Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0988529

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0988529

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Multi-scale modelling of particle breakage in grinding process. The minerals industry is the largest exporter in Australia, contributing approximately 40% of Australia's total exports. Grinding is one of basic operations in mineral processing to liberate valuables from the host rock. Grinding process, however, has very low efficiency and may account for 50% of the direct operating cost of a mineral processing plant. This project is to develop a novel, multi-scale model to investigate grinding at both process and individual particle levels and to provide a more accurate prediction of grinding performance. This will result in improved control and design of grinding process with reduced energy consumption and mineral waste, which will be of immense economic and environmental benefit to Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 31-03-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $295,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy | Mining Engineering | Mineral Processing |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Iron Ores (I.E. Ferrous Ores) | Mineral Processing | Mining Engineering | Other Non-Ferrous Ores (E.G. Copper, Zinc) | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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