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5 Citations
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Enhancing Particle Breakage and Energy Utilization in Ball Mills: An Integrated DEM and SPH Approach

  • Wallace Santos Soares,
  • Elisan dos Santos Magalhães and
  • Nicolin Govender

10 March 2025

This study examines the conversion of an overflow ball mill into a new discharge system via Discrete Element Method (DEM) and Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations, demonstrating significant performance improvements. The methodology integ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Sustainable Mining Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
9,025 Views
17 Pages

18 June 2019

Important advances have been made in the last 60 years or so in the modeling of ball mills using mathematical formulas and models. One approach that has gained popularity is the population balance model, in particular, when coupled to the specific br...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,955 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Overflow Pipe on the Internal Flow Fields and Separation Performance of W-Shaped Hydrocyclones

  • Lanyue Jiang,
  • Peikun Liu,
  • Xinghua Yang,
  • Yuekan Zhang and ,
  • Xiaoyu Li,
  • Yulong Zhang and
  • Hui Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 April 2020

The entrainment of fine particles in underflow of a grinding-classification hydrocyclone can cause ore overgrinding, which will lead to reductions in both metal recovery and ball mill throughput. To address this problem, this paper proposed a W-shape...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)