Application of numerical image analysis to process diagnosis and physical parameter measurement in mineral processes-Part I: Flotation control based on froth textural characteristics

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 6-8, 2006, Pages 734-747

  Bartolacci, Gianni ^a   Pelletier Jr , Patrick ^a   Tessier Jr , Jayson ^b   Duchesne, Carl ^b   Bossé, Pierre Alexandre ^c   Fournier, Julie ^c  

^a COREM ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Mines Agnico Eagle Limitee   (Canada)

Author keywords

Froth flotation; Froth structure; Inferential grade control; Multivariate image analysis

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; FEEDBACK CONTROL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; ZINC METALLURGY;

FROTH STRUCTURE; GREY-LEVEL CO-OCCURRENCE MATRIX (GLCM); INFERENTIAL GRADE CONTROL; MULTIVARIATE IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES (PLS) METHOD; RBG IMAGE;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 33644937654     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.09.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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