Although basic porphyry copper flotation and metallurgy has remained virtually the same for many years, the processing equipment as well as design of the mills has continually been improved to increase production while reducing operating and maintenance costs. Also, considerable attention is paid to automatic sensing devices and automatic controls in order to …
The Flotation Process. Until quite recently copper ore had to be hand-picked if the extraction of the metal was to be economical. In fact, in the last century, ores of 4 percent grade were regarded as almost valueless. Today such ores (which would be regarded as relatively rich in copper) are scarce; the great majority of mines contain the ...
Operational optimization of complex systems has always been an active research problem due to its complex mechanisms, nonlinearities, uncertainties and strong coupling between variables [[1], [2], [3], [4]].To solve the problem of set point compensation for a rougher flotation process, an output feedback proportional-integral controller and a compensator are …
The continuous development of the global economy has resulted in a high demand for copper production and high copper consumption [1], [2], and exploitation and effective use of copper oxide mineral resources have attracted attention [3].Copper oxide deposits evolve from shallow copper sulfide deposits after long-term oxidation, and they are widely and abundantly …
The mechanism of the copper flotation process is complex and highly uncertain, making it difficult to establish a precise mechanism model. For a long time, the operational adjustment of the flotation process has mainly relied on manual labor, which makes it difficult to ensure mineral quality and economic benefits for the enterprise. In order to achieve automation of the flotation …
Making full use of data knowledge for operation optimization is a challenging problem in industrial production, which has a decisive significance to improve the level of industrial automation. Meanwhile, the timeliness and stability of operation optimization for the copper flotation industrial process is one of the most concerned topics. In this article, a framework of the timeliness and ...
Copper Flotation is a beneficiation method based on the hydrophobicity difference of the mineral surface. While the copper mineral is usually in the form of sulfuration exiting in the mineral. Its natural floatability is good, so froth flotation is the main method of extracting copper ore. According to the processing order of the useful mineral ...