Improving comminution efficiency using classification: An attainable region approach

Powder Technology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-259

  Khumalo, N ^a   Glasser, D ^a   Hildebrandt, D ^a   Hausberger, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attainable region (AR); Classification; Comminution; Population balance model; Specific energy

Indexed keywords

ARGON; COMMINUTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRINDING (MACHINING); MIXING; OPERATING COSTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATTAINABLE REGION (AR); ATTAINABLE REGIONS; CLASSIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION PROCESSES; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES; GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTIONS; GRINDING; GRINDING TIMES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MASS FRACTIONS; PARTICLE BREAKAGES; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; POPULATION BALANCE MODEL; SIZE CLASSES; SIZE-REDUCTION; SPECIFIC ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS;

GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GEOMETRY; GRINDING; PARTICLE SIZE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 54949132149     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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