XVIII. The International Mineral Processing Symposium (IMPS), Eskişehir, Türkiye, 16 - 18 Ekim 2024, cilt.1, ss.91-101
By using a phenomenological grinding kinetic theory based on the pace of the process as described by
the selection function and breakage product distribution known as the breakage function, the predicted
grinding performance of a mill can be approximated. This method is now widely accepted and has been
thoroughly explored by renowned scholars such as Austin et al. Insufficient studies were conducted in
the past on the kinetic model for fine sieve sizes. Since there is no extensive investigation on the
fluctuation of model parameters over various sieve size groups, this paper presents one. There are
programs for the computer design of mineral processing circuits; these programs include simulation
models for the design of ball mills. MODSIM calculates the exact mass balance for every ore dressing
facility. MODSIM is capable of simulating integrated flow diagrams that incorporate grinding. The Si
and Bi,j (selection and breakage distribution functions) equations were derived using the size
distributions at varied grinding times and with model parameters (Si, at, α, γ, β and фJ ) for various
sieve size groups (coarse and fine). Experimentally derived data were statistically compared to
MODSIM simulator data using model parameters.