Focused beam reflectance measurement for monitoring the extent and efficiency of flocculation in mineral systems

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-265

  Senaputra, Alexander ^a   Jones, Franca ^a   Fawell, Phillip D ^b   Smith, Peter G ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregate size; Fines capture; Flocculant; Flocculation; Focused beam reflectance measurement

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; FINES CAPTURE; FLOCCULANT; FLOCCULATION PERFORMANCE; FOCUSED BEAM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT; INTENSITY THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SYNTHETIC BAYER LIQUORS;

EDGE DETECTION; FLOCCULATION; REFLECTOMETERS; SAPPHIRE;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84889661014     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14256     Document Type: Article

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