Nanobubble generation and its applications in froth flotation (part IV): Mechanical cells and specially designed column flotation of coal

Mining Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 641-671

  Fan, Maoming ^a,b   Tao, Daniel ^a   Honaker, Rick ^a   Luo, Zhenfu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Eriez Manufacturing   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

cavitation; coal; flotation kinetics; froth flotation; nanobubble

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; BUBBLE GENERATORS; CLEANING PROCESS; COAL PARTICLES; COAL SAMPLE; COLUMN FLOTATION; FEED-RATES; FLOATABILITY; FLOTATION CELL; FLOTATION COLUMNS; FLOTATION KINETICS; FLOTATION RATE CONSTANTS; FLOTATION RECOVERY; FLOWRATE RATIO; FROTHERS; LABORATORY SCALE; MECHANICAL CELLS; NANO-BUBBLE; NANOBUBBLES; OXIDIZED COAL; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PILOT SCALE; SEPARATION SELECTIVITY; SOLIDS CONCENTRATIONS; ULTRAFINE; WASH WATER;

CAVITATION; CLEANING; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; METAL RECOVERY; RATE CONSTANTS;

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 77957262001     PISSN: 16745264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1674-5264(09)60259-3     Document Type: Article

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