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Increasing energy efficiency of grinding media through microscale comminution studies

Conference ·
OSTI ID:276692
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  1. GS Technologies/Control International Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Microscale studies involving an ultrafast load cell have been shown to provide direct and accurate measurements of particle strength, particle fracture energy and particle breakage functions under different loading geometry conditions. The effect of grinding media size, shape, density and surface properties on the energy efficiency can be quantitatively determined for different materials to be ground. The applications of microscale comminution studies have been demonstrated to provide good predictions of grinding mill performance with different grinding media.

OSTI ID:
276692
Report Number(s):
CONF-9510120--; ISBN 0-87335-139-8
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English