Effect of viscosity on the cut (d50) size of hydrocyclone classifiers

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 881-891

  Kawatra, S K ^a   Bakshi, A K ^a   Rusesky, M T ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b Copper Range Company ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocyclones; Modelling; On line analysis

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE SEPARATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SLURRIES; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDROCYCLONE CLASSIFIERS; LYNCH AND RAO MODEL; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE MEASUREMENT; VIBRATING SPHERE VISCOMETER;

CLASSIFIERS;

EID: 0030211943     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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