Selecting optimal operating conditions for Knelson Concentrators

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 274-289

  Sargent, D ^a   Subasinghe, G K N ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH CYCLES; CENTRIPETAL FORCES; CIRCULAR PATHS; CYCLE TIMES; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXTERNAL-; FIRST ORDERS; FLUID DRAG FORCES; GOLD RECOVERIES; HEAVY MINERALS; MACHINE OPERATING; MACHINE PARAMETERS; MINERAL PARTICLES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; RADIAL POSITIONS; ROTATIONAL SPEEDS; SYNTHETIC MINERAL MIXTURES; TRANSITION VALUES; WATER FLOW RATES;

DRAG; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; HYDRAULICS; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; MINING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STEEL METALLURGY;

MINERALS;

EID: 58049192420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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