from 01.01.2024 until now
Russian Federation
from 01.01.2023 until now
Sayansk, Irkutsk region, Russian Federation
Irkutsk, Irkutsk region, Russian Federation
Flotation is a key technological process in mineral beneficiation, based on separating coal and ore particles by their wettability. The efficiency of flotation process control often determines the economic viability of mining and processing plants. The interest of a number of researchers in automating the flotation process has led to the emergence of various approaches to considering the flotation process as a separate control object. This paper proposes a model describing flotation as a set of parallel first-order aperiodic links, a control of consuming flotation reagents taking into account different particle size classes of the valuable component and waste rock. The article also describes applying the Simoyu method for parametric identification of control system components and assesses the adequacy of the developed model using the coefficient of determination and the Fisher criterion.
flotation, automatic control system, the Simoyu method, flotation process modelling, flotation kinetics
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