Scale-up
Prediction of industrial results basing of laboratory test
1  [1  e  kmaxt ]
r (t )  r (  )
k maxt
Yianatos’ Method
Plant flotation kinetics R(t)
Laboratory flotation kinetics r(t)
Outcome
R ( )
 1.045  0.00945 (procent of oxidiezed Cu)
r (t )
Dell’s upgrading curve
only recovey is scale-up
Yianatos J.B., Berh L.G., Aguilera J., Flotation scale up: use of separability curves, Minerals Engineering, 16, 2003, 347-352
MFT-FLEET Method
(based on flotation kinetics and upgrading curves
MinnovEX Flotation Test (shortly MFT)
laboratory tests
Prediction of flotation results based on the
MFT-FLEET method shown on the Halbicha
upgrading curve (Dobby i Savassi, 2005)
Dobby G.S., Savassi, O.N. An advanced modelling technique for scale-up of batch flotation results to plant metallurgical performance, Centenary
of Flotation Symposium, Brisbane , QLD, June 2005
SUPASIM Method
Eurus Mineral Consultants (EMC)
A comparison of predicted plant recovery and lab tests (Hay i Schroeder, 2005)
Hay M.P., Schroeder, G. Use of the SUPASIM flotation model in optimising Impala’s UG2
circuit, Minerals Engineering 18(2005), 772-784
Outokumpu method
When the lab meets plant data
Halbich’s upgrading curves for Comparison of kinetics
plant ( 1) and lab (lines 2-5)
to get A scale-p factor
under different conditions
A depends on recovery
Kalapudas, R.A study on scaling-up of laboratory batch flotation data to industrial size flotation, Congrès international de minéralurgie,
Gedimfrance, 15, 1985, pp. 112-121, (monograph)
The Gorain-Franzidis—Manlapig method
Flotation kinetics scale -up
Gorain B.K., Franzidis, J.P., Manlapig E.V., Studies on impeller type , impeller speed and air flow rate in an industrial scale flotation cell. Part .4.
Effect of bubble surface area flux on flotation kinetics, Minerals Engineering, 10(4), 367-379, 1997
PWR-AGH method
Fuerstenau’s upgrading curve provides selectivity coefficient of flotation
plant
lab
(100   )
 r ( a ')  a '
 0.07( r  95.5) 2 (100   r )
(a   )
'
 a
(100   r )
(a   r )
calibration
J. Drzymala, A. Luszczkiewicz, D. Foszcz, 2010, Application of upgrading curves for evaluation of past, present and future
performance of a separation plant, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 31(3) 165-175
Industrial floatabilty method *
unpublished: Report I-11/2013/S-30 PWR, A. Łuszczkiewicz, D. Foszcz, J. Drzymała, A. Bakalarz
M. Duchnowska, D. Szyszka, T. Tumidajski, T. Niedoba, Z. Konopacka, P. Kowalczuk, J. Hupka, M.
Niewiadomski, K. Księżniak, A. Rogala, P. Karwowski, T. Henc, Opracowanie metodyki badania
odczynników flotacyjnych pod kątem ich własności użytkowych, Wroclaw, Poland, 2013
Homework
Two students, as a team, prepare a 15 min long
PowerPoint presentation, presented in the class,
on one selected method of scale-up