Techno-economic considerations in the commercial microwave processing of mineral ores

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 228-240

  Bradshaw, Steven ^a   Louw, Willem ^a   van der Merwe, Cariné ^a   Reader, Howard ^a   Kingman, Sam ^b   Celuch, Małgorzata ^c   Kijewska, Weronika ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Comminution; Design; Microwave; Mineral ores; Mineral processing; Modeling; Scale up; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; ORE TREATMENT; THERMAL STRESS;

MINERAL ORES; REFLECTION COMPENSATING STEP; TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD APPLICATOR;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 34548295085     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.2005.11688544     Document Type: Article

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