The application of a simplified approach to modelling tumbling mills, stirred media mills and HPGR's

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 633-641

  Hinde, A L ^a   Kalala, J T ^a  

^a MINTEK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comminution; Modelling; Process optimisation; Process synthesis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; BREAKAGE KINETICS; COMMINUTION PROCESS; MINERAL SPECIES; MODELLING; MULTICOMPONENT; PLANT DATA; POPULATION BALANCE MODELS; PROCESS OPTIMISATION; PROCESS SYNTHESIS; RATE FUNCTIONS; ROCK TYPES; SIMULATION; STIRRED MEDIA MILL; TEST DATA; TUMBLING MILLS;

BALL MILLING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MINERALS; MINING; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PLATINUM;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 65749085896     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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