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Equivalent Circuit Models: An Effective Tool to Simulate Electric/Dielectric Properties of Ores—An Example Using Granite
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegata Gakuen Machi, Akita 010-8502, Japan.
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegata Gakuen Machi, Akita 010-8502, Japan.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7424-3940
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegata Gakuen Machi, Akita 010-8502, Japan.
Graduate School of Engineering Science, Akita University, 1-1 Tegata Gakuen Machi, Akita 010-8502, Japan.
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2022 (English)In: Materials, E-ISSN 1996-1944, Vol. 15, no 13, article id 4549Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The equivalent circuit model is widely used in high-voltage (HV) engineering to simulate the behavior of HV applications for insulation/dielectric materials. In this study, equivalent circuit models were prepared in order to represent the electric and dielectric properties of minerals and voids in a granite rock sample. The HV electric-pulse application shows a good possibility of achieving a high energy efficiency with the size reduction and selective liberation of minerals from rocks. The electric and dielectric properties were first measured, and the mineral compositions were also determined by using a micro-X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. Ten patterns of equivalent circuit models were then prepared after considering the mineral distribution in granite. Hard rocks, as well as minerals, are dielectric materials that can be represented as resistors and capacitors in parallel connections. The values of the electric circuit parameters were determined from the known electric and dielectric parameters of the minerals in granite. The average calculated data of the electric properties of granite agreed with the measured data. The conductivity values were 53.5 pS/m (measurement) and 36.2 pS/m (simulation) in this work. Although there were some differences between the measured and calculated data of dielectric loss (tanδ), their trend as a function of frequency agreed. Even though our study specifically dealt with granite, the developed equivalent circuit model can be applied to any other rock.

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MDPI, 2022. Vol. 15, no 13, article id 4549
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conductivity, dielectric constant, hard rock, mineral distribution, voltage-dependent resistance (VDR)
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Geology Applied Mechanics
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Waste Science and Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-92160DOI: 10.3390/ma15134549ISI: 000824229900001PubMedID: 35806673Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85133431385OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-92160DiVA, id: diva2:1683075
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