Effect of slurry properties on particle motion in IsaMills

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 886-892

  Jayasundara, C T ^a   Yang, R Y ^a   Guo, B Y ^a   Yu, A B ^a   Rubenstein, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Xstrata   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Discrete element method; IsaMill ; Mineral processing; Stirred mill

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; COLLISION ENERGIES; COLLISION FREQUENCY; DEVELOPED MODEL; DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; DRAG FORCES; FLOW DENSITY; FLOW PROPERTIES; HIGH-SPEED; IMPACT ENERGY; MINERAL PROCESSING; MINERAL PROCESSING INDUSTRY; PARTICLE FLOW; PARTICLE MOTIONS; POWER DRAW; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SLURRY DENSITY; SLURRY FLOW; SLURRY PROPERTIES; STIRRED MILL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERALS; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS; VISCOSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 67650744814     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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