Modelling flotation with a flexible approach – Integrating different models to the compartment model

•A comprehensive model structure for froth flotation is developed.•The compartment model was linked to a set of phenomenological models.•The phenomenological models and the whole structure were successfully calibrated. In this work, a comprehensive model structure for froth flotation is developed by...

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Published in:Minerals engineering 2014-11, Vol.66-68, p.68-76
Main Authors: Alves dos Santos, Nilce, Savassi, Orivaldo, Peres, Antônio Eduardo Clark, Martins, Afonso Henriques
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calibration
Compartments
Copper ores
Entrainment
Flotation
Flotation froth
Flotation modelling
Froth recovery
Mathematical models
Recovery
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Summary:•A comprehensive model structure for froth flotation is developed.•The compartment model was linked to a set of phenomenological models.•The phenomenological models and the whole structure were successfully calibrated. In this work, a comprehensive model structure for froth flotation is developed by linking the compartment model (Savassi, 2005) to a set of phenomenological models describing the froth recovery, the water recovery and the entrainment factor. This model structure is successfully calibrated against experimental data from a pilot plant campaign with a copper ore.
ISSN:0892-6875
1872-9444
DOI:10.1016/j.mineng.2014.05.007