Comparison of energy efficiency betweeen ball mills and stirred mills in coarse grinding

Shi, Fengnian, Morrison, Rob, Cervellin, Andrew, Burns, Fraser and Musa, Fiesal (2009) Comparison of energy efficiency betweeen ball mills and stirred mills in coarse grinding. Minerals Engineering, 22 7-8: 673-680.


Author Shi, Fengnian
Morrison, Rob
Cervellin, Andrew
Burns, Fraser
Musa, Fiesal
Title Comparison of energy efficiency betweeen ball mills and stirred mills in coarse grinding
Journal name Minerals Engineering  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank A*)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2009
Sub-type Article
Year available 2009
DOI 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.12.002
Volume number 22
Issue number 7-8
ISSN 0892-6875; 1872-9444
Start page 673
End page 680
Total pages 8
Place of publication Oxford, United Kingdom
Publisher Pergamon
Collection year 2010
Language eng
Subject C1
840399 First Stage Treatment of Ores and Minerals not elsewhere classified
091404 Mineral Processing/Beneficiation
Abstract Stirred mills are primarily used for fine and ultra-fine grinding. They dominate these grinding applications because greater stress intensity can be delivered in stirred mills and they can achieve better energy efficiency than ball mills in fine and ultra-fine grinding. Investigations were conducted on whether the greater performance of stirred mills over ball mills in fine grinding can be extended to coarse grinding applications. Four different laboratory ball mills and stirred mills have been tested to grind seven ore samples with feed sizes ranging from 3.35 mm to 150 lm. A case study on full scale operations of a 2.6 MW IsaMill replacing the existing 4 MW regrind ball mill at Kumtor Gold mine in Kyrgyzstan is also included. This paper summarizes the major findings from these investigations.
Keyword Comminution
Grinding
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Confirmed Code
Institutional Status UQ

 
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