Hydrodynamic and metallurgical characterization of industrial flotation banks for control purposes

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1033-1046

  Yianatos, J ^a   Bergh, L ^a   Condori, P ^a   Aguilera, J ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Codelco Chile ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

Flotation bubbles; Froth flotation; Modelling; Process instrumentation; Process optimization

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPRESSED AIR; HYDRODYNAMICS; METALLURGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROCESS CONTROL;

BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FLOTATION;

EID: 0035445096     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(01)00109-1     Document Type: Article

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