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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
On-line version ISSN 2411-9717
Print version ISSN 2225-6253
Abstract
OSTADRAHIMI, M. et al. Effects of flotation operational parameters on froth stability and froth recovery. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2021, vol.121, n.1, pp.11-20. ISSN 2411-9717. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/1272/2021.
The effect of flotation operational parameters on froth stability and froth recovery was studied. Froth stability was measured using a special column. To determine the froth recovery, the froth height change model and froth height exponential model were used. It was found that since the interactions between the pulp and froth zones affect the time of froth formation, the exponential model is more suitable than the froth height change method for determining the froth recovery. The results showed that superficial air velocity and collector dosage have, respectively, the highest and lowest effect on the froth recovery, while froth recovery decreases sharply with increasing froth height.
Keywords : froth stability; froth recovery; superficial air velocity; collector dosage; frother dosage.