Further Studies on the use of Classifiers for the Control of Wet Grinding Circuits

Authors

R. A. Seitz, Michigan Technological University
S. Komar Kawatra, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1984

Department

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract

The use of inferential particle sizing for wet grinding circuit control is well established in the literature. In this paper an analytical development is presented which yields a general inferential sizing model relating circuit product size to d₅₀ corrected for the circuits' classifier. It is then shown how the different forms of empirical equations reported in the literature can arise, depending on the range of the operating variables and the ratio of feed 50% passing size to d₅₀ corrected. Following this development, data show pilot plant and industrial plant operations to behave as predicted by the general inferential size model.

Publisher's Statement

© 1984

Publication Title

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Recommended Citation

Seitz, R., & Kawatra, S. K. (1984). Further Studies on the use of Classifiers for the Control of Wet Grinding Circuits. International Journal of Mineral Processing, 12(4), 239-249. http://doi.org/10.1016/0301-7516(84)90031-0
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