Modeling and analysis of residence time distribution in industrial mechanical flotation cells

Proceedings of the 24th International Mining Congress of Turkey, IMCET 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 757-763

  Hassanzadeh, A ^a   Farhadi, E ^b   Azizi, A ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Gol e Gohar Iron Ore Company   (Iran)

^c SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Copper recovery; Flotation cell; Mean residence time (MRT); N mixer model

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COPPER; CYTOLOGY; FLOTATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY;

COPPER RECOVERY; FLOTATION CELL; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MECHANICAL FLOTATIONS; MIXER MODELING; MIXING CONDITIONS; MODEL AND ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84934312216     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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