Scale-upPrediction of industrial results basing of laboratory test

Yianatos’ Method

Laboratory flotation kinetics r(t)

Yianatos J.B., Berh L.G., Aguilera J., Flotation scale up: use of separability curves, Minerals Engineering, 16, 2003, 347-352

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Outcome

Dell’s upgrading curve

MFT-FLEET Method (based on flotation kinetics and upgrading curves

MinnovEX Flotation Test (shortly MFT) laboratory tests

Dobby G.S., Savassi, O.N. An advanced modelling technique for scale-up of batch flotation results to plant metallurgical performance, Centenary of Flotation Symposium, Brisbane , QLD, June 2005

Prediction of flotation results based on the MFT-FLEET method shown on the Halbicha upgrading curve (Dobby i Savassi, 2005)

SUPASIM Method Eurus Mineral Consultants (EMC)

A comparison of predicted plant recovery and lab tests (Hay i Schroeder, 2005)

Hay M.P., Schroeder, G. Use of the SUPASIM flotation model in optimising Impala’s UG2 circuit, Minerals Engineering 18(2005), 772-784

Outokumpu method

Kalapudas, R.A study on scaling-up of laboratory batch flotation data to industrial size flotation, Congrès international de minéralurgie,

Gedimfrance, 15, 1985, pp. 112-121, (monograph)

Halbich’s upgrading curves for plant ( 1) and lab (lines 2-5) under different conditions

When the lab meets plant data

Comparison of kinetics to get A scale-p factor A depends on recovery

The Gorain-Franzidis—Manlapig method

Gorain B.K., Franzidis, J.P., Manlapig E.V., Studies on impeller type , impeller speed and air flow rate in an industrial scale flotation cell. Part .4. Effect of bubble surface area flux on flotation kinetics, Minerals Engineering, 10(4), 367-379, 1997

Flotation kinetics scale -up

PWR-AGH method

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Fuerstenau’s upgrading curve provides selectivity coefficient of flotation

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J. Drzymala, A. Luszczkiewicz, D. Foszcz, 2010, Application of upgrading curves for evaluation of past, present and future performance of a separation plant, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 31(3) 165-175

Industrial floatabilty method *

unpublished: Report I-11/2013/S-30 PWR, A. Łuszczkiewicz, D. Foszcz, J. Drzymała, A. Bakalarz M. Duchnowska, D. Szyszka, T. Tumidajski, T. Niedoba, Z. Konopacka, P. Kowalczuk, J. Hupka, M. Niewiadomski, K. Księżniak, A. Rogala, P. Karwowski, T. Henc, Opracowanie metodyki badania odczynników flotacyjnych pod kątem ich własności użytkowych, Wroclaw, Poland, 2013

Homework

Two students, as a team, prepare a 15 min long PowerPoint presentation, presented in the class, on one selected method of scale-up