Optimization of some parameters of stirred mill for ultra-fine grinding of refractory Au/Ag ores

Powder Technology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-127

  Celep, Oktay ^a   Aslan, Nevzat ^b   Alp, Ibrahim ^a   Taşdemir, Gökhan ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Optimization; Stirred mill parameters; Ultra fine grinding

Indexed keywords

BALL DIAMETER; BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN; CHARGE RATIO; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CONTROL FACTORS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRINDING PARAMETERS; GRINDING PERFORMANCE; GRINDING PROCESS; GRINDING TESTS; GRINDING TIME; LABORATORY SCALE; MODEL EQUATIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL LEVEL; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING METHOD; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SECOND-ORDER REGRESSION MODEL; STIRRED MILL PARAMETERS; THREE-LEVEL; ULTRA-FINE GRINDING;

DESIGN; GRINDING (MACHINING); OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPHERES; STATISTICS;

GRINDING (COMMINUTION);

GOLD; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY YIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GRINDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL EXTRACTION; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 79951675303     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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