State of the art in the conceptual design of flotation circuits

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 90, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Mendez, David A ^a   Gálvez, Edelmira D ^b,c   Cisternas, Luis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Flotation circuits; Process design; Process synthesis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; MILLING (MACHINING); MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; WELL EQUIPMENT;

BINARY VARIABLES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; EXTERNAL-; FLOTATION CIRCUITS; HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MILLING MODELS; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; STATE OF THE ARTS;

FLOTATION;

EID: 58249113928     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2008.09.009     Document Type: Review

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