Determination of sampling pipe (riser) diameter for a flotation bubble load measuring device

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1664-1676

  Bhondayi, C ^a   Moys, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Axial mixing; Bubble load; Conductivity; Flotation

Indexed keywords

AXIAL-MIXING; BUBBLE LOAD; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SURFACE; CONDUCTIVITY PROBE; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FROTHERS; LOAD MEASURING; LOAD QUALITY; MEASURED DATA; MODEL-BASED OPC; NACL CONCENTRATION; RISER DIAMETER; SALT CONCENTRATION; SIMULINK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TANKS-IN-SERIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MIXING; PIPE; PROBES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

FROTH FLOTATION;

EID: 80855130571     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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