Abstract
This paper investigates a promising acoustic emission (AE) technique for estimating solids mass loading on pulp bubbles, with potential for on-line monitoring of attached solids in industrial flotation cells. It is observed that the coating of solids on a bubble surface results in a decrease in the fundamental (Minnaert) AE resonance frequency. Analytical models are derived to relate the resonance frequency of a loaded bubble to its size, attached solids mass loading and geometrical covering of particles. The AE resulting from induced pulsations of a solids loaded bubble is measured and linked with high-speed photographic recordings of the oscillations. These experiments have been performed for the attachment of a monolayer, multilayer and cluster of particles onto a gas bubble. The efficacy of the monitoring approach for these types of solids loading is demonstrated and a comparison is made of the sophistication of modelling necessary for adequate prediction of attached solids mass loading.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-52 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Minerals Engineering |
| Volume | 36-38 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Flotation bubbles
- On-line analysis
- Process instrumentation
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