Power draw estimations in experimental tumbling mills using PEPT

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 319-324

  Bbosa, L S ^a   Govender, I ^a   Mainza, A N ^a   Powell, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT); Power draw; Residence time

Indexed keywords

BATCH MODES; CENTRE OF MASS; GLASS BEAD; GRID CELLS; MONO-SIZED; OPERATING CONDITION; POSITRON EMISSION PARTICLE TRACKING; POWER DRAW; RESIDENCE TIME; STEADY-STATE OPERATION; TIME-AVERAGED; TORQUE CONTRIBUTION; TRACER PARTICLE; TRAJECTORY FIELD; TUMBLING MILLS;

POSITRONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79952533743     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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