Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data

Features extracted online from froth images on flotation plants are potentially useful to the developmentof advanced control for flotation systems, provided that these features can be related to the key indicatorvariables of the plant, such as valuable metal loadings and recovery. Although such rela...

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Main Authors: Marais, C., Aldrich, Chris
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5086
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Aldrich, Chris
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description Features extracted online from froth images on flotation plants are potentially useful to the developmentof advanced control for flotation systems, provided that these features can be related to the key indicatorvariables of the plant, such as valuable metal loadings and recovery. Although such relationships havebeen established in a number of base metal plants in industry, this is not the case in the platinum industry.In this paper, estimation of flotation grades and recoveries from froth image data is therefore consideredbased on laboratory and industrial plant data. It is shown that grades and recoveries can be reliablyestimated from a number of different features by use of linear and nonlinear models. This includes simple colour information that on the industrial plant showed a strong correlation with grade measurement.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-50862017-02-28T01:29:48Z Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data Marais, C. Aldrich, Chris - Online analysis - Modelling - Neural networks Froth flotation Features extracted online from froth images on flotation plants are potentially useful to the developmentof advanced control for flotation systems, provided that these features can be related to the key indicatorvariables of the plant, such as valuable metal loadings and recovery. Although such relationships havebeen established in a number of base metal plants in industry, this is not the case in the platinum industry.In this paper, estimation of flotation grades and recoveries from froth image data is therefore consideredbased on laboratory and industrial plant data. It is shown that grades and recoveries can be reliablyestimated from a number of different features by use of linear and nonlinear models. This includes simple colour information that on the industrial plant showed a strong correlation with grade measurement. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5086 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle - Online analysis
- Modelling
- Neural networks
Froth flotation
Marais, C.
Aldrich, Chris
Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
title Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
title_full Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
title_fullStr Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
title_short Estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
title_sort estimation of platinum flotation grades from froth image data
topic - Online analysis
- Modelling
- Neural networks
Froth flotation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5086