Journal
POWDER TECHNOLOGY
Volume 387, Issue -, Pages 560-574Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2021.04.057
Keywords
Grinding; Modeling; Stirred ball mill; Discrete element method; Breakage rates; Breakage function
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Funding
- CNPq [310293/2017-0, 311343/20180]
- FAPERJ [E26/202.574/2019]
- CAPES
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This study used the UFRJ mechanistic mill model and DEM to analyze the impact of various design and operational variables on the breakage rates and distribution function in copper ore grinding. Results indicated that stirrer speed significantly increased breakage rates, while an increase in percent solids decreased breakage rates.
The work uses the UFRJ mechanistic mill model and DEM to analyze the effect of several design and operating variables on the apparent breakage rates and breakage distribution function of a batch gravity-induced stirred mill grinding copper ore. It shows that breakage rates increase significantly with stirrer speed; that increase in percent solids decreased breakage rates, whereas the increase in grinding media size resulted in increase in breakage rates of coarser and reduction for finer particles. Reduction in mill diameter resulted in higher breakage rates, while smooth liners were responsible for higher breakage rates of coarse particles, but at a much higher mill power. The work also shows that increasing the mill filling to match the power demanded when the screw is new allows reaching approximately the same mill performance when the screw is worn and in its end of life. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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