Particle-bubble interaction and attachment in flotation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5910-5921

  Verrelli, David I ^a   Koh, Peter T L ^a   Nguyen, Anh V ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubble; Flotation; High speed video microscopy; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; Particle

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; BUBBLE; BUBBLE SURFACE; EMPIRICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW PHENOMENA; GLASS CELL; GLASS PARTICLES; HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL VIDEO; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; INDUCTION TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MICRO-SCALES; MINERALS INDUSTRY; MODEL SYSTEM; PARTICLE PATHS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PARTICLE-BUBBLE INTERACTIONS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FLOTATION; FORECASTING; GLASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 80053224102     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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