Enhanced column flotation performance for fine coal cleaning

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 931-945

  Honaker, R Q ^a   Mohanty, M K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Column flotation; Flotation froths; Flotation kinetics; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CLEANING; FROTH FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; REACTION KINETICS; SEPARATORS; TECHNOLOGY;

COAL RECOVERY; FEED COMPONENT FLOTATION KINETICS; FINE COAL CLEANING; FLOTATION COLUMNS; FROTH DROP BACK; MIDDLING PARTICLES;

COAL;

EID: 0030243125     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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