Economic performance assessment of two ROM ore milling circuit controllers

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 826-839

  Wei, Donghui ^a   Craig, Ian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flotation; Grinding; Mineral economics; Mineral processing; Particle size; Process control

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PROCESS CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; GRINDING; MILLING CIRCUITS; MINERAL PROCESSING; MONETARY VALUE; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PID CONTROLLERS; PROCESS VARIABLES; SIMULATION STUDIES;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; CONTROLLERS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SILICATE MINERALS; SURVEYS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 67349141478     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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