Projects
Selected project examples
Each of these started from a problem someone recognized in the plant.
Dust · extraction · recovery
Dust capture at a screen undersize chute
Gold mine, heap leach
Chute wear · operating reliability
Redesign of a chute on the main line to the stockpile
Conveying to the intermediate stockpile
Mill discharge · wear · maintenance
Pebble extraction - primary mill
Concentrator, primary grinding
Bulk flow · design evaluation
Evaluation of design for overfill of material from a hopper
Capacity · mill charge
Capacity of the secondary mills
Concentrator, secondary grinding
Mill filling · slurry flow · operating data
Filling degree and slurry flow in the secondary mills
Concentrator, secondary grinding
Classification · screening
Trommel screening and scats to the secondary mill
Concentrator, secondary grinding
Slurry distribution · wear
Slurry distribution box evaluation
Concentrator, classification
Segregation · uneven feed
Redesign of the pebble crusher feed
Concentrator, pebble crushing
Segregation · feeders · DEM
Size segregation on a belt feeder
Feeding and conveying
Chute wear · blockage · water addition
Wear in a feed chute from classifier coarse stream
Concentrator, classification
Stockpiles · feeders · rockboxes
Analysis of active volume of ore storage
Intermediate ore storage
Gas and particle exchange · heating
Gas and pellet flow in a grate-kiln machine
Pelletizing plant
Heating · drying · oxidation
Process modeling of straight grate furnaces
Pelletizing plant
Coupled DEM-CFD · heat transfer · packed bed
Coupled DEM-CFD of heat transfer in a packed bed
Pelletizing
Mixing · mechanical loading
Repeated shaft failures in a large slurry tank
Mineral processing plant
Settling · particle behavior · slurry flow
Gold enrichment
Gold processing plant
Abrasive wear · liner selection
Wear prediction for a DRI pellet silo
DRI pellet storage
Air flow · cooling · comfort
Underground ventilation and thermal comfort
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