Ball motion, axial segregation and power consumption in a full scale two chamber cement mill

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 809-820

  Cleary, Paul W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cement; DEM; Grinding; Mill; Particle flow

Indexed keywords

AXIAL SEGREGATION; CATARACTING; CEMENT MILLS; CEMENT PRODUCTION; CHARGE MOTION; DEM; DIFFERENT SIZES; FULL SCALE; GRINDING; MILL; PARTICLE FLOW; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER DRAW; SEGREGATION PROCESS; SHORT TERM;

BALL MILLING; CEMENTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SPHERES; SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 67049137151     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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