Aerosol Collector Addition in Coarse Particle Flotation–A Review

Abstract

The ability to successfully recover coarse particles by flotation has long been seen as the area where significant step-change improvements to energy efficiency of mineral processing operations could be made. Recent developments in the field of fluidized bed flotation have introduced exciting new possibilities for coarse particle flotation. The hydrodynamic aspects of fluidized bed flotation have been a subject of many studies over the years, with many more currently underway. However, the impact of pulp chemistry within such a radically different hydrodynamic environment has not received similar attention. In flotation systems, chemistry and hydrodynamics are intricately linked, so a radica..