Coal dense medium separation dynamic and steady-state modelling for process control
dc.contributor.author | Meyer, Ewald Jonathan | |
dc.contributor.author | Craig, Ian Keith | |
dc.contributor.email | ian.craig@up.ac.za | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-08T11:07:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-08-08T11:07:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | Coal dense medium separation is a popular beneficiation process used for the upgrading of coal ore into power station and metallurgical coal. The control systems used in coal beneficiation are often limited to localised regulatory control of feed rate and medium density. A coal dense medium separation process can benefit substantially from process control provided that a dynamic model for this process is available as was previously developed by the authors for a fine coal dense medium cyclone (DMC) circuit. In this paper, the previous model is adapted to a coarse coal DMC circuit and validated over a wider range of operating conditions using real plant data. The model is further validated by reducing it to steady-state to form a partition curve. This curve is then compared to one derived from actual production data. The derived model is able to provide an estimate of the DMC overflow coal product that should be sufficient for process control. | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | hb2014 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/mineng | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Meyer, EJ & Craig, IK 2014, 'Coal dense medium separation dynamic and steady-state modelling for process control', Minerals Engineering, vol. 65, pp. 98-108. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0892-6875 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1872-9444 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1016/j.mineng.2014.05.018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41127 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Minerals Engineering. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Minerals Engineering, vol. 65, pp. 98-108, 2014. doi :/10.1016/j.mineng.2014.05.018. | en_US |
dc.subject | Dense medium separation | en_US |
dc.subject | Coal beneficiation | en_US |
dc.subject | Dynamic modelling | en_US |
dc.subject | Steady-state modelling | en_US |
dc.subject | Process control | en_US |
dc.subject | Simulation | en_US |
dc.subject | Dense medium cyclone (DMC) | en_US |
dc.title | Coal dense medium separation dynamic and steady-state modelling for process control | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |