Results of experimental studies of amber extraction by hydromechanical method in Ukraine

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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2016.72404

Keywords:

amber, liquefaction, segregation, hydromechanical method, vibrohydraulic intensifier, vibration emitter

Abstract

Patterns of interrelation between the amber­containing mining mass and vibrohydraulic intensifier were defined with the substantiation of its technological parameters for creating the required density of the medium, which provides for maximal extraction of amber.

Existing methods and methods for the extraction of amber were analyzed and a new method for the extraction of amber out of amber­containing sand field was proposed, providing for higher efficiency of its recovery while negative impact on the natural environment is reduced.

Laboratory and field studies were carried out on amber­containing sand fields in Rivnensky­Volynsky region with the purpose of improvement of existing technologies of extraction of amber. 

When carrying out experimental research, we determined the main technological parameters of hydromechanical method of amber extraction and determined the patterns of influence of water and air on the liquefaction of amber­containing sandy media when an array is exposed to the action of a vibrohydraulic intensifier, during which a maximal speed of amber recovery to the surface is achieved.

In the process of field research, we implemented the latest technology and achieved maximum extraction of amber in the deposit, which is 90–95 % of the total mass.

Author Biographies

Zinovii Malanchuk, National University of Water Management and Nature Resources use Sobornaya str., 11, Rivne, Ukraine, 33028

Doctor of Technical Science, Professor

Department of Development of Deposits and Mining

Valerii Korniyenko, National University of Water Management and Nature Resources use, Sobornaya str., 11, Rivne, Ukraine, 33028

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Development of Deposits and Mining

Yevhenii Malanchuk, National University of Water Management and Nature Resources use, Sobornaya str., 11, Rivne, Ukraine, 33028

Doctor of Technical Science, Associate Professor

Department of Automation, Electrical Engineering and Computer-integrated Technologies

Andriy Khrystyuk, National University of Water Management and Nature Resources use, Sobornaya str., 11, Rivne, Ukraine, 33028

Postgraduate student

Department of Automation, Electrical Engineering and Computer-integrated Technologies

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Published

2016-06-30

How to Cite

Malanchuk, Z., Korniyenko, V., Malanchuk, Y., & Khrystyuk, A. (2016). Results of experimental studies of amber extraction by hydromechanical method in Ukraine. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 3(10(81), 24–28. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2016.72404