A compartment model for the mass transfer inside a conventional flotation cell

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-79

  Savassi, O N ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b MinnovEX Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Flotation modeling; Mass transfer; Pulp hydrodynamics; True flotation

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULP; RATE CONSTANTS;

FLOTATION MODELING; PULP COLLECTION; PULP HYDRODYNAMICS; TRUE FLOTATION;

MASS TRANSFER;

BUBBLES; ENTRAINMENT; FLOTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULPS;

EID: 24344446450     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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