Inferential measurement of SAG mill parameters V: MPC simulation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1045-1052

  Apelt, T A ^a,b   Thornhill, N F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autogenous grinding; Modelling; Process control; SAG milling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; GRINDING (MACHINING); MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

INFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT; INFERENTIAL MODELS; MODEL PREDICTIVE; MULTI VARIABLES; SAG MILLING; SEMIAUTOGENOUS GRINDING MILLS; SIMULATION; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 68149117293     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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