Prediction of dense medium cyclone performance from large size density tracer test

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 741-751

  Hu, S ^a   Firth, B ^a   Vince, A ^b   Lees, G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dense medium separation; Modeling; Particle size

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DIFFUSION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEDIMENTATION;

DENSE MEDIUM CYCLONE PERFORMANCE; TRACER TESTS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLUX;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035400405     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(01)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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