Using modelling and simulation for the design of full scale ball mill circuits

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1311-1327

  Morrell, S ^a   Man, Y T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grinding; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

BALL MILL CIRCUITS;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 0031357342     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(97)00123-4     Document Type: Article

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