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Applications for Tomographic Technology in Mining, Minerals and Food Engineering
Author(s) -
Williams Richard A.,
Atkinson Keith,
Luke Stephen P.,
Keith Barlow R.,
Dyer Ben C.,
Smith John,
Manning Michael
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.19950120209
Subject(s) - environmental science , acid mine drainage , plume , remote sensing , geology , environmental chemistry , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics
Existing and new applications for tomographic technology using optical, electrical radar and seismic sensing principles are described. It is demonstrated that important similarities link process instrumentation needs in the mineral benefication and food manufacturing sectors. The minerals industries provide a variety of challenging applications for tomography in the development and validation of models associated with acid mine drainage, the stability of mine workings, mineral exploration and other environmental needs such as monitoring landfill sites and groundwater plume dispersion.