Use of the attainable region analysis to optimize particle breakage in a ball mill

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 64, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3766-3777

  Metzger, Matthew J ^a   Glasser, David ^b   Hausberger, Brendon ^b   Hildebrandt, Diane ^b   Glasser, Benjamin J ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attainable region (AR); Ball filling; Comminution; Mill rotational speed; Optimization; Particulate processes

Indexed keywords

ATTAINABLE REGION; ATTAINABLE REGION (AR); BALL FILLING; ENERGY AND COST; ENERGY INPUTS; FILL LEVEL; GRINDING MEDIA; LEAST ENERGY; LOWER ENERGIES; MILL ROTATIONAL SPEED; MILLING TIME; MINIMIZING ENERGY; MULTIPLE SPEED; NATURAL EXTENSION; PARTICLE BREAKAGE; PARTICLE SIZE REDUCTION; PARTICULATE PROCESSES; PROCESSING TIME; ROTATION RATE; SAND PARTICLES;

BALL MILLING; CENTRIFUGATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); MILLING (MACHINING); OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SPHERES;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 67650759393     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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