The development of a cavern model for mechanical flotation cells

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 11-13, 2010, Pages 968-972

  Bakker, C W ^a   Meyer, C J ^a   Deglon, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agitation; Computational fluid dynamics; Fine particle processing; Froth flotation; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; CELL WALLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; FINE PARTICLE PROCESSING; FINE PARTICLES; FLOTATION CELL; FROTH FLOTATION PROCESS; HIGH SOLID CONCENTRATION; IMPELLER TIP SPEED; MIXING CHARACTERISTICS; MODELLING; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; PILOT SCALE; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SLURRY DENSITY; WALL JET;

CAVES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; FROTH FLOTATION; MINERALS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SILICATE MINERALS; SLURRIES; YIELD STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957828097     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.03.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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