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The paper deals with the mineral floatation study by modeling and simulation. Some of the main functions characterising the floatation process were simulated using Matlab Simulink programs. By analysing the results of these simulations and comparing them, we reached a conclusion concerning the optimising factors of the floatation duration. We also elaborated a Visual Basic Application which allows the calculation of quantities and contents in every point of a simple floatation circuit, for any number of operations. It’s an easy to use, conversational application that allows studying more configurations in order to find the optimum one, sparing the researchers’ and designers’ time and effort.
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Samoila, B.L., Marcu, M.D. (2010). Contributions in Mineral Floatation Modeling and Simulation. In: Elleithy, K. (eds) Advanced Techniques in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3660-5_49
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