Application of model predictive control in ball mill grinding circuit

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1099-1108

  Chen, Xi song ^a   Zhai, Jun yong ^a   Li, Shi hua ^a   Li, Qi ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ball mill; Grinding circuit; Model predictive control; Process control

Indexed keywords

GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

GRINDING CIRCUITS; MILL SOLIDS CONCENTRATION; ORE FEED RATE;

BALL MILLING;

EID: 34547791205     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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