Inferential measurement of SAG mill parameters II: State estimation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1043-1053

  Apelt, T A ^a,c   Asprey, S P ^a   Thornhill, N F ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comminution; Modelling; SAG milling; Simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBSERVABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATE ESTIMATION;

COMBINED STATE AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT MODEL; GRINDABILITY; SEMIAUTOGENOUS GRINDING MILLS;

GRINDING MILLS;

EID: 0036967979     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00229-7     Document Type: Article

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