Modeling breakage rates in mills with impact energy spectra and ultra fast load cell data

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 252-260

  Tuzcu, E Tugcan ^a   Rajamani, Raj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakage rates; DEM energy spectra; Grinding; Modeling; Ultra fast load cell (UFLC)

Indexed keywords

BREAKAGE RATES; ENERGY SPECTRA; GRINDING; MODELING; ULTRA-FAST;

ABRASION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GRINDING (COMMINUTION); GRINDING (MACHINING); PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BALL MILLS;

EID: 79952534755     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.08.017     Document Type: Article

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