The significance of froth stability in mineral flotation—A review

S Farrokhpay - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the published articles related to froth stability and its
importance in mineral flotation. Froth structure and froth stability are known to play a …

A review of froth flotation control

BJ Shean, JJ Cilliers - International Journal of Mineral Processing, 2011 - Elsevier
The last few decades have seen major advances in instrumentation and technology, and
simplifications and modifications of new flotation plant designs. This has allowed for …

Online monitoring and control of froth flotation systems with machine vision: A review

C Aldrich, C Marais, BJ Shean, JJ Cilliers - International Journal of Mineral …, 2010 - Elsevier
Research and development into the application of machine vision in froth flotation systems
has continued since its introduction in the late 1980s. Machine vision is able to accurately …

Physical and chemical interactions in coal flotation

M Polat, H Polat, S Chander - International Journal of Mineral Processing, 2003 - Elsevier
Coal flotation is a complex process involving several phases (particles, oil droplets and air
bubbles). These phases simultaneously interact with each other and with other species such …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of the metallurgical performances of a batch flotation system by image analysis and neural networks

A Jahedsaravani, MH Marhaban, M Massinaei - Minerals Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
It is now generally accepted that froth appearance is a good indicative of the flotation
performance. In this paper, the relationship between the process conditions and the froth …

The froth stability column: linking froth stability and flotation performance

N Barbian, K Hadler, E Ventura-Medina, JJ Cilliers - Minerals Engineering, 2005 - Elsevier
Froth structure and stability are known to play important roles in determining mineral flotation
recovery and selectivity. However, measuring froth stability quantitatively, both at laboratory …

Dynamic froth stability: Particle size, airflow rate and conditioning time effects

Z Aktas, JJ Cilliers, AW Banford - International Journal of Mineral …, 2008 - Elsevier
The rate of flotation and froth stability affect froth flotation performance and selectivity and
strongly depend on various parameters such as the reagent adsorption, particle and bubble …

The relationship between the peak in air recovery and flotation bank performance

K Hadler, JJ Cilliers - Minerals Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
Air recovery, or the fraction of air entering a cell that overflows the cell lip as unburst
bubbles, is an important measure of froth stability as it affects the flow of bubble surface to …

The effect of reagents and reagent mixtures on froth flotation of coal fines

M Erol, C Colduroglu, Z Aktas - International Journal of Mineral Processing, 2003 - Elsevier
Reagent usage and type of reagent are important factors in froth flotation. The recovery and
purity of the final product obtained depend on various parameters such as the type and the …

Convolutional memory network-based flotation performance monitoring

J Zhang, Z Tang, Y **e, M Ai, W Gui - Minerals Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In flotation process monitoring, visual soft sensors provide stable and reliable online
estimations for a concentrate grade, which is difficult to be measured online owing to …