right of a conveyor II, a conveyor IV is arranged at a lower left of the conveyor III, a conveyor belt of the conveyor IV is a mesh conveyor belt, the conveyor V is arranged at a lower right of the conveyor III, both the conveyor III and the conveyor IV are mounted on a ground through a stand, a molten metal mineral pool mounted on the ground is arranged under the conveyor IV, and an output end of the conveyor III is connected with a crusher through a chute; the crusher is mounted on a stand of the conveyor IV through a support, and the vertical ore flow pipeline is fixedly mounted in the support; an output end of the crusher is connected with an inlet end of the vertical ore flow pipeline, an outer circumference of the vertical ore flow pipeline is successively provided with an upper choke coil, a single-mode heating cavity, a lower choke coil and an electromagnetic coil from top to bottom, wherein an infrared thermal imager II is arranged on one side of the single-mode heating cavity, the single-mode heating cavity is connected with a microwave generator II mounted on the ground through a waveguide, the metal minerals molten by the single-mode heating cavity flow out of an output end of the vertical ore flow pipeline and flow into the molten metal mineral pool through a mesh of the mesh conveyor belt, and separated gangue minerals are conveyed to the goaf through the conveyor IV and the conveyor V.

2 . The microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system according to claim 1 , wherein the microwave pre-splitting mechanical mining system comprises open microwave radiators, a mechanical cutting machine, the conveyor I and the elevator, wherein the conveyor I is fixedly mounted on the ground through a stand on the conveyor I, an output end of the conveyor I is connected with an input end of the elevator, the mechanical cutting machine is fixedly mounted on the ground through a machine body, and is located on one side of the conveyor I, and the open microwave radiators are mounted on a side wall of a machine head of the mechanical cutting machine; and a cutter head of the mechanical cutting machine and the open microwave radiators control a height and an angle through extension and rotation of a mechanical rocker arm on the mechanical cutting machine; the open microwave radiators are divided into horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators and vertically-arranged open microwave radiators, the horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators are arranged at a front end of the mechanical cutting machine in a cutting direction, and the vertically-arranged open microwave radiators are arranged above the mechanical cutting machine in a vertical cutting direction.

3 . The microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system according to claim 1 , wherein the microwave separation system comprises a microwave cavity, a separation controller and the conveyor II, wherein the conveyor II is mounted on the ground through a stand, and an input end of the conveyor II is connected with an output end of the elevator; a microwave generator base is mounted on the stand, close to one side of the elevator, of the conveyor II through a rib plate, a microwave generator I is mounted on an upper surface of the microwave generator base, the microwave generator I is connected with the microwave cavity through a waveguide, and a conveyor belt of the conveyor II penetrates through the microwave cavity; a support plate is mounted on one side, being away from the elevator, of the conveyor II through the rib plate, a support is mounted on the support plate, the separation controller is mounted on an upper surface of the support, a plurality of infrared thermal imagers I and a plurality of air nozzles are mounted on two horizontal beams of the support, and the number of the infrared thermal imagers I is the same as that of the air nozzles; and the air nozzles are arranged directly above a falling position of the ores, the infrared thermal imagers I and the air nozzles are connected with the separation controller, after particles of the ores are heated by the closed microwave cavity under a transmission of the conveyor II, a temperature of the particles is measured by the infrared thermal imagers I, when mixtures of the heated ores and the waste rocks pass through a position directly below a separation control system, the air nozzles are turned on, under an action of air blowing, the ores change a movement path to fall onto s-the conveyor III, and the waste rocks do not change a movement path to fall onto the conveyor V.

4 . (canceled)

5 . A mining method using the microwave-mechanical fluidization mining system according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:
Step 1: dividing an ore body into several layers according to a one-time cutting height of a mechanical cutting machine, and performing layer-by-layer cutting from bottom to top; Step 2: simultaneously turning on horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators and vertically-arranged open microwave radiators, performing adjustment to a maximum output power in a safe range, and pre-splitting first and second layers of the ore body respectively, wherein the open microwave radiators and the mechanical cutting machine travel in the same direction, after the horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators pre-split the ore body, the mechanical cutting machine synchronously follows up continuous cutting of the first layer of the ore body, and at the same time, the vertically-arranged open microwave radiators pre-split the second layer of the ore body, and continues to cut the second layer of the ore body after the first layer of the ore body is cut; when the second layer of the ore body is cut, the mechanical cutting machine translates the horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators and a cutter head to the second layer of the ore body through a mechanical rocker arm, at this time, the vertically-arranged open microwave radiators move to a third layer of the ore body, and the second layer of the ore body is pre-split by the vertically-arranged open microwave radiators; according to a cutting effect of the first layer of the ore body, the horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators are selectively turned on or off, and when a cutting speed of the first layer of the ore body meets a site demand, the horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators are turned off; when the cutting speed of the first layer of the ore body cannot meet the site demand, the horizontally-arranged open microwave radiators are turned on; and Step 2 is repeated to continue mining the next layer of the ore body; Step 3: conveying cut ore body particles to the conveyor II through the conveyor I and the elevator, wherein the ore body particles are heated by a microwave cavity, and a lowest average temperature a of the ore body particles reaching a cut-off grade after microwave treatment is counted by an infrared thermal imager I; Step 4, taking the lowest average temperature a measured in Step 3 as a standard, wherein when an average temperature of the ore body particles measured

Assignees

• Univ Northeastern

Inventors

• Feng Xiating
• Lin Feng
• Yang Chengxiang
• Zhang Jiuyu
• Su Xiangxin
• Li Shiping

Classifications

• C22B4/08

  Apparatus ({C22B4/005 takes precedence; } electric heating elements H05B) · CPC title

• C22B1/00

  Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap · CPC title

• C22B4/00

  Electrothermal treatment of ores or metallurgical products for obtaining metals or alloys (obtaining iron or steel C21B, C21C) · CPC title

• E21C37/00 Primary

  Other methods or devices for dislodging with or without loading (breaking-down by means inserted in slits E21C27/14) · CPC title

• E21C41/22 Primary

  for ores, e.g. mining placers · CPC title