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A plug-flow model is described for the reactor mass balance of a typical AARL gold elution process. The model is in the form of a hyperbolic differential equation and was transformed using the method of characteristics. The transformed model was then solved simultaneously with models dependent on intraparticle surface diffusion and film transfer parameters. The solution was found to represent the experimental data for a modified form of the AARL elution. Correlation between the experimental conditions and the film transfer parameters estimated by the model are also presented.
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Banini, G., Stange, W. Modeling of gold elution from activated carbon using a modified AARL process. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 14, 36–40 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03402776
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