CFD modelling of bubble-particle attachments in a flotation cell

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 201-207

  Koh, P T L ^a   Schwarz, M P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BATCH DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEINKING; FLOTATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; RATE CONSTANTS; TURBULENCE;

ATTACHMENT RATES; BATCH PROCESSES; BUBBLE SURFACES; CFD SIMULATIONS; FINITE VOLUMES; FLOTATION CELLS; FLOTATION KINETICS; FLOTATION RATE CONSTANTS; FLOTATION RATES; FLOTATION RECOVERIES; FLOW PROPERTIES; FREE PARTICLES; IN PLANTS; KINETIC MODELS; LARGE PARTICLES; LIMITING FACTORS; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; POPULATION BALANCES; RECOVERY RATES; STABILISATION; TRANSPORT RATES; TURBULENT COLLISIONS; TURBULENT VELOCITIES;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 58049173822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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