Zeng, G.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, W. A Brief Review of Micro-Particle Slurry Rheological Behavior in Grinding and Flotation for Enhancing Fine Mineral Processing Efficiency. Minerals2023, 13, 792.
Zeng, G.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, W. A Brief Review of Micro-Particle Slurry Rheological Behavior in Grinding and Flotation for Enhancing Fine Mineral Processing Efficiency. Minerals 2023, 13, 792.
Zeng, G.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, W. A Brief Review of Micro-Particle Slurry Rheological Behavior in Grinding and Flotation for Enhancing Fine Mineral Processing Efficiency. Minerals2023, 13, 792.
Zeng, G.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, W. A Brief Review of Micro-Particle Slurry Rheological Behavior in Grinding and Flotation for Enhancing Fine Mineral Processing Efficiency. Minerals 2023, 13, 792.
Abstract
These years have witnessed growing research on applying rheology in grinding and flotation treatment of finely disseminated ores. The slurry rheology has long been identified as the comprehensive effect of inter-particle interactions, including their aggregation (coagulation and flocculation) and dispersion states in slurry, which are more impactive under the fine-particle effect. In this regard, rheology has the potential to play a significant role in interpreting the flowing and deforming phenomenon of inter-particle aggregates, particle-bubble aggregates, and flotation froth. Though much attention has been paid to the rheological effect in industrial suspension, this has not been the case for mineral grinding and flotation for fine particles. The influential mechanism of rheology on the sub-processes of mineral processing has not been systemically concluded and revealed thoroughly, without which the underpinning mechanism for enhancing the processing efficiency has been difficult to discover. This paper reviews the current application and importance of rheology in the fine mineral processing, and the potential research direction in the field is proposed.
Keywords
slurry rheology; froth rheology; grinding; flotation; fine particle
Subject
Engineering, Mining and Mineral Processing
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